Revolution again?

Do you like something innovative? For example first smartphone fully open sourced and based on Linux. I don’t think that anyone can be surprised by mp3 player. But what about this one? It is called Cowon D2 and it has several innovative features. Which one? Just look at the picture

Cowon D2

Nothing innovative? It just looks like nothing interesting. This is first player which has touchscreen! And not small touchscreen like my watches, but really big one. Almost like on Pocket PC. Of course with such screen this device can play videos. No high-def, but do you need it? ;) Let’s look on it’s specifications taken from product’s page:

FEATURES Video & Audio Player / FM Tuner / Voice Recorder / Text & Photo Viewer
2.5 inch 16 million color 24bit TFT-LCD - QVGA (320×240) Touchscreen
SD / SDHC Memory Expansion
Up to 52 hours (Music) of continuous playback (Movie 10 hours)*
DRM-protected content Support (PlaysForSure, etc.)

Here we see 2.5 inch touchscreeen as I told you. Other is usual stuff for portable mp3 player. 52 hours for playback is a lot. I don’t think it’s true, but I hope for good things. What’s next:

SPECIFICATIONS
Playback
format		 Music
MP3 : MPEG 1/2/2.5 Layer 3, ~320kbps, ~48khz, mono/stereo
WMA : ~256kbps, ~48khz, mono/stereo
OGG : ~Q10, ~44.1khz, mono/stereo
FLAC : Compression Level 0 ~ 8, ~44.1khz, mono/stereo
WAV : ~48khz, 16bit, mono/stereo
APE: TBD **
JetEffect (BBE, Mach3Bass, MP Enhance, 3D Surround, Stereo Enhance) support
Movie
AVI : MPEG4 ~ 2Mbps, 320×240, 30fps, MP3 audio
WMV : WMV9 ~ 768kbps, 320×240, 30fps, WMA audio
TV OUT support (TV OUT Cable Optional)
Recording WMA : 32~256kbps Recording and Playback
Voice Recording, Line-In Recording, External MIC support
Photo JPG, No limitation on image size and capacity
Text TXT file Viewer
Support up to 2MB
Folder Limit 500 folders and 5,000 files
Radio support FM RADIO : 76Mhz ~ 108Mhz, 87.5Mhz ~ 108Mhz
WMA : 32~256kbps recording support
Display 2.5 inch 16 million color(24bit) TFT-LCD : QVGA (320×240) Touchscreen
Built-in memory 2GB, 4GB
External SD Card and MMC Card Slot
PC interface USB 2.0 High Speed
File transfer speed Max. 35Mbps (Upload 40Mbps)
Power Up to 52 hours (Music) of continuous playback (Movie 10 hours)
Charge time About 3.5 hours by adapter, About 7 hours by USB
Button 3 Button(MENU, VOL-, VOL+), POWER & HOLD Switch
SNR 95dB (A-Weighted)
Frequency Range 20Hz~20KHz
Max Output 16 Ohm earphone : 37mW + 37mW
Size 3.07 X 2.18 X 0.65 inches (78.0 X 55.4 X 16.6 mm)
Weight 3.21 oz (91 g) (Include Lithium Polymer battery)

Specifications are usual for such sort of players. What can I mention is that Cowon D2 supports not only mp3 and wma, but flac, ogg, ape. Another company that produces player with multi support is iRiver. There are several editions of Cowon D2. Black and white as you see on the picture. And 2 GB and 4 GB editions.

If all of what I have written impresses you - run and buy it. As for me - I’ll stay without player. Read books

Written by mente on April 12th, 2007 with comments disabled.
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