Cowon iAudio U5

Cowon iAudio U5

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Creative Zen Stone Plus Speaker

Sony A820

Sony A820

Toshiba Gigabeat S

Toshiba Gigabeat S
General
Dimensions: 41.0 x 85.0 x 10.0 mm 55.6 x 35.7 x 17.5 mm 50.2 x 93.9 x 9.3 mm 61.0 x 15.0 x 99.0 mm
Weight: 38.0 g 21.0 g 58.0 g 150.3 g
Colors: White, black Black, Champagne, Blue, Pink Black, Pink White, Black
Price: $100 / $130 $59.99 $270 / $320 $250 / $300
Storage
Memory Type: Flash Flash Flash Hard Drive
Capacity: 4GB / 8GB 2GB 8GB / 16GB 30GB / 60GB
Hard Drive Size: N/A N/A N/A 1.8"
Expansion Slot:
Screen
Display Type: LCD OLED LCD None
Display Size: 1.8" 1" 2.4" 2.4"
Display Resolution: 128x160 64x64 320x240 240x320
Display Color: 64k N/A 262k 64k
Touch Display: No No No No
TV Out: No No Yes Yes
Monochrone blue OLED screen TV Out Requires Dock
Supported Formats
Audio: MP3, WMA, WAV MP3, WMA, AAC, WMA Lossless MP3, WMA, AAC MP3, WMA, WAV
Video: N/A N/A MPEG-4, H.264 WMV
Photo: N/A N/A JPEG JPEG
Other: N/A N/A N/A N/A
Linear PCM Audio other video formats are transcoded
Battery
Battery Type: Non-Removable Non-Removable Non-Removable Non-Removable
Audio Life: 24.0 hours 20.0 hours 33.0 hours 12.0 hours
Video Life: 0.0 hours 0.0 hours 9.0 hours 3.0 hours
Controls
Control Type: Tactile Tactile Tactile Tactile
Dedicated Volume Buttons: Yes Yes Yes Yes
Recording
Video Recording: No No Yes No
Audio Recording Format: WAV WAV N/A N/A
Audio Recording Options: Voice, FM Voice N/A N/A
Records with optional dock
Accessories
Included Accessories: AC adapter, earbuds, USB cable, software Silicon skin w/clip, earbuds, USB cable Premium Headphones, Headphone Extension Cable, Proprietary USB Cable, Dock Insert. *8GB version is bundled with Bluetooth headphones. N/A
Available Accessories: cases, screen protectors Cases, speaker Cases, Docks, Speaker Docks N/A
Music Browsing & Management
File Browsing: ID3 Tag, File Folder File Folder ID3 Tag, File Folder ID3 Tag
On-the-go Playlists: No No No Yes
On-the-go Deleting: No Yes No No
Bookmarks: No No No No
Folder browsing only, can't browse individual files
Data Transfer
Transfer Protocol: MSC MSC MTP MTP
Connection Type: Proprietary Connection Standard USB Proprietary Connection Standard USB
OS Compatibility: Windows, Mac, Linux Windows, Mac, Linux Windows Windows
Wireless: N/A N/A Bluetooth N/A
Audio
Audio Enhancements: Custom EQ, Preset EQ, BBE Custom EQ, Preset EQ Custom EQ, Preset EQ Preset EQ
Audio Features: Pan Volume Limiter Volume Limiter N/A
Bass boost DDSE Sound Enhancer, Dynamic Normalizer, Clear Stereo, Virtual Acoustic Sound Engine
Miscellaneous
Radio Band: FM FM N/A FM
Additional Features: alarm clock, sleep timer Internal speaker N/A N/A
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