http://www.engadget.com/2008/10/11/cowons-o2-pmp-ships-in-korea-october-13-starts-at-224/ Engadget Comments for Cowon's O2 PMP ships in Korea October 13, starts at $224 http://www.engadget.com/media/feedlogo.gif http://www.engadget.com en-us Copyright 2009 Weblogs, Inc. The contents of this feed are available for non-commercial use only. Blogsmith http://www.blogsmith.com/http://www.engadget.com/2008/10/11/cowons-o2-pmp-ships-in-korea-october-13-starts-at-224/http://www.engadget.com/2008/10/11/cowons-o2-pmp-ships-in-korea-october-13-starts-at-224/Oct 11th 2008 7:02PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/10/11/cowons-o2-pmp-ships-in-korea-october-13-starts-at-224/http://www.engadget.com/2008/10/11/cowons-o2-pmp-ships-in-korea-october-13-starts-at-224/Oct 11th 2008 8:26PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/10/11/cowons-o2-pmp-ships-in-korea-october-13-starts-at-224/http://www.engadget.com/2008/10/11/cowons-o2-pmp-ships-in-korea-october-13-starts-at-224/Oct 11th 2008 7:14PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/10/11/cowons-o2-pmp-ships-in-korea-october-13-starts-at-224/http://www.engadget.com/2008/10/11/cowons-o2-pmp-ships-in-korea-october-13-starts-at-224/Oct 11th 2008 7:30PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/10/11/cowons-o2-pmp-ships-in-korea-october-13-starts-at-224/http://www.engadget.com/2008/10/11/cowons-o2-pmp-ships-in-korea-october-13-starts-at-224/Oct 11th 2008 7:37PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/10/11/cowons-o2-pmp-ships-in-korea-october-13-starts-at-224/http://www.engadget.com/2008/10/11/cowons-o2-pmp-ships-in-korea-october-13-starts-at-224/Oct 11th 2008 7:40PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/10/11/cowons-o2-pmp-ships-in-korea-october-13-starts-at-224/http://www.engadget.com/2008/10/11/cowons-o2-pmp-ships-in-korea-october-13-starts-at-224/Oct 11th 2008 9:52PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/10/11/cowons-o2-pmp-ships-in-korea-october-13-starts-at-224/http://www.engadget.com/2008/10/11/cowons-o2-pmp-ships-in-korea-october-13-starts-at-224/Oct 11th 2008 7:21PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/10/11/cowons-o2-pmp-ships-in-korea-october-13-starts-at-224/http://www.engadget.com/2008/10/11/cowons-o2-pmp-ships-in-korea-october-13-starts-at-224/Oct 11th 2008 7:35PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/10/11/cowons-o2-pmp-ships-in-korea-october-13-starts-at-224/http://www.engadget.com/2008/10/11/cowons-o2-pmp-ships-in-korea-october-13-starts-at-224/Oct 11th 2008 9:45PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/10/11/cowons-o2-pmp-ships-in-korea-october-13-starts-at-224/http://www.engadget.com/2008/10/11/cowons-o2-pmp-ships-in-korea-october-13-starts-at-224/
it's either that or add wifi with a good browser.]]>Oct 11th 2008 7:25PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/10/11/cowons-o2-pmp-ships-in-korea-october-13-starts-at-224/http://www.engadget.com/2008/10/11/cowons-o2-pmp-ships-in-korea-october-13-starts-at-224/Oct 11th 2008 7:41PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/10/11/cowons-o2-pmp-ships-in-korea-october-13-starts-at-224/http://www.engadget.com/2008/10/11/cowons-o2-pmp-ships-in-korea-october-13-starts-at-224/Oct 11th 2008 7:43PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/10/11/cowons-o2-pmp-ships-in-korea-october-13-starts-at-224/http://www.engadget.com/2008/10/11/cowons-o2-pmp-ships-in-korea-october-13-starts-at-224/Oct 11th 2008 7:44PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/10/11/cowons-o2-pmp-ships-in-korea-october-13-starts-at-224/http://www.engadget.com/2008/10/11/cowons-o2-pmp-ships-in-korea-october-13-starts-at-224/
I think the most important thing is that this should have a great UI. If the interface sux, then this will be a pain. That's why Apple is so successful.

Waiting for it to arrive in Europe :)]]>Oct 11th 2008 7:52PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/10/11/cowons-o2-pmp-ships-in-korea-october-13-starts-at-224/http://www.engadget.com/2008/10/11/cowons-o2-pmp-ships-in-korea-october-13-starts-at-224/
Totally agree!]]>Oct 11th 2008 8:14PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/10/11/cowons-o2-pmp-ships-in-korea-october-13-starts-at-224/http://www.engadget.com/2008/10/11/cowons-o2-pmp-ships-in-korea-october-13-starts-at-224/Oct 12th 2008 2:51PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/10/11/cowons-o2-pmp-ships-in-korea-october-13-starts-at-224/http://www.engadget.com/2008/10/11/cowons-o2-pmp-ships-in-korea-october-13-starts-at-224/
Wifi makes it, and I wouldn't consider a PMP without it. Multi-touch is pretty impressive as well. Being able to sit on my couch with a full very very usable browser while my wife dominates the remote is the cats pajamas. Without Wifi it is a FAIL.

