Samsung plans to take on Apple with the Galaxy line of devices. Like the Samsung Galaxy ^[1] S competes with the iPhone 4 ^[2] and the Galaxy Tab goes up against the iPad ^[3], the newly unveiled Galaxy Player 50 goes head to head with the iPod Touch ^[4].

The Galaxy Player 50 was unveiled along with the highly anticipated Galaxy Tab ^[5] at IFA 2010, Berlin.

The Samsung Galaxy ^[1] Player is a PMP with specifications similar to the Galaxy S. It comes with Android 2.1 with the TouchWiz UI and has a 3.2 inch touchscreen display with WVGA resolution, much lower than the Galaxy S. The display is a simple TFT capacitive touchscreen, not a SuperAMOLED one.

It comes with a 2 MP camera and supports MPEG4, H.264, WMV and DivX, XviD video playback. There is a built in FM radio and 8/16 GB internal storage. It also supports microSD cards up to 32 GB. It supports Android Market and comes with Wi-Fi and GPS onboard.

It will be priced at €229 for the 8 GB version and €299 for the 16 GB version.