Touch and Play

摘要

Chic, trendy and super-slim, the Samsung YP-S3 is a delight to hold, touch and use. The illuminated touch keypad disappears when not needed, like many MP3 players in the Samsung range. When off, you can only see the power/hold switch. Power it on and the vibrant screen comes to life. Navigation using the touchpad is intuitive, but you do need to look at it and place a finger precisely. While it can play smooth video, the 1.8-inch screen is a tad small for full-length movies. Plus it won't just play any movie you load on it; you have to encode the video into proprietary format (SVI) using supplied software first. You get five flash games pre-loaded (with no mention of how to add more). The games look nice, though controlling everything using just the feather-touch buttons is a bother at times. The supplied earphones are quite good, and after playing around a bit with the equalizer and Samsung DNSe settings, the sound is great (we used only 320 kbps MP3).