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cowon a2

Post by treehead » Thu Feb 16, 2006 3:34 pm

;cowon, makers of iaudio products, have a new PMP that looks interesting. it looks like the nokia 770 a bit. i wonder if it runs on linux. it's the cowon a2. here are some of the features:
  • video support: divx, xvid, mpeg4
  • audio support: mp3, ogg, wav
  • usb host (plug in your digital camera)
  • 20/30GB HDD
;thought i'd make a mention, given how many of us here love our gadgets.

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Post by Patrick » Thu Feb 16, 2006 3:45 pm

Looks nice. $350 is pretty steep though. It does play ogg files but has no wifi capability.
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Post by Wally Balljacker » Thu Feb 16, 2006 4:00 pm

I want a portable device that plays FLAC files damnit!
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nokia 770 price?

Post by treehead » Thu Feb 16, 2006 4:15 pm

Patrick wrote:Looks nice. $350 is pretty steep though. It does play ogg files but has no wifi capability.
;how much is the nokia going for, street?

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Post by snarkout » Thu Feb 16, 2006 4:16 pm

Wally Balljacker wrote:I want a portable device that plays FLAC files damnit!
The iAudio X5 does - there are limits on the compression you can use though.
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Post by CptnObvious999 » Thu Feb 16, 2006 7:51 pm

Snarkout wrote:
Wally Balljacker wrote:I want a portable device that plays FLAC files damnit!
The iAudio X5 does - there are limits on the compression you can use though.
With the latest Firmware you can play up to Q8 I believe. Its odd they took out FLAC for the A2. It was a big bonus on the X5. A bunch of people on the iaudiophile.net forums use it with all their music.

Anyways the A2 is awesome as is the iAudio 6 and the iAudio U3. All their next generation stuff is kickass. Theres also a rumor that the next generation X5 will be released at CeBit next month. I have talked one of my friends into actually selling his Special edition U2 iPod for the iAudio A2. So hopefully I will be able to see just how kickass it really is. Its nice the A2 doesn't need a subpack also, its kinda annoying carrying that thing around and it slides off too easily.
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Post by snarkout » Thu Feb 16, 2006 10:40 pm

CptnObvious999 wrote:
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Wally Balljacker wrote:I want a portable device that plays FLAC files damnit!
The iAudio X5 does - there are limits on the compression you can use though.
Its nice the A2 doesn't need a subpack also, its kinda annoying carrying that thing around and it slides off too easily.
Yeah, that subpack is one of the major downsides of the X5.
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Post by CptnObvious999 » Mon Feb 20, 2006 12:33 pm

http://www.iaudiophile.net/comment.php?comment.news.166
with the latest firmware the A2 can play FLAC, hurray! :wink:
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