Samsung Baby Yepp
The Samsung Baby Yepp looks rather like an egg with an LCD screen. It is very light (30 grams without the battery) but seems to be quite robust, probably due to its shape. A small strap is attached to the top of the unit. The earphone cable is actually a loop that goes over your head and clips into the carry strap so that the weight of the unit (as it hangs around your neck) is not on the earphone cable.
The Yepp has 32MB of RAM built in and there is no expansion. The display is a small circle, that looks very similar to the Nomad IImg, though in this case the icons are in the lower semicircle and the scrolling text is in the top half. When you are playing a track the unit displays the song title and artist name, track time, and bitrate slowly scrolling across the top half of the display, which later changes to the track time. The bottom half shows the track number, a play indicator, battery strength, and shuffle mode.
There are only four buttons on the Yepp: play/pause, two arrows and a button marked "M" for Mode. Unfortunately, the Yepp shipped without manuals so we had to blunder a bit in the dark until we were able to download them from the Web site (www.samsungyepp.com).
MacOS and Windows operating systems are both supported, and the Windows software is Explorer-like and simple to install and use. We simply dragged the test files and dropped then them in the correct windows and they copied across. The Yepp was a little slow in the file copy, taking just over two minutes to copy the test files, compared to some units that did it in just over one minute. The Yepp runs on a single AAA battery, which lasts for just four hours. We also found it unusual that there was no way to switch the Yepp off. When you stopped playing, after a while the unit would switch to date/time mode, which is effectively off, but will still be draining the battery.
The Yepp has no case, as it is designed to be worn around your neck, pendant style. This unit is quite cute, but the small memory and lack of expandability really make it a toy.
Samsung Baby Yepp
Company:Samsung
Ph:Ph: 1300 369 600
Price:AU$299
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