Cowon iAudio A3

Cowon iAudio A3

Creative Zen Vision W

Creative Zen Vision W

iPod Touch

iPod Touch

Sony A720

Sony A720
General
Dimensions: 133.4 x 78.5 x 22.0 mm 76.2 x 22.9 x 134.6 mm 110.0 x 61.8 x 8.0 mm 50.2 x 93.9 x 9.3 mm
Weight: 280.0 g 275.0 g 120.0 g 58.0 g
Colors: Silver Black Black Black, Pink
Price: $350 / $400 $270 / $300 $300 / $400 $200 / $300
Storage
Memory Type: Hard Drive Hard Drive Flash Flash
Capacity: 30GB / 60GB 30GB / 60GB 8GB / 16GB 8GB / 16GB
Hard Drive Size: N/A N/A N/A N/A
Expansion Slot: Other
Expansion slot for compact flash types I & II
Screen
Display Type: LCD LCD LCD LCD
Display Size: 4" 4.3" 3.5" 2.4"
Display Resolution: 800x480 480x272 480x320 320x240
Display Color: 16.7m 262k 64k 262k
Touch Display: No No Yes No
TV Out: Yes Yes Yes Yes
1280 x 720 HD output *TV Out requires $50 accessory from Apple store TV Out Requires Dock
Supported Formats
Audio: MP3, WMA, AAC, FLAC, OGG, WAV, APE MP3, WMA, WAV MP3, AAC MP3, WMA, AAC
Video: MPEG-1, MPEG-2, MPEG-4, DivX, XviD, WMV, Other MPEG-1, MPEG-2, MPEG-4, DivX, XviD, WMV H.264 MPEG-4, H.264
Photo: JPEG, BMP, TIFF, PNG, GIF JPEG 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 *Apple Lossless Linear PCM Audio
Battery
Battery Type: Non-Removable Removable Non-Removable Non-Removable
Audio Life: 7.0 hours 13.0 hours 22.0 hours 33.0 hours
Video Life: 10.0 hours 4.5 hours 5.0 hours 9.0 hours
*official battery life unknown
Controls
Control Type: Tactile Tactile Touch Tactile
Dedicated Volume Buttons: No Yes No Yes
Recording
Video Recording: Yes No No No
Audio Recording Format: WAV, WMA WAV N/A N/A
Audio Recording Options: Voice, FM, Line-in Voice N/A N/A
Records with optional dock
Accessories
Included Accessories: S-Video, Component, Composite TV-Out, USB Cable, Lanyard, User's Manual, Earphones, Charger earphones, power adapter, USB cable, A/V cable, pouch, installation CD-ROM Stand, Dock Adapter, Cleaning Cloth, Earphones, and Proprietary USB Cable Premium Headphones (MDR-EX082), Headphone Extension Cable, Proprietary USB Cable, Dock Insert
Available Accessories: Cases, Car Chargers, Belt Clips IR remote N/A Cases, Docks, Speaker Docks, Bluetooth Adapter
Music Browsing & Management
File Browsing: ID3 Tag, File Folder ID3 Tag ID3 Tag ID3 Tag, File Folder
On-the-go Playlists: Yes Yes Yes No
On-the-go Deleting: Yes Yes No No
Bookmarks: Yes Yes No 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 MTP Other MTP
Connection Type: Standard USB Standard USB Proprietary Connection Proprietary Connection
OS Compatibility: Windows, Mac, Linux Windows Windows, Mac Windows
Wireless: N/A N/A Wi-Fi N/A
*Mini USB Jack *Optional USB host
Audio
Audio Enhancements: Custom EQ, Preset EQ, BBE Custom EQ, Preset EQ Preset EQ Custom EQ, Preset EQ
Audio Features: Pan, Speed Control N/A N/A Volume Limiter
built in speaker DDSE Sound Enhancer, Dynamic Normalizer, Clear Stereo, Virtual Acoustic Sound Engine
Miscellaneous
Radio Band: FM FM N/A N/A
Additional Features: *DMB Support Built in speaker web browser, world clock, alarm clock, calculator, calendar, contacts N/A
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