Cowon

Cowon is a South Korean company with headquarters in Seoul. The company specializes in multimedia applications. The company is situated in two different divisions - Multimedia in the field of digital audio / video / voice and in a wireless Internet Technology segment. Cowon is active mainly in the Korean market, but has passed through MP3 player and software worldwide foot. The Internet technology is sold by Cowon almost exclusively in the Korean market.

History of the company

Cowon was established in 1995 in Korea and was the first company in Korea with JetTalk a TTS software on the market. In the following years, the company was mainly involved with the advancement in the field of text and speech recognition. In 1997, the first version of Cowon MP3 player JetAudio on the market.

In 1998, Cowon has received several national and international awards for JetAudio. Another success presented the special chips for speech recognition dar. Already in 1999 there were the first Flash player attempts by Cowon. Main pillar of the company, however, remained JetAudio.

In 2000, the company Cowon JetAudio Inc. in the United States, which has since been renamed to Cowon America. In the same year launched the first MP3 player iAudio, which was further developed in the following years.

Figures

Cowon is a member of the Korean KOSDAQ index technology with a market capitalization of 29 504 million won, equivalent to a conversion rate of 0.0008 EUR / Won approximately 23.6 million euros. In 2005, sales amounted to 99 504 million won (about 79 million euros ), net income was approximately 11,000 million won (about 8.8 million euros ).

Cowon Media Center ( JetAudio )

The Media Player Cowon Media Center ( JetAudio ) is one of the most famous of Cowon products in international business. The Basic version is freely available as freeware. However, there is also a paid Plus version. The software plays not only MP3, but among other things, Ogg, MP4, FLAC and various video formats such as WMV or MPEG. Files can thus be converted to the optimal format for the respective iAudio player. Likewise, it is suitable for managing, converting, recording and burning files. Moreover, it is with JetCast ( no longer available from version 7), a program for Internet radio, a.

Models

Cowon D2/D2

Multimedia Player with 2, 4, 8 or 16 GB flash memory that can be expanded with a SDHC or MMC card.

On the 2.5-inch TFT touch screen (LCD, QVGA, 320 × 240 pixels) 16 million color movies and photos can be viewed. According to the manufacturer, the player holds one battery charge by up to 52 hours for music and up to 10 hours for movie playback. Additional features: Text display, integrated radio with recording, line- in and voice recording via an external microphone, supports the Flash Player, Notepad, Calculator, video output via the TV output on the TV.

When D2 is a revised model with a revised user interface, and enhanced sound output by BBE . The D2 , in contrast to its predecessor settled no power supply.

• Supported music formats: MP3, WMA, OGG Vorbis, FLAC, WAV, APE, AA ( Audible )
• Supported video formats: AVI, WMV ( conversion required)
• Supported photo formats: JPEG
• Supports DRM 10, " PlaysForSure " 2.0 and ID3 tags

COWON D2 Colors: dark blue / silver or white / silver

COWON D2 colors: black or silver

Cowon D2 DAB / DAB D2

The multimedia player offers all the features of the Cowon D2 D2/Cowon, and also has a digital radio ( DAB), also for receiving DMB. The D2 DAB can 4.60b also received an update on the firmware DAB. ,. At least for the D2 DAB DAB is, however, only limited use. Due to ambiguities in the construction of the German DAB network by 2011 scan of the channel 5 was excluded in the present firmware 4.60b, since this subject before DAB military use. This allows the D2 DAB not possible to receive the nationwide ensemble on the channels 5A and 5C. Available with 4, 8 or 16 GB flash memory.

COWON D2 DAB colors: black or white ( only 4 and 8 GB ), 16 GB black only

COWON D2 DAB colors: black or silver

Cowon iAudio 7

MP3 player with 4, 8 or 16 GB of flash memory, which can also represent photos and videos. According to the manufacturer, the player with one battery charge an endurance of up to 60 hours for audio playback. The 1.3 -inch LCD screen has a resolution of 160 × 128 pixels with 260,000 color shades and the service works via a touch pad.

