The MP3 Players

iAudio Korea has officially announced that the company is making debut of Cowon O2 on the coming monday. The PMP was introduced during the IFA 2008, together with the company MP3 player, Cowon S9 and GPS device, L3.

Specification:

• Powered by TI chip
• Supports MP3, WMA, AAC, AC3, FLAC, OGG, Apple Lossless audio
• Supports DivX 3.11/4/5/6, XviD, MPEG-4 SP/ASP, WMV 7/8/9, H.264, MPEG-1  video
• Supports T-DMB with TV-Out
• Available in 8GB, 16GB, and 32GB with maximum 32GB SDHC of extended memory
• Available in 3 colors (White, Black, and Pink)

There will be 3 versions available for Cowon O2, which are Standard, Dictionary, and DMB edition. The suggested retail prices are ranged from 249,000 Won (approx US$190) to 399,000 Won (approx US$305) .

[ via iMP3 ]

If you own an iAudio 6, you might probably not consider the new iAudio 7. It looks almost same as its predecessor, except the storage media and color display. The iAudio 7 is available in 4GB and 8GB of flash memory, and it features a 1.3″ TFT LCD display.

Specificaion:

• 4GB, 8GB flash memory
• 1.3″ TFT LCD @ 160 x 128 260k colors
• Swing Touch navigation
• Supports MP3, WMA, ASF, WAV, FLAC, OGG audio playback
• Supports MPEG-4 XviD codec
• Up to 60 hours audio playback with built-in Li-on battery
• 35.6 x 76.1 x 19mm, 53g

[ More pictures at iMP3 ]

iAudiophile has just done a thorough review on Cowon D2. They gave it a very high mark, almost 90/100 if not some bugs of its firmware. Cowon D2 were rated 88/100 overall in this review.

I can only really conclude that the Cowon D2 is an excellent Digital Audio Player with a ton of extremely useful features. The battery life literally kicks ass, the sound quality is excellent, and the additional features are more than just playful additions.

Specifications:

• MP3, OGG, WMA, FLAC, WAV, APE , Moving Picture Playback, FM Radio Receiver and Recording, Voice Recording, Line-In Recording, USB Storage, Text and Image viewer.
• 2.5 inch 16 million colour 24bit TFT-LCD - QVGA (320×240) Touch Screen display
• 52 hour battery life for music; 10 for video
• Output Power: 16 Ohm earphone : 37mW + 37mW
• Weight: 91g (including integrated Lithium Polymer Battery)
• Dimensions: 78.0 X 55.4 X 16.6 mm (W x H x D)

[ iAudiophile via DAPreview ]

There was a guess about Cowon A2 replacement. But it was a photoshoped mock up. Now the real replacement is here, Cowon N2. It is released as Cowon’s plan to replace A2, iAudio F1 and iAudio X5 before the upcoming Christmas. The new N2 is an PMP with DMB and GPS built-in.

The N of the new model is probably stand for Navigation as it comes with GPS module built-in. It is powered by AMD Alchemy 500MHz processor, 32MB flash, 128MB DDR2 RAM and 7″ WQVGA TFT LCD. It is run on Windows CE 5.0. The GPS module is based on SiRF lll chip that supports MXC map. The built-in DMB also enables it to receive major Korean DMB and DAB channels.

Other specs:

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Cowon iAudio F2

Finally, Cowon unveils its new iAudio F2 that we heard earlier! Well, the new F2 doesn’t have weird design as its predecessor. Yet, it is improved with some nice features like color screen, FLAC lossless audio, text and image browsing. Well, the maximum memory of 2GB is kinda dissappointing.
Specs:

• 1.3″ 262K color TFT LCD display
• 512MB, 1GB, 2GB
• Supports MP3, OGG, WMA, ASF, FLAC, WAV audio
• Image, text browsing
• Built-in Lithium polymer battery, up to 22 hours battery life
• 34.8 x 72.9 x 16.7mm, 39g

[ via iMP3 ]