Samsung's Galaxy Player is a pretty sweet-looking pocket computer, and is the first real competition we have seen for the iPod Touch, a product that has sat in its own market niche since it was launched. The Galaxy Player runs Android 2.1 and packs in enough features to shame Apple's media-player. Here's the commercial:

Pretty neat, right? The ad even takes Apple's approach to simply showing what the hardware does, which - as you can see - is quite a lot. There's a 2MP camera, 8/16GB internal storage plus a microSD slot for expansion, a 3.2-inch touch screen, GPS, an FM radio, Wi-Fi and built-in DivX support. What it doesn't have is the Touch's front-facing camera or its hi-res retina display.

The Galaxy Player is already on sale in France priced at €200 for the 8GB and €250 for 16GB. This is most likely to translate directly to $200 and $250 when the player comes stateside, possibly as soon as this month. This little device looks great. I wonder why nobody has managed to do this before?

Video: Samsung Galaxy Player (YP-G50) ad [Samsung Hub]

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