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3.5 stars
"A great PMP that does ALMOST everything... However it does have a few flaws."
Pros: Plays a plethora of audio & video formats, is very sturdy, it has the nicest screen I have ever seen on any PMP, can be a USB host, it can record audio and video & has AWESOME sound quality!
Cons: The joystick sucks & it is hard to select files, is bulky, the battery doesn't last as long as advertised, no gapless audio playback (boo!), won't play copyrighted music & not easy to navigate music,.
Summary: The Cowon A3 is a fantastic portable media player (PMP) for the money. The Cowon A3 can play practically every audio format out there except for .m4p files, copyrighted music and .shn files. The A3 can also play just about any video format. The vide... read more >>
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4.0 stars
"Great, but has a massive flaw"
Pros: Will play absolutely ANYTHING, screen is beautiful and actually displays like it does in the photograph (I'm serious, I got confused when I first turned this on), tremendous battery life, fast processor, radio, portable tv, etc.
Cons: TERRIBLE sorting system for music. Really. It kills this device. I have all my music organized into artist/album/song, and I like to listen to all albums by an artist, or all artists at once, not album by album. so far the only answer is playlists
Summary: I dont know what peoples problems with the joystick is. If you have any coordination in your hands at all you'll be able to press IN and not UP when using the joystick.
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3.0 stars
"Great Sound & Video Spoilt by a disgraceful joystick interface."
Pros: Great sound & video, format support
Cons: Joystick, Primitve File structure, Jet audio is buggy, Joystick, Joystick & Joystick
Summary: This could have been such a great PMP. My priority was the best audio and video output you can get followed by format support. I did not consider the negative reviews in relation to the joystick interface as I did not consider it important, but let ... read more >>
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4.5 stars
Pros: great pic and sound, excellent support
Cons: no kickstand, thumbstick hard to use
Summary: very fast processor, extremely long battery life-most protable electronic devices have to be charged prior to every trip I take but I don't charge my Cowon but once a month, small and light weight, easy to navigate, very intuitive design, firmware u... read more >>
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2.0 stars
Pros: the inline recording was great
Cons: the included software and lack of support for mac
Summary: the in line recording was great. although the fm receiver worked well for a few minutes then did not seem to pick up many stations. also i felt it should have come with a better user guide not instruction on how to download a user pdf. Also after... read more >>
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