Cowon iAudio Q5W

Cowon iAudio Q5W

iPod Touch

iPod Touch

SanDisk Sansa View

SanDisk Sansa View

Sony S710

Sony S710
General
Dimensions: 138.8 x 88.5 x 20.0 mm 110.0 x 61.8 x 8.0 mm 108.9 x 49.5 x 8.8 mm 47.4 x 84.6 x 16.2 mm
Weight: 380.0 g 120.0 g 82.2 g 52.0 g
Colors: Dark Navy Black Black Black, Red, Silver, Pink
Price: $550 / $600 $300 / $400 $150 / $200 $150 / $200
Storage
Memory Type: Hard Drive Flash Flash Flash
Capacity: 40GB / 60GB 8GB / 16GB 8GB / 16GB 4GB / 8GB
Hard Drive Size: 1.8" N/A N/A N/A
Expansion Slot: SD, SDHC, Other microSD, SDHC
SD/MMC support
Screen
Display Type: LCD LCD LCD LCD
Display Size: 5" 3.5" 2.4" 1.8"
Display Resolution: 800x480 480x320 240x320 320x240
Display Color: 16.7m 64k 64k 262k
Touch Display: Yes Yes No No
TV Out: Yes Yes Yes No
*TV Out requires $50 accessory from Apple store
Supported Formats
Audio: MP3, WMA, AAC, FLAC, OGG, WAV, APE MP3, AAC MP3, WMA, AAC, WAV, Audible MP3, WMA, AAC
Video: MPEG-4, DivX, XviD, WMV H.264 MPEG-4, WMV, H.264 MPEG-4, H.264
Photo: JPEG, BMP, PNG JPEG JPEG JPEG
Other: TXT, PDF N/A N/A N/A
*Apple Lossless Linear PCM Audio
Battery
Battery Type: Removable Non-Removable Non-Removable Non-Removable
Audio Life: 13.0 hours 22.0 hours 35.0 hours 33.0 hours
Video Life: 7.0 hours 5.0 hours 7.0 hours 8.0 hours
Controls
Control Type: Touch, Tactile Touch Tactile Tactile
Dedicated Volume Buttons: Yes No No Yes
Recording
Video Recording: Yes No No No
Audio Recording Format: WAV, MP3 N/A WAV N/A
Audio Recording Options: Voice, FM, Line-in N/A Voice, FM N/A
Accessories
Included Accessories: USB cable, USB host cable, Stereo headphones Stand, Dock Adapter, Cleaning Cloth, Earphones, and Proprietary USB Cable USB Cable, Software, User Guide Noise Canceling Headphones, Proprietary USB Cable, Dock Insert
Available Accessories: N/A N/A Cases, Dock, Speaker Docks, and many other Made For Sansa accessories. 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 No Yes No
Bookmarks: Yes No Yes No
Data Transfer
Transfer Protocol: MTP/MSC User Select Other MTP/MSC OS Select MTP
Connection Type: Standard USB Proprietary Connection Proprietary Connection Proprietary Connection
OS Compatibility: Windows, Mac, Linux Windows, Mac Windows, Mac, Linux Windows
Wireless: Bluetooth, Wi-Fi Wi-Fi N/A N/A
Audio
Audio Enhancements: Custom EQ, Preset EQ, BBE Preset EQ Custom EQ, Preset EQ Custom EQ, Preset EQ
Audio Features: Pan N/A N/A Volume Limiter
DDSE Sound Enhancer, Dynamic Normalizer, Clear Stereo, Virtual Acoustic Sound Engine
Miscellaneous
Radio Band: FM N/A FM FM
Additional Features: Operates on WinCE 5.0 Professional web browser, world clock, alarm clock, calculator, calendar, contacts N/A The S720 is identical to the S610 but includes noise canceling headphones.
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