Cowon iAudio A3

Cowon iAudio A3

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Creative Zen Vision W

Sony A720

Sony A720

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General
Dimensions: 133.4 x 78.5 x 22.0 mm 76.2 x 22.9 x 134.6 mm 50.2 x 93.9 x 9.3 mm 28.0 x 15.0 x 86.0 mm
Weight: 280.0 g 275.0 g 58.0 g 48.0 g
Colors: Silver Black Black, Pink Black, Pink, Blue, Yellow, Green
Price: $350 / $400 $270 / $300 $200 / $300 $150 / $200
Storage
Memory Type: Hard Drive Hard Drive Flash Flash
Capacity: 30GB / 60GB 30GB / 60GB 8GB / 16GB 2GB / 4GB
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 OLED
Display Size: 4" 4.3" 2.4" 1.1"
Display Resolution: 800x480 480x272 320x240 N/A
Display Color: 16.7m 262k 262k 64k
Touch Display: No No No No
TV Out: Yes Yes Yes No
1280 x 720 HD output TV Out Requires Dock
Supported Formats
Audio: MP3, WMA, AAC, FLAC, OGG, WAV, APE MP3, WMA, WAV MP3, WMA, AAC MP3, WMA, AAC, ATRAC
Video: MPEG-1, MPEG-2, MPEG-4, DivX, XviD, WMV, Other MPEG-1, MPEG-2, MPEG-4, DivX, XviD, WMV MPEG-4, H.264 N/A
Photo: JPEG, BMP, TIFF, PNG, GIF JPEG JPEG N/A
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 Removable Non-Removable Non-Removable
Audio Life: 7.0 hours 13.0 hours 33.0 hours 50.0 hours
Video Life: 10.0 hours 4.5 hours 9.0 hours 0.0 hours
*official battery life unknown
Controls
Control Type: Tactile Tactile Tactile
Dedicated Volume Buttons: No Yes Yes No
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 Premium Headphones (MDR-EX082), Headphone Extension Cable, Proprietary USB Cable, Dock Insert Noise canceling headphones
Available Accessories: Cases, Car Chargers, Belt Clips IR remote Cases, Docks, Speaker Docks, Bluetooth Adapter N/A
Music Browsing & Management
File Browsing: ID3 Tag, File Folder ID3 Tag ID3 Tag, File Folder ID3 Tag
On-the-go Playlists: Yes Yes No 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 MTP MTP
Connection Type: Standard USB Standard USB Proprietary Connection Proprietary Connection
OS Compatibility: Windows, Mac, Linux Windows 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 Custom EQ, Preset EQ Custom EQ, Preset EQ
Audio Features: Pan, Speed Control N/A Volume Limiter N/A
built in speaker DDSE Sound Enhancer, Dynamic Normalizer, Clear Stereo, Virtual Acoustic Sound Engine
Miscellaneous
Radio Band: FM FM N/A FM
Additional Features: *DMB Support Built in speaker N/A N/A
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