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AnythingButiPod have published their review of the Cowon iAUDIO 9 MP3 player. 'The iAudio 9's outside housing is made entirely out of a hard matte plastic, it is scratch resistant and more or less fingerprint proof. The screen on the other hand is made of a glass composite, likely Corning's Gorrila Glass, but will still show fingerprints like any other glass screen. The materials and overall feel of the device is very monolithic- materials flow well together and where they meet the tolerances are uniform. The build of the device is very sturdy with a nice weight- not too heavy not too light.'

IT Reviews have published a review of the Cowon iAUDIO E2 Mp3 player. 'The E2 is among the more unassuming audio players of recent times, being around the size of a typical key-fob and, due to its plain black casing and stainless steel loop-ring design, could be forgiven for being dismissed as such on first glance. Of course we've seen this kind of thing before with devices like the Creative Zen Stone and more predominantly the iPod Shuffle, and there's clearly a market here for joggers, commuters and those who for whatever reason feel more comfortable knowing that their favourite collection of tunes is only a pocket away.'

Pocket-lint have published a review of the Cowon iAudio E2 MP3 player. 'The E2 also includes a range of preset equalizer settings in the form of Cowon's BBE+, accessible via a further button that doubles as a shuffle/repeat switch. Due to the lack of a display, the current setting or recognised command is spoken during operation, and since sound doesn't cut out when this happens, it can be quite awkward to make out exactly what you've enabled, leaving trial and error as the only reliable alternative.'

PC World have published their review of the Cowon A3 portable video player. 'The A3 supports about as many file types as we've seen for a portable device. On the audio end, that includes MP3, WMA, FLAC, Ogg Vorbis, OGG FLAC, Apple Lossless, and AAC/AAC+, but the device won't work with DRM-protected songs from online music stores such as iTunes or Napster. You may not want to put a lot of music files on the A3, anyway, because it doesn't support ID3 tag sorting. Instead, the A3 uses a file-tree system that you must manually organize on your PC through Windows Explorer or a similar file management program before syncing to the device. With its built-in microphone, the A3 also supports lossless FLAC as well as WMA audio recording.'

Trusted Reviews have published their review of the Cowon iAudio E2 2GB MP3 player. 'Cowon's little beauty isn't as small or as lightweight as the shuffle, but the minimalist keyring styling, low price and limited feature set all mark it as a competitor to Apple's product. 2.7cm across, 6.4cm tall and less than 8mm thick it's still very compact, and with the weight down to 16.6g it practically begs to be hung around your neck or from a belt loop - or simply attached to your keys. The all-plastic construction means it hasn't got the bulletproof feel of the aluminium shuffle, but the E2 certainly feels solid enough to take a few hard knocks, and the device exudes an understated cool.'

Trusted Reviews have published their review of the Cowon iAudio 9 (16GB) portable media player. 'The iAudio 9's dimensions of 43mm x 95mm x 8.6mm and 40g weight leave it fated to comparison to Apple's iPod nano. In figures the iAudio 9 is slightly larger and heavier, but in the hand or pocket the difference is literally unnoticeable. However, with an 8GB iAudio 9 costing £99 and a 16GB model priced at £120, the Cowon player is notably cheaper than equivalent capacity iPod nanos - and these numbers do matter. The overall design is an unsurprising evolution from the iAudio 7. The matt black finish verges on bland, but I quite like its functional look and I imagine the other colours will look similarly tasteful. For certain, this player feels more 'grown up' than an iPod nano; neither form nor function have taken priority here and it just works.'

Anything But iPod have published their review of the Cowon iAudio E2 MP3 player. 'The player is controlled with 6 buttons, three located on each side of the player. On the right are the power and skip/scan buttons. On the other side is the volume control and BBE/Shuffle button (short press for BBE, long press to toggle shuffle all). There are 8 different BBE setting that are announced by a female voice each time you press the button. These setting in addition to normal (off) are: BBE, BBE ViVa, BBE ViVa 2, BBE Mach3Bass, BBE MP, BBE Headphone 1, BBE Headphone 2, and BBE Headphone 3. Similarly the female voice will say "shuffle on" or "shuffle off" for the long press shuffle toggle.'

CNET have published their "Hands-on" review of the Cowon E2 MP3 player. 'Aside from the lack of a built-in clip, the Cowon E2 further distinguishes itself from the iPod Shuffle by including actual buttons for volume and track skip control. The right edge offers a small square power button along with a rocker switch for track skip control. The same button configuration is mirrored on the left side, only the rocker controls volume and the small button toggles the shuffle mode with a long press and flips through JetEffect EQ presets with short presses.'

IT Reviews have published a review of the new Cowon D2+ DAB portable media player. 'So, the real news with the D2+ DAB is the DAB radio. Once you've scanned Band III, you get the full range of BBC digital stations as well as a dozen or so commercial equivalents. Programme and track information is displayed on-screen, as you'd expect, though in a miniscule font. The exact DAB station mix will vary with the area you're in, but the quality is surprisingly good. OK the audio, compared with a good FM signal (FM is still provided here) is a bit like comparing MP3 with CD, but you'll get much less drop-off from DAB if you're in a car or train.