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That's impressive.]]>Mar 15th 2010 12:40PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/15/cowon-v5-review/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/15/cowon-v5-review/Mar 15th 2010 12:43PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/15/cowon-v5-review/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/15/cowon-v5-review/No one cares. Nothing you ever say is even remotely intelligent, nor does it add to any article.]]>Mar 15th 2010 12:51PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/15/cowon-v5-review/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/15/cowon-v5-review/That's for mp3 playback, probably, with hardware decoding, and the screen off. Their D2/D2+ mp3 player had a similar battery life for audio.]]>Mar 15th 2010 4:09PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/15/cowon-v5-review/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/15/cowon-v5-review/
The force is strong with this device with its 45 hour music playback capabilities and hi-res screen. It will join us or die!]]>Mar 15th 2010 10:14PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/15/cowon-v5-review/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/15/cowon-v5-review/Mar 15th 2010 12:48PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/15/cowon-v5-review/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/15/cowon-v5-review/Mar 15th 2010 12:50PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/15/cowon-v5-review/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/15/cowon-v5-review/It said right in the article it was one of the best in terms of audio quality, and yes they compared it to the Walkman. Though you might have glossed over that because instead of calling it the X-series Walkman, they noted it as the OLED walkman.]]>Mar 15th 2010 12:54PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/15/cowon-v5-review/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/15/cowon-v5-review/
thancs]]>Mar 15th 2010 12:59PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/15/cowon-v5-review/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/15/cowon-v5-review/Mar 15th 2010 3:52PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/15/cowon-v5-review/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/15/cowon-v5-review/
Them saying they could hear subtle guitar portions isn't really enough information.]]>Mar 15th 2010 3:54PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/15/cowon-v5-review/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/15/cowon-v5-review/
I do not know about this player, however in the past, Cowon players have had amazing sound quality when the EQ is customized using BBE+ effects. This is an important point to consider since the flat sound is not comparable to the Sony Walkman X series, however when basic BBE+ is turned on, the two players are very close. If you know how to set an equalizer properly, this player will sound amazing, being able to cater it to specific types of music and different headphones. On the other hand, if you want a player to sound amazing out of the box, the Sony Walkman may be easier (however Cowon does have preset options).]]>Mar 15th 2010 9:01PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/15/cowon-v5-review/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/15/cowon-v5-review/Mar 15th 2010 12:54PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/15/cowon-v5-review/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/15/cowon-v5-review/Mar 15th 2010 12:55PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/15/cowon-v5-review/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/15/cowon-v5-review/Jun 3rd 2010 10:39AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/15/cowon-v5-review/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/15/cowon-v5-review/Mar 15th 2010 12:57PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/15/cowon-v5-review/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/15/cowon-v5-review/Fail? You do realize the U.S. isn't the only market in the entire world, right? They're one of, if the most popular PMP-maker in Korea, and South East asia, with a good following here even in the states. Just because they don't spend millions on advertising like apple does, doesn't mean nobody uses them.]]>Mar 15th 2010 1:16PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/15/cowon-v5-review/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/15/cowon-v5-review/Mar 15th 2010 12:59PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/15/cowon-v5-review/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/15/cowon-v5-review/Mar 15th 2010 12:59PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/15/cowon-v5-review/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/15/cowon-v5-review/Mar 15th 2010 1:01PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/15/cowon-v5-review/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/15/cowon-v5-review/WiFi
Android
HDMI-out

I'm sold.]]>Mar 15th 2010 1:09PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/15/cowon-v5-review/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/15/cowon-v5-review/Mar 15th 2010 1:16PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/15/cowon-v5-review/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/15/cowon-v5-review/Mar 15th 2010 1:58PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/15/cowon-v5-review/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/15/cowon-v5-review/No, but every *media playing* device should.]]>Mar 15th 2010 2:46PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/15/cowon-v5-review/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/15/cowon-v5-review/Not when its real purpose is to 'play media'. That should come before extras like internet.]]>May 22nd 2010 10:56PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/15/cowon-v5-review/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/15/cowon-v5-review/Mar 15th 2010 1:31PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/15/cowon-v5-review/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/15/cowon-v5-review/Mar 15th 2010 1:32PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/15/cowon-v5-review/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/15/cowon-v5-review/Mar 15th 2010 1:50PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/15/cowon-v5-review/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/15/cowon-v5-review/Mar 15th 2010 1:41PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/15/cowon-v5-review/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/15/cowon-v5-review/Mar 15th 2010 1:44PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/15/cowon-v5-review/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/15/cowon-v5-review/- Microsoft Office formats (Word, Excel, Powerpoint), and
- PDF
with this package: http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=d2fd14eb-7d5c-428b-951c-343f910047c1&displaylang=en

