Samsung released another six portable MP3 players in addition to the eight that are already on the market where Apple is the dominant player.

This release is another effort of Samsung to better compete in the digital music player industry.

"We aim to sell more than 5 million MP3 players this year versus 1.7 million sold last year and will seek various strategic alliances with content providers such as Microsoft to boost sales," said Samsung vice president Kim Suh-kyum.

The new players are modernized and addopted to the needs of a modern user including functions such as downloading music files to digital music devices.