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AnthingButiPod have published a review of the Cowon D3 Plenue portable media player. 'Undoubtedly, the D3 is a fetching player. Cowon did a great job in keeping its design understated and classy. The housing is made of high quality plastic, which I personally prefer over metal housings - good ABS plastic dents and scratches less, and the D3 feels very nice to the touch with its rubberized back. The front consists of fairly scratch- and impact-resistant Gorilla Glass, which protects the 480×800 Super AMOLED screen. An additional screen protector shouldn't be needed. As expected, the screen is gorgeous to look at - it looks the same from all viewing angles, blacks are really black, contrast is really crisp, and color saturation is well tuned. It is a bit more saturated than the screens on the Cowon J3 and S9, but not as overblown as the screens on the Sony A845 or X1000. On the D3, people still have natural skin tone in videos and images; they're not orange or red looking.'

IT Reviews have published a review of the Cowon C2 portable media player. 'At first glance the C2 doesn't look like anything special - it only offers a 2.6in (320x240 resolution) resistive display with an aspect ratio of roughly 4:3. Around the outside you'll find volume, menu and power buttons, a 3.5mm headphone port and microSD expansion slot, along with a USB data port that can also double as video-out with an optional cable. It's a little chunky in the hand - but this leads to a feeling of reassuring solidity. One particularly nice touch is the chrome backing, which adds a distinct touch of class. When you fire the player up, a rather simplistic menu offers access to key features, and rather like Android's homescreen you can swipe left, right, up and down to browse the remaining tools and access handy extras such as a calendar and clock/alarm.'

A review of the Cowon C2 portable media player has been posted over at Engadget. 'Cowon's still grasping for mind share in the North American market, but if it keeps pumping out pieces crafted like the C2, it'll be well on its way to achieving just that in no time. We've generally found ourselves quite pleased with the overall construction of Cowon devices, and this bantam player is no different. The 16GB C2 is built like devices demanding twice its MSRP, with a rock-solid chrome rear and a plastic front casing that's as rigid as they come. It's also absurdly small and light; if the Veer 4G were a PMP, it'd be this guy.'

IT Reviews have published a review of the Cowon X7 portable media player. 'The 200g X7 is less of a heavyweight with video, supporting only non-H.264 video codecs (conversion software is supplied), and no capability for playing MKV, MP4 or MEPG files. We did, however, get AVI and WMV files to play. Adding files requires you to use a proprietary USB cable, so you'll have to remember to carry that with you. A composite video cable is also supplied to hook-up the X7 to a TV. In place of a generic interface, the X7 is graced by its own rather fussy onscreen graphics. The lack of a multitouch display is a shame, but more disappointing is the screen's lack of responsiveness. It's a chore to scroll through lists of songs or videos, and it regularly took us two - sometimes three - touches to get some simple commands through to the X7.'

A review of the Cowon D3 Plenue Android portable media player has been posted over at Pocketables. 'The Cowon D3 Plenue is a PMP first and an Android device second, a distant second. It's important that you remember that in the right order and adjust your expectations accordingly. If you don't, then you'll end up where I am: waist-deep in a pool of disappointment. I knew going in that the 2.1 (Eclair)-running D3 didn't have the Android Market or any of the other Google apps, so that's not what pushed me overboard. Having those things would obviously be preferable, but manually downloading and installing apks isn't hard to do. No, the absolute dealbreaker for me--and I suspect for anyone approaching the absurdly named Plenue (that's apparently pleasure/plenty/plenum combined with avenue/continue/new, by the way) from the Android angle--is performance.'

Reg Hardware have published a review of the Cowon iAudio X7 hard drive portable media player. 'A rather big, heavy and plain device with a sturdy matte black shell, the X7 is dominated by its 4.3in screen. At only 480 x 272, the screen's resolution is no more than adequate, but it is clear, bright and crisp, and hosts a full 16 million colours making video playback impressive enough. The resistive panel lets you access the menu system but tapping on a simple list, or selections of widgets and icons. It's all very much like the Cowon J3 and doesn't suffer one iota from the lack of capacitive interaction.'

The Cowon D2+ 16 GB MP3 Player (Black) is on offer for $133.99 over at Amazon Marketplace. 'Video and audio player with FM tuner, voice recorder, and text and photo viewer 2.5-inch, 24-bit QVGA (320 x 240) touchscreen LCD with 16 million colors Up to 52 hours of music playback (10 hours of video) on one charge SD/SDHC/MMC/MMC-plus card memory expansion DRM-protected content and BBE+ support What's in the Box Cowon D2+ (Black), stylus, earphones, USB cable, Quick Guide, installation CD.'

PC Advisor have published a review of the Cowon J3 portable media player. 'The J3 does not support Wi-Fi connectivity like the iPod touch, but there is Bluetooth 2.0 with A2DP/AVRCP support. It has stereo FM with recording and also voice/line-in recording. The player's maximum sound output via headphones-out is rated at 29mW + 29mW which seems lower than what was offered by the older Cowon D2+ (37mW + 37mW) but much in line with the new range of Cowon devices. In case you forgot, the S9 also has the same rated output wattage as the J3. The J3 also has TV-out function but a cable is not included.'

Reg Hardware have published a review of the Cowon iAudio J3 digital media player. 'At 76g, the J3 is heaver than the old player but the brushed metal highlights alone are justification for that, and the J3 feels the more solid product. While the S9 had external controls for volume, track selection and play/pause tucked away at the top, the J3 moves them to the more logical and easier-to-access position on the right side of the device. The most significant physical improvement is the addition of a Micro SD card slot good for cards of up to 32GB in capacity. And, for the first time in a Cowon player, the built-in storage and the memory card are combined into a unified whole when viewed through the main menu.'

PC Advisor have published a review of the Cowon iAudio V5 portable media player. 'Boasting a 4.8-inch WVGA (800x480) resistive touchscreen that supports 16 million colours, the Cowon V5 uses Windows CE 6.0 as its OS and runs Cowon's own interface. The PMP is powered by a Pentium III 500MHz processor and has an internal memory of 32GB. It is available in 8GB (White colour)/16GB (Black colour)/32GB (White & Black colour). For our review, we put the 32GB (White colour) through its paces. Should you require more space, the Cowon V5 also has an SD-card expansion slot.'