]]>Oct 13th 2008 3:25PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/10/11/cowons-o2-pmp-ships-in-korea-october-13-starts-at-224/http://www.engadget.com/2008/10/11/cowons-o2-pmp-ships-in-korea-october-13-starts-at-224/Oct 11th 2008 8:24PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/10/11/cowons-o2-pmp-ships-in-korea-october-13-starts-at-224/http://www.engadget.com/2008/10/11/cowons-o2-pmp-ships-in-korea-october-13-starts-at-224/
there I fixed it for you... you see what I did there?]]>Oct 11th 2008 8:29PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/10/11/cowons-o2-pmp-ships-in-korea-october-13-starts-at-224/http://www.engadget.com/2008/10/11/cowons-o2-pmp-ships-in-korea-october-13-starts-at-224/Oct 12th 2008 12:16PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/10/11/cowons-o2-pmp-ships-in-korea-october-13-starts-at-224/http://www.engadget.com/2008/10/11/cowons-o2-pmp-ships-in-korea-october-13-starts-at-224/I have a Cowon D2, Sansa Clip, and an Archos 504, but I'd add this to the rotation if it's cheap enough in the states :P]]>Oct 11th 2008 8:59PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/10/11/cowons-o2-pmp-ships-in-korea-october-13-starts-at-224/http://www.engadget.com/2008/10/11/cowons-o2-pmp-ships-in-korea-october-13-starts-at-224/Until now we have seen a moltitude of phones that can ALSO be used as PMP but why nobody has ever made a nice PMP (just like this Cowon) that can also make UMTS calls when needed? (and therefore, by definition download and/or stream web videos)
I know that all fanboys will reply that the iPhone is just that, but the sad truth is that maybe that's what the iPhone wanted to be, but failed miserably to become.
In reality it turned out to be an average PMP, a bad smartphone, an awful GPS, a terrible camera and a non existing videocam
Shame, coz the iPhone's UI is very good, but you can't sell the divice on this strenght alone.

