It may be tiny, but Cowon's new D2 clocks a freakishly-high 52 hours of audio playback time (and 10 hours of video). Its gorgeous 2.5-inch LCD isn't just for looks-the D2 sports a slick touch-screen interface for navigating through audio, video, image, and even text files. Add in playback for open source, lossless, and other obscure audio formats (ever heard of Monkey's Audio?) and you've got a player even the crustiest of techno snobs can get excited about. From now on, we'll just assume that bulge in your pants is due to a larger, inferior PMP in your pocket.
Review: Cowon D2 2GB Portable Multimedia Player
It may be tiny, but Cowon’s new D2 clocks a freakishly-high 52 hours of audio playback time (and 10 hours of video). Its gorgeous 2.5-inch LCD isn’t just for looks-the D2 sports a slick touch-screen interface for navigating through audio, video, image, and even text files. Add in playback for open source, lossless, and other […]
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WIRED
Touch screen navigation works great with included triangular stylus. Incredible sound quality with numerous audio enhancement options. Supports MP3, WMA, OGG, FLAC, WAV and APE formats as well as PlaysForSure content. MTP and MSC storage modes. Expandable memory up to 12GB via SD/MMC. Videos look amazing at 30 FPS. Can record voice or FM radio.
TIRED
No video for Mac users; all video must be converted with included PC-only software. Pricey for just 2GB of built-in memory.