The Samsung Nexus is no bigger than most digital music players, and Samsung adds satellite radio to the mix with a cradle-bound XM radio, but you can listen to live radio only when the Nexus is docked. In addition, it comes up short on battery life.

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# 3.4”H x 1.9”W x 0.7”D in size.
# It come in two versions - a 1G version which can hold up to 50 hours of songs and a 512Mb version that can hold up to 25 hours of songs.
# XM’s Connect & Play technology

It will be available in the 4th QTR of 2005. Price uknown. Full specs and prices will be available when it is officially announced. Stay Tuned.

Samsung Nexus Mp3 player review taken from pcmag “Available in 512MB (neXus 25; $219 list) and 1GB (neXus 50; $269) versions, the device comes with plenty of accessories, including a dock and home antenna. (The XM service costs an additional $12.95 per month.) An optional car kit is available from Samsung for $70, which makes the neXus a little more practical because subscribers can listen to live XM while driving. I am surprised that the car kit isn’t included, because drivers are clearly the target market for this device (Sirius got that one right; it includes a car kit with its S50). When you factor in the cost of the car kit, the neXus and the S50 are similarly priced. Of course, which one you choose depends heavily on whether you prefer Sirius or XM content, as well as on whether you can live with the device’s limitations compared with the more feature-filled Helix and Inno.

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