Anything But iPod.com has posted a review of the Cowon iAudio X5 media player. ‘Why write a review about a "nearly obsolete" player? Well, for many users the X5 is still in a class of its own. It's one of the very few 1.8" hard-disk-based audio players still in production that use the UMS Mass Storage Class for connecting to a computer; most others use the MTP protocol, which can require installation of additional software. The X5 supports a huge variety of audio codecs, and its sound quality still rivals and even surpasses many new players. The X5L's 35 hours of battery life are unmatched in the field of HDD-based audio players.
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