Samsung has finally announced pricing and availability for their Beat R1 media players. Measuring a mere 8.9mm thin while tipping the scales at 50 grams, the R1 is smaller than a credit card while cramming in a 2.6″ LCD touchscreen display.

The R1 features a 2.6-inch OVGA touch display, laudable file support (MP3, WMA, OGG, WAV, PNG, GIF, SWF, WMV, H.264, DivX, MPEG4, FM radio–tuner and recorder, Bluetooth 2.0 support, and a hard-to-describe DJ-scratching widget that lets you play DJ with your music.
It promises up to 50 hours for audio playback or 4 hours for video. The goodies, it has Samsung’s fantastic Digital Natural Sound Engine (DNSe) 3.0 sound enhancement technology.

The R1, which should be shipping any day now, comes in 8GB It promises ($149.99) and 16GB ($179.99) available in pink, black and silver colors.