Samsung’s Pink Beat R1 Media Player is smaller than a credit card

At a time when things don’t look good for portable media players, we have a gem of a series from Samsung, Beat R1 media players. They measure just 8.9mm thick, and weigh just 50 grams, that means it’s about the size of a credit card or smaller. This little beauty features a 2.6″ LCD touch screen, a 50 hour battery life of audio, 4 hours for video, an FM radio and recorder, and bluetooth. That’s quite loaded for something so small. The R1 will be available in pink, black, and silver. It comes with DivX support for video files, as well as Samsung’s fantastic Digital Natural Sound Engine (DNSe) 3.0 sound enhancement technology. You can get it by around end of April for $149.99 (8GB) and $179.99 (16GB).

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