Cowon iAudio A3

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Cowon iAudio U5

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Creative Zen Vision W

Creative Zen Vision W

Toshiba Gigabeat S

Toshiba Gigabeat S
General
Dimensions: 133.4 x 78.5 x 22.0 mm 41.0 x 85.0 x 10.0 mm 76.2 x 22.9 x 134.6 mm 61.0 x 15.0 x 99.0 mm
Weight: 280.0 g 38.0 g 275.0 g 150.3 g
Colors: Silver White, black Black White, Black
Price: $350 / $400 $100 / $130 $270 / $300 $250 / $300
Storage
Memory Type: Hard Drive Flash Hard Drive Hard Drive
Capacity: 30GB / 60GB 4GB / 8GB 30GB / 60GB 30GB / 60GB
Hard Drive Size: N/A N/A N/A 1.8"
Expansion Slot: Other
Expansion slot for compact flash types I & II
Screen
Display Type: LCD LCD LCD None
Display Size: 4" 1.8" 4.3" 2.4"
Display Resolution: 800x480 128x160 480x272 240x320
Display Color: 16.7m 64k 262k 64k
Touch Display: No No No No
TV Out: Yes No Yes Yes
1280 x 720 HD output
Supported Formats
Audio: MP3, WMA, AAC, FLAC, OGG, WAV, APE MP3, WMA, WAV MP3, WMA, WAV MP3, WMA, WAV
Video: MPEG-1, MPEG-2, MPEG-4, DivX, XviD, WMV, Other N/A MPEG-1, MPEG-2, MPEG-4, DivX, XviD, WMV WMV
Photo: JPEG, BMP, TIFF, PNG, GIF N/A JPEG JPEG
Other: TXT, PDF, DOC N/A N/A N/A
also RAW images; ASF, PCM, AC-3, G.726, Apple Lossless audio; ASF, OGM video other video formats are transcoded
Battery
Battery Type: Non-Removable Non-Removable Removable Non-Removable
Audio Life: 7.0 hours 24.0 hours 13.0 hours 12.0 hours
Video Life: 10.0 hours 0.0 hours 4.5 hours 3.0 hours
*official battery life unknown
Controls
Control Type: Tactile Tactile Tactile Tactile
Dedicated Volume Buttons: No Yes Yes Yes
Recording
Video Recording: Yes No No No
Audio Recording Format: WAV, WMA WAV WAV N/A
Audio Recording Options: Voice, FM, Line-in Voice, FM Voice N/A
Accessories
Included Accessories: S-Video, Component, Composite TV-Out, USB Cable, Lanyard, User's Manual, Earphones, Charger AC adapter, earbuds, USB cable, software earphones, power adapter, USB cable, A/V cable, pouch, installation CD-ROM N/A
Available Accessories: Cases, Car Chargers, Belt Clips cases, screen protectors IR remote N/A
Music Browsing & Management
File Browsing: ID3 Tag, File Folder ID3 Tag, File Folder ID3 Tag ID3 Tag
On-the-go Playlists: Yes No Yes Yes
On-the-go Deleting: Yes No Yes No
Bookmarks: Yes No Yes No
BBE, Mach3Bass, MP Enhance, and 3D Surround Files on Compact flash cards cannot be directly played without first coping them to the hard drive
Data Transfer
Transfer Protocol: MTP/MSC User Select MSC MTP MTP
Connection Type: Standard USB Proprietary Connection Standard USB Standard USB
OS Compatibility: Windows, Mac, Linux Windows, Mac, Linux Windows Windows
Wireless: N/A N/A N/A N/A
*Mini USB Jack *Optional USB host
Audio
Audio Enhancements: Custom EQ, Preset EQ, BBE Custom EQ, Preset EQ, BBE Custom EQ, Preset EQ Preset EQ
Audio Features: Pan, Speed Control Pan N/A N/A
built in speaker
Miscellaneous
Radio Band: FM FM FM FM
Additional Features: *DMB Support alarm clock, sleep timer Built in speaker N/A
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