• Supported music formats: MP3, WMA, OGG Vorbis, FLAC, WAV
• Supported video formats: AVI, MPEG-4 ( Conversion required)
• Supported photo formats: JPEG
• Supports DRM 10, " PlaysForSure " 2.0 and ID3 tags
• Other features include: FM radio with recording function, alarm clock, voice recorder, line-in recording.
• Color: black / silver or black / red

Cowon A3

This Portable Multimedia Player (PMP ) go with 30, 60 or 80 GB hard drive storage with recording function and optional DVB- T module to television. The 4 -inch LCD display in 16:9 format has a resolution of 800 × 480 pixels. The player takes on movies from TV, camcorder and VCR, and play that has an S- Video, Component or Composite output on your TV from. Photos can be loaded via the "On-the -Go " feature directly from your digital camera to the player. Playback time on a single charge with video max. 7 hours, max. For 13 hours at audio playback.

• Supported music formats: MP3/2/1, ASF, WMA, FLAC, OGG, M4A, MATROSKA ( MKA ), TTA, APE, MPC, WV, WAV, AC3
• Supported video formats: AVI, WMV, ASF, MP4, MATROSKA ( MKV ), MPG / MPEG, DAT, MTV, OGM
• Supported photo formats: JPG, GIF, PNG, TIF, BMP, RAW
• Other Features: Stereo speakers, FM radio with recording function, voice recorder, Document Viewer, Line-in recording, USB host function.
• Color: silver

Cowon Q5W

Portable Multimedia Player (PMP ) with 40, 60 or 80 GB hard drive storage with Wi-Fi and Bluetooth support (Bluetooth -compliant stereo headphones or headsets ). The large 5 -inch TFT - LCD touch screen serves as showcases films and photos at a resolution of 800 × 480 pixels ( WVGA ) with 16 million colors. The player is equipped with an RMI Alchemy Processor ( AU1250, 600 MHz) and the Windows CE 5.0 Professional operating system, including browser (Internet Explorer), equipped with Flash support. With one battery charge the player according to the manufacturer up to 13 hours for mobile audio and up to 7 hours persevere in video playback. The Cowon Q5W plays online purchased with DRM -protected music from 10 pieces.

• Supported music formats: MP3, WMA, ASF, OGG, WAV, FLAC, APE, MPC
• Supported video formats: AVI, ASF, WMV, MPG, OGM
• Supported photo formats: JPG, BMP, PNG, NEF (Nikon RAW ) file to 10 MB
• Other features: TV - output and supplied remote to control, for example, on television, USB host function, FM radio, voice recorder and built-in stereo speakers.
• Color: black / navy

Cowon iAudio U5

A pure MP3 player without video and photo function in very shallow design with 2, 4 or 8 GB of flash memory.

• Supported music formats: MP3, WMA, WAV, (OGG and FLAC only with firmware versions 3.xx)
• Supports DRM 10, ID3 tag and M3U playlists
• Other features include: FM radio with recording capability and voice recorder
• Weight: 35 grams
• Dimensions: 85.1 × 41.1 × 9.3 mm
• Playback time: max. 24 hours
• Colors: 2 GB: black / silver, white / silver
• 4 GB: black / silver, black / red, white / silver, white / red
• 8GB: Black / silver, white / silver

Cowon S9

Portable Multimedia Player with 3.3-inch capacitive OLED touchscreen (from Cowon as " AMOLED " (active matrix organic light emitting diode) refers ) and Bluetooth support. The player with 8, 16 or 32 GB flash memory can show in addition to music and photos and videos. According to the manufacturer provides the player with a single battery charge an endurance of up to 55 hours of video playback for audio and 11 hours. The display in 16:9 format with 16 million colors with a resolution of 480 × 272 pixels. If you turn the player horizontally, then the display adapts and displays the contents thanks to this auto pivot function in the full width.

• Supported music formats: MP3, WMA, OGG Vorbis, FLAC, WAV, APE, AA ( Audible 3/4/AAX )
• Supported video formats: AVI, WMV, ASF
• Supported video codecs: Xvid SP / ASP, WMV 7/8/9, DivX 3/4/5
• Supported photo formats: JPG
• Supports DRM 10 and ID3 tags ( ID3 V1, ID3 V2.2/V2.3/V2.4, Vorbis Comment, MP4 day)
• Other features include: FM radio with recording function, voice recorder, text display (TXT) to watch TV output for videos on TV
• Color: black / titanium, black / chrome, white
• Dimensions: 57.08 x 105.75 x 12.7 mm (W × L × T)
• Weight: about 77 grams with battery