Now here Cowon seems to have done the PMP part, which is probably the most difficult , quite well, now just add a 3G phone/browser app from your fellow coreans LG or Samsung, a reliable A-GPS and two good camera/videocam.
And Cowon will be surely thrilled to be able to count me among their faithful customers.
For Now? My N95 8Gb is still the best option in town (at least in my scandinavian town) ]]>Oct 11th 2008 8:59PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/10/11/cowons-o2-pmp-ships-in-korea-october-13-starts-at-224/http://www.engadget.com/2008/10/11/cowons-o2-pmp-ships-in-korea-october-13-starts-at-224/
Then you start getting onto people wanting Wi-Fi browsing, camera etc etc then things get more difficult. That and the firmware will only get more complicated, something I'm not entirely confident that Cowon could get right enough - I own a D2 (since release) and had an X5, so I'm not biased against.]]>Oct 12th 2008 11:46AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/10/11/cowons-o2-pmp-ships-in-korea-october-13-starts-at-224/http://www.engadget.com/2008/10/11/cowons-o2-pmp-ships-in-korea-october-13-starts-at-224/Oct 13th 2008 2:35PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/10/11/cowons-o2-pmp-ships-in-korea-october-13-starts-at-224/http://www.engadget.com/2008/10/11/cowons-o2-pmp-ships-in-korea-october-13-starts-at-224/Oct 11th 2008 9:12PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/10/11/cowons-o2-pmp-ships-in-korea-october-13-starts-at-224/http://www.engadget.com/2008/10/11/cowons-o2-pmp-ships-in-korea-october-13-starts-at-224/Oct 11th 2008 9:48PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/10/11/cowons-o2-pmp-ships-in-korea-october-13-starts-at-224/http://www.engadget.com/2008/10/11/cowons-o2-pmp-ships-in-korea-october-13-starts-at-224/Oct 11th 2008 11:03PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/10/11/cowons-o2-pmp-ships-in-korea-october-13-starts-at-224/http://www.engadget.com/2008/10/11/cowons-o2-pmp-ships-in-korea-october-13-starts-at-224/Oct 11th 2008 9:16PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/10/11/cowons-o2-pmp-ships-in-korea-october-13-starts-at-224/http://www.engadget.com/2008/10/11/cowons-o2-pmp-ships-in-korea-october-13-starts-at-224/Oct 11th 2008 9:40PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/10/11/cowons-o2-pmp-ships-in-korea-october-13-starts-at-224/http://www.engadget.com/2008/10/11/cowons-o2-pmp-ships-in-korea-october-13-starts-at-224/Oct 11th 2008 9:47PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/10/11/cowons-o2-pmp-ships-in-korea-october-13-starts-at-224/http://www.engadget.com/2008/10/11/cowons-o2-pmp-ships-in-korea-october-13-starts-at-224/Oct 11th 2008 11:30PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/10/11/cowons-o2-pmp-ships-in-korea-october-13-starts-at-224/http://www.engadget.com/2008/10/11/cowons-o2-pmp-ships-in-korea-october-13-starts-at-224/Oct 12th 2008 6:38PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/10/11/cowons-o2-pmp-ships-in-korea-october-13-starts-at-224/http://www.engadget.com/2008/10/11/cowons-o2-pmp-ships-in-korea-october-13-starts-at-224/Oct 12th 2008 8:43PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/10/11/cowons-o2-pmp-ships-in-korea-october-13-starts-at-224/http://www.engadget.com/2008/10/11/cowons-o2-pmp-ships-in-korea-october-13-starts-at-224/
1) SDHC slot.
2) Probably standard great iAudio Audio quality
3) 4" screen. There a major difference between 3.5 and 4.3 screen. Video better on 4"+ screens.]]>Oct 11th 2008 9:40PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/10/11/cowons-o2-pmp-ships-in-korea-october-13-starts-at-224/http://www.engadget.com/2008/10/11/cowons-o2-pmp-ships-in-korea-october-13-starts-at-224/Oct 11th 2008 11:00PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/10/11/cowons-o2-pmp-ships-in-korea-october-13-starts-at-224/http://www.engadget.com/2008/10/11/cowons-o2-pmp-ships-in-korea-october-13-starts-at-224/Oct 11th 2008 11:04PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/10/11/cowons-o2-pmp-ships-in-korea-october-13-starts-at-224/http://www.engadget.com/2008/10/11/cowons-o2-pmp-ships-in-korea-october-13-starts-at-224/Oct 11th 2008 11:08PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/10/11/cowons-o2-pmp-ships-in-korea-october-13-starts-at-224/http://www.engadget.com/2008/10/11/cowons-o2-pmp-ships-in-korea-october-13-starts-at-224/Oct 11th 2008 11:10PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/10/11/cowons-o2-pmp-ships-in-korea-october-13-starts-at-224/http://www.engadget.com/2008/10/11/cowons-o2-pmp-ships-in-korea-october-13-starts-at-224/Oct 11th 2008 11:10PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/10/11/cowons-o2-pmp-ships-in-korea-october-13-starts-at-224/http://www.engadget.com/2008/10/11/cowons-o2-pmp-ships-in-korea-october-13-starts-at-224/
I still love it. I'll buy this when that breaks... though the D2 is built tough. I dropped it so many times (one time on a ft of snow) and it's still perfect ]]>Oct 12th 2008 12:14AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/10/11/cowons-o2-pmp-ships-in-korea-october-13-starts-at-224/http://www.engadget.com/2008/10/11/cowons-o2-pmp-ships-in-korea-october-13-starts-at-224/
You've got to be joking. Cowon sucks!!! Anyone sad enough to be waiting for any technology news from that company has obviously never had to deal with one of their products that don't work. COWON may be able to play tons of formats, but when their players break and you have to deal with the actual company, you're better off just buying another product...from a different company, of course. THEY SUCK!!! Horrible service. Just horrible.

Save yourself some money and buy a cheaper device and buy/install the app Coreplayer. It plays everything the Cowon does natively, only more of it and better. Trust me...you don't want to deal with a device that doesn't work from this company, and that's every model they've every made. All of them eventually fail in one way or another. Either it's the drive, the screen, the battery, somehting always gives.

Don't say you weren't warned.

The Q5 is a piece of shite.]]>Oct 12th 2008 3:38AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/10/11/cowons-o2-pmp-ships-in-korea-october-13-starts-at-224/http://www.engadget.com/2008/10/11/cowons-o2-pmp-ships-in-korea-october-13-starts-at-224/Oct 12th 2008 5:03AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/10/11/cowons-o2-pmp-ships-in-korea-october-13-starts-at-224/http://www.engadget.com/2008/10/11/cowons-o2-pmp-ships-in-korea-october-13-starts-at-224/Oct 12th 2008 11:10AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/10/11/cowons-o2-pmp-ships-in-korea-october-13-starts-at-224/http://www.engadget.com/2008/10/11/cowons-o2-pmp-ships-in-korea-october-13-starts-at-224/That's why there are reviews before you invest in this kind of gadgets. Have you heard of the internet?]]>Oct 13th 2008 12:00AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/10/11/cowons-o2-pmp-ships-in-korea-october-13-starts-at-224/http://www.engadget.com/2008/10/11/cowons-o2-pmp-ships-in-korea-october-13-starts-at-224/]]>Oct 13th 2008 11:21AM