The Samsung Galaxy Player 5.0 is like a slightly bigger version of the excellent Samsung Galaxy Player 4.0, but that's not necessarily a good thing.

Just like its sibling, the Galaxy Player 5.0 is essentially an Android smartphone with the phone removed. The innards of this device are almost the same as the 4-inch player: same processor, same apps, even the same screen resolution at 800-by-480. But the 5.0 uses a 5-inch screen and has more than double the battery capacity—2,500mAh compared to the 4.0's 1,200—which delivered more than 8 hours of video playback in our tests.

Like other 5-inch-screen devices, though, the Galaxy Player also becomes slightly unwieldy. At 3.1 by 5.6 by .5 inches and 6.4 ounces, it's just a little too large to hold comfortably in one hand, yet it doesn't offer the screen real estate of a seven-inch tablet. It's a tweener, and it's ergonomically stuck in the middle.

The Galaxy Player 5.0 retails for $269.99 with 8GB of storage (as compared with $229.99 for the 4.0); it supports MicroSD memory cards up to 32GB. For more details and a comparison with the Editor's Choice Apple iPod touch ($199, 5 stars), read our full review of the Samsung Galaxy Player 4.0.