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Cowon Q5 PMP Packed with Connectivity

By: Jenn K. Lee on April 10, 2007 11:21 PM

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The most descriptive word we can use to describe the Cowon Q5 portable media player is "wow." Just plain wow.

Immediate stand-out features of the 5.5" x 3.5" x 0.8" device are the 5" touchscreen (800 x 480), Windows CE 5.0 Pro operating system, DVR capabilities, and Bluetooth, WiFi, and HSDPA connectivity. By comparison, the 40GB/60GB storage capacity, optional GPS, integrated speakers, FM radio, line-in recording, and extensive codec support (including Ogg Vorbis, FLAC, DivX, and XviD) almost seem rather boring. Almost.

Slated for U.S. availability by June 2007, the Cowon Q5 is priced at $500 and $550 for the 40GB and 60GB models, respectively. Archos who?

[LAPTOP via Engadget]

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Comments

Dustin on April 11, 2007 11:39 PM

wow, that thing is incredable...almost makes me want to break my creative zen. However when looking at it i cant help but feel it is a stripped down UMPC, woldnt it be more logical to drop down the extra $150 and get a Asus R2H (i think thats the name of it), with that you get all the things that that cowon can do, with the addition of the ability to play old games (probably starcraft, ohh man starcraft on the bus would be incredable)

Michael on May 5, 2007 3:02 PM

wow i just bought a creative zen vision m. I kinda wish i would have saved my money

Constantine on June 5, 2007 9:47 PM

looks like my dream ...)

But how long does it working on the full charge ?
Is there stylus ?

andy on September 30, 2007 2:10 PM

seems great how does it stach up against the Cpwon A2?

Moe on December 11, 2007 10:05 PM

I hear it's got 7 hours of video, 9 hours of audio. It does have a stylus. $500 for 40GB, $550 for 60GB

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