What other reader formats are supported? mobi? epub? text?]]>Mar 15th 2010 1:46PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/15/cowon-v5-review/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/15/cowon-v5-review/Mar 15th 2010 1:58PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/15/cowon-v5-review/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/15/cowon-v5-review/Mar 15th 2010 2:42PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/15/cowon-v5-review/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/15/cowon-v5-review/Mar 15th 2010 2:15PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/15/cowon-v5-review/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/15/cowon-v5-review/Mar 15th 2010 2:26PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/15/cowon-v5-review/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/15/cowon-v5-review/
And in this day and age, is a *portable* device without an internet connection (Wifi or 3G) REALLY be a multi media device?

At this point, the way forward for Cowon is to make a MID or a smart phone, otherwise, even in their home Asian market, they'll quickly go the way of Creative---irrelevancy.]]>Mar 15th 2010 2:52PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/15/cowon-v5-review/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/15/cowon-v5-review/Mar 15th 2010 5:36PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/15/cowon-v5-review/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/15/cowon-v5-review/Mar 15th 2010 5:46PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/15/cowon-v5-review/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/15/cowon-v5-review/]]>Mar 15th 2010 5:57PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/15/cowon-v5-review/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/15/cowon-v5-review/

"8/16/32GB of internal storage, an SDHC expansion slot...."]]>Mar 15th 2010 11:10PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/15/cowon-v5-review/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/15/cowon-v5-review/Mar 15th 2010 9:21PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/15/cowon-v5-review/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/15/cowon-v5-review/
Resistive -> "press"
Capacitive -> "touch"]]>Mar 15th 2010 11:16PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/15/cowon-v5-review/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/15/cowon-v5-review/
http://shop.cowon.com/goods_detail.php?goodsIdx=1071]]>Mar 16th 2010 12:10AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/15/cowon-v5-review/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/15/cowon-v5-review/
That's funny, I'd never seen that speaker before. But, I would point more to this product:

http://www.cowonglobal.com/product_wide/product_Q5W_feature.php

Cowon dumped this POS on America, then abandoned it. I'm one of the suckers who shelled out almost $500 for this, and I will never buy another Cowon product again.

The battery never got nearly what they rated it at, and today barely gets 1/2 hour of audio playback. The WIFI is awful - gotta be just about 10 feet from my router to get a connection. It has WinCE5.0, but a highly customized WinCE5.0, and most third party CE programs don't work on it, those that do often have limited working functionality.

About one year after bringing it to America, they just stopped updating the firmware or programs (the korean version kept getting updates for over a year longer), and if you contacted them, they more or less told you they'd accepted that it was garbage, and weren't going to waste anymore resources on it (but thanks for the $500!)

Today, I use it only for the GPS, since the battery won't last without pluggin in. But even the GPS program sucks - it keeps routing me off highways, only to have me turn right back on them again - literally at the same on ramp, at every off ramp. ]]>Mar 20th 2010 8:03AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/15/cowon-v5-review/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/15/cowon-v5-review/Mar 16th 2010 5:03PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/15/cowon-v5-review/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/15/cowon-v5-review/Mar 18th 2010 1:06AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/15/cowon-v5-review/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/15/cowon-v5-review/Apr 2nd 2010 4:37AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/15/cowon-v5-review/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/15/cowon-v5-review/
I have a Cowon V5 HD 32 gig and I use a Klipsch Image S4i.

For me the sound is attenuated towards the bass and the high-freq.
I'm not sure if it's the impedance that is causing the problem.

Can you guys guide me as to how to get the best sound out of the PMP ?

It'll be great if reviewers could reply to this as well. Since you guys tested with Klipsch, you'd be able to give me right driections.

Kindly help...]]>Jun 27th 2010 2:00PM