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Cowon P5 Gets Official

By: Andreas Ødegård on July 23, 2008 9:29 AM

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The Cowon Q5(W) has been the flagship of all MP3 players for a while, offering and costing more than anything else out there. The successor is now official, and will be called the P5.

The P5 will of course have an impressive feature list, which includes (draws breath): 5" 800x480 pixel LCD haptic touch screen, FM tuner, TV output, speaker, Bluetooth, USB host, games, DMB-T TV tuner (US version will definitely not have this) and optional Wifi module. It will come in 40, 60 and 80GB versions running a 700mhz CPU and a Windows CE 5.0 core. While 14 hours for audio isn't very impressive, the stated 9 hours for video certainly is and the device supports pretty much any audio and video format there is. If and when a US version will come out is unknown, but expect it to be priced like it's predecessor, meaning it won't be cheap. For more pictures and full tech specs check out the product page.

[via GenerationMP3]

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Comments

Jay on July 23, 2008 10:33 AM

WOW! Successor to the Q5 and looks like a big improvement too! The design is flawless. I am definitely picking one up in the coming future. (Need to save cash from now on haha)

Jay on July 23, 2008 10:54 AM

Ok, why are they still using WinCE 5.0? 6.0 has been out for awhile now... Is it a more demanding OS that the device can't handle? So far the only drawback I can see...

Shai on July 23, 2008 11:09 AM

hmm, looks impressive, jay u kinda sum up wt i was gonna say in ure first comment , :P i have no cash either!

looks good though i have to admit,and the specs

Shai on July 23, 2008 11:12 AM

hmm, looks impressive, jay u kinda sum up wt i was gonna say in ure first comment , :P i have no cash either!

looks good though i have to admit,and the specs

nywytboy68 on July 23, 2008 1:05 PM

Ummmm, and the D3 will be available when? Amazing how they update a failure so soon, but don't follow up their winner with such a thing. And now I'm not really feeling so bad about jumping ship and hitting up an A829.

Feng on July 23, 2008 1:53 PM

perhaps win 5 is less buggy than 6 like how xp is compared to vista.

ABI please get a review on this as soon as you possibly can. id like to see some reviews before i make my decision on my next PMP.

Ben on July 23, 2008 2:01 PM

I was excited until I read that it uses Windows CE 5.0.

Shorty15c4 on July 23, 2008 4:37 PM

Wow. 40 GB? And look at all those features! Double than what my current player has. Ironically, its a P2. This player definatly deserves the name P5 :D. Hopefully its under $300. Wow, definately a computer.

helpme123 on July 23, 2008 5:23 PM

i want this!!!!!!!!!!

chefgon on July 23, 2008 8:30 PM

You guys are thinking of Windows Mobile, not Windows CE. Windows Mobile (currently version 6) is a separate product built on top of the Windows CE core (currently version 5).

Windows CE itself is actually a pretty stable and well designed embedded OS. Don't let bad experiences with Windows Mobile sour your opinion of CE, they are not the same thing.

Jay on July 23, 2008 9:55 PM

thanks for clearing that up chefgon! So it is using the most up to date OS...

Now this device is right on the money.

darkassasin849 on July 23, 2008 11:50 PM

i might have to sell my archos 504 and dvr station to save money for this if its as good as it seems

Cadabena on July 25, 2008 2:53 PM

Hmm, I see a red flash icon on the desktop on one of the pics on the product page. The red icon always means Flash editor, the silver one means flash player. Does this mean you can actually run Flash on it? If so, it's a must buy for me!

unknown on July 29, 2008 12:30 AM

why does videos play longer
than audio, display can sleep, and video has audio..

Chepe Centro on August 10, 2008 3:57 PM

Too freakin' big... not exactly portable.
Any news about a D2 sucessor?

anonymous on August 17, 2008 8:07 AM

Finally a Cowon I can look at without puking. Maybe I'll buy this, although 14 hours of audio isn't good enough (and a bit weird coming from Cowon)

Pete on August 29, 2008 1:58 PM

Typical, I've just bought the Q5 plus spare charger, protective films, leather and hard plastic case etc and now the P5 is coming. If I knew this I would have waited. Shame wi-fi is not built in like it is on the Q5. Does'nt make sense to me.
Wife, you're getting a Q5 soon!!

Pete on August 29, 2008 1:59 PM

Typical, I've just bought the Q5 plus spare charger, protective films, leather and hard plastic case etc and now the P5 is coming. If I knew this I would have waited. Shame wi-fi is not built in like it is on the Q5. Does'nt make sense to me.
Wife, you're getting a Q5 soon!!

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