Cowon iAudio A3

Cowon iAudio A3

Creative Zen Stone Plus Speaker

Creative Zen Stone Plus Speaker

SanDisk Sansa View

SanDisk Sansa View

Sony A820

Sony A820
General
Dimensions: 133.4 x 78.5 x 22.0 mm 55.6 x 35.7 x 17.5 mm 108.9 x 49.5 x 8.8 mm 50.2 x 93.9 x 9.3 mm
Weight: 280.0 g 21.0 g 82.2 g 58.0 g
Colors: Silver Black, Champagne, Blue, Pink Black Black, Pink
Price: $350 / $400 $59.99 $150 / $200 $270 / $320
Storage
Memory Type: Hard Drive Flash Flash Flash
Capacity: 30GB / 60GB 2GB 8GB / 16GB 8GB / 16GB
Hard Drive Size: N/A N/A N/A N/A
Expansion Slot: microSD, SDHC
Screen
Display Type: LCD OLED LCD LCD
Display Size: 4" 1" 2.4" 2.4"
Display Resolution: 800x480 64x64 240x320 320x240
Display Color: 16.7m N/A 64k 262k
Touch Display: No No No No
TV Out: Yes No Yes Yes
1280 x 720 HD output Monochrone blue OLED screen TV Out Requires Dock
Supported Formats
Audio: MP3, WMA, AAC, FLAC, OGG, WAV, APE MP3, WMA, AAC, WMA Lossless MP3, WMA, AAC, WAV, Audible MP3, WMA, AAC
Video: MPEG-1, MPEG-2, MPEG-4, DivX, XviD, WMV, Other N/A MPEG-4, WMV, H.264 MPEG-4, H.264
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 Linear PCM Audio
Battery
Battery Type: Non-Removable Non-Removable Non-Removable Non-Removable
Audio Life: 7.0 hours 20.0 hours 35.0 hours 33.0 hours
Video Life: 10.0 hours 0.0 hours 7.0 hours 9.0 hours
*official battery life unknown
Controls
Control Type: Tactile Tactile Tactile Tactile
Dedicated Volume Buttons: No Yes No Yes
Recording
Video Recording: Yes No No Yes
Audio Recording Format: WAV, WMA WAV WAV N/A
Audio Recording Options: Voice, FM, Line-in Voice Voice, FM N/A
Records with optional dock
Accessories
Included Accessories: S-Video, Component, Composite TV-Out, USB Cable, Lanyard, User's Manual, Earphones, Charger Silicon skin w/clip, earbuds, USB cable USB Cable, Software, User Guide Premium Headphones, Headphone Extension Cable, Proprietary USB Cable, Dock Insert. *8GB version is bundled with Bluetooth headphones.
Available Accessories: Cases, Car Chargers, Belt Clips Cases, speaker Cases, Dock, Speaker Docks, and many other Made For Sansa accessories. Cases, Docks, Speaker Docks
Music Browsing & Management
File Browsing: ID3 Tag, File Folder File Folder ID3 Tag ID3 Tag, File Folder
On-the-go Playlists: Yes No Yes No
On-the-go Deleting: Yes Yes Yes No
Bookmarks: Yes No Yes No
BBE, Mach3Bass, MP Enhance, and 3D Surround Folder browsing only, can't browse individual files
Data Transfer
Transfer Protocol: MTP/MSC User Select MSC MTP/MSC OS Select MTP
Connection Type: Standard USB Standard USB Proprietary Connection Proprietary Connection
OS Compatibility: Windows, Mac, Linux Windows, Mac, Linux Windows, Mac, Linux Windows
Wireless: N/A N/A N/A Bluetooth
*Mini USB Jack *Optional USB host
Audio
Audio Enhancements: Custom EQ, Preset EQ, BBE Custom EQ, Preset EQ Custom EQ, Preset EQ Custom EQ, Preset EQ
Audio Features: Pan, Speed Control Volume Limiter N/A Volume Limiter
built in speaker Bass boost DDSE Sound Enhancer, Dynamic Normalizer, Clear Stereo, Virtual Acoustic Sound Engine
Miscellaneous
Radio Band: FM FM FM N/A
Additional Features: *DMB Support Internal speaker N/A N/A
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