Cowon O2PMP

Portable Multimedia Player with 4.3 inch TFT LCD touch screen and SDHC memory card slot for memory expansion. The player with 8, 16 or 32 GB flash memory supports many video, music and photo formats and to play them without conversion. According to the manufacturer provides the player with a single battery charge an endurance of up to 18 hours of video playback for audio and 8 hours. The display in 16:9 format with 16.7 million colors with a resolution of 480 × 272 pixels. Data, for example, Photos can be transferred from the SDHC card directly to the player and vice versa. Files to COWON O2PMP or the SDHC card can be deleted or copied via drag & drop from the file browser. A so-called mini- display support that can be used as a stylus is included.

• Supported music formats: MP3/2/1, WMA, ASF, AC3, FLAC, OGG, M4A, MATROSKA ( MKA ), TTA, APE, MPC, WV, WAV
• Supported video formats: AVI, WMV, ASF, MP4, MATROSKA ( MKV ), OGM, MPG / MPEG, DAT, MTV
• Supported video codecs: DivX 3.11/4/5/6, XviD, MPEG -4 SP / ASP, WMV 9/8/7, H.264, M -JPEG, MPEG 1
• Supported photo formats: JPG, GIF, PNG, TIF, BMP, RAW
• Supports ID3 Tags: ID3 V1, ID3 V2.2/V2.3/V2.4, Vorbis Comment, APE Day V2, MP4 day, MATROSKA day, WMA Tag
• Other features: voice recorder, text display (TXT), TV output to watch videos on your TV, a built-in speaker, calculator and notepad
• Color: black or white
• Dimensions: 11.95 x 7.34 x 1.80 inches ( WxHxD)
• Weight: about 205 grams including battery
• Scope of delivery: COWON O2PMP, earphones, AC adapter, USB cable, mini - display support including Stylus, Software CD ( User Manual, COWON Media Center ), Quick Start Guide

Cowon iAudio 9

The Cowon iAudio 9 is a multimedia player that is equipped with 8 or 16 GB. On the 2-inch TFT display (LCD, QVGA, 320 × 240 pixels) with 262,000 colors can watch movies and photos are shown. According to the manufacturer, the player holds one battery charge by up to 29 hours for music and up to 7 hours of video playback. Additional features: Text display, integrated radio with recording, voice recorder, flash player support, video playback via the TV output on the TV. The player is operated via a capacitive touch pad.

• Supported Music codecs: MP3, WMA, OGG Vorbis, FLAC, WAV, APE, AA ( Audible )
• Supported video formats: AVI, WMV, ASF
• Supported video codecs: Xvid SP / ASP, WMV 7/8/9
• Supported photo formats: JPEG
• Supports gapless in with LAME encoded MP3 files, DRM 10 and ID3 tags ( ID3 V1, ID3 V2.2/V2.3/V2.4, Vorbis Comment )
• With BBE sound technology and JetEffect 3.0 with 35 sound effects presets, 4 user-defined settings and a 5 band equalizer.

Colors: black or white

Cowon J3

The Cowon J3 is a portable media player with 3.3 -inch AMOLED display with touch screen and MicroSD card slot. The player is available with 8, 16 or 32 GB flash memory. The display is in 16:9 format and has a resolution of 480x272 pixels with 16 million colors. According to the manufacturer provides the player with a single battery charge an endurance of up to 64 hours of video playback for audio and 11 hours.

• Supported Music codecs: MP3, WMA, OGG, FLAC, WAV, APE, AA ( Audible )
• Supported video formats: AVI, WMV, ASF
• Supported video codecs: Xvid SP / ASP, WMV 7/8/9, DivX 3/4/5
• Supported photo formats: JPEG
• Built-in microphone and FM radio

IAudio

The current versions of iAudio are available as flash as a hard disk player. The hard disk player are now all equipped with a high resolution color display. 2005 brought a Cowon Portable Media Player (PMP ) on the market, which not only audio formats, but also plays video formats.

Compared to its competitors - - In general, the iAudio player for their Vorbis support and their good sound are known.

Freeware products

• JetCast ( broadcasting software, in JetAudio included)
• JetToolbar ( freely configurable, simple toolbar for the desktop )
• JetMailMonitor (E -Mail Notifier Software )