CES 2009: Samsung P3 Challenges the iPod Touch with Haptic Feedback

We knew the successor to the popular P2 was coming, so it wasn’t much of a surprise today that Samsung announced the P3. At just .39 inches, the P3 sports a 3-inch WQVGA TFT-LCD touch screen which will let you enjoy widescreen videos at a 16:9 aspect ratio without letterboxing. It also feature Samsung’s upgraded with EmoTure touch interface with true haptic feedback. That incldues the ability to make cool gestures like “wiping a finger across the screen, to switching audio tracks, to holding down a digital button for fast-forwarding video.” The P3 also features DNS3 3.0 sound enhancement tech, an FM radio, voice recorder, photo album, as well as the ability to pair with a bluetooth phone and answer calls directly through the player. The P3 will be available in in the first half of 2009 in 4GB, 8GB, 16GB and 32 GB storage capacities.