Samsung announced this week it will demo next week at CES its new, Android based portable media player, the Galaxy Player.
The Galaxy was designed to compete with the same consumer demographic as Apple’s iPod touch, which is the current top pick for those who seek all the iPhone’s features minus a specific carrier.
Android handsets, on the other hand, is untethered and available on almost every carrier in the world, and are being developed and manufactured by multiple companies all over the world.

Let the competition begin…
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