Korean company Cowon has just introduced some of its latest products, to be officially released next week, during IFA 2008 at Berlin. Together with the sexy curved S9, we find the O2, a 4.3-inch touchscreen (480 x 272) PMP, coming up with a T-DMB tuner, a microphone, a loud built-in speaker, an SD slot, a TV output and storage capacities, range from 8GB up to 32GB. The O2 supports wide variety of formats, including MP3, WMA, AC3, AAC, FLAC, OGG, Apple Lossless, WAV, G.726, PCM, True Audio, Monkey Audio, MusePack, DivX, XviD, WMV, H.264, M-JPEG, MPEG-4 SP / ASP, and MPEG1. The battery can play 18 hours of audio and up to 8 hours of video, which is very impressive in terms of media players. Still no word on price or availability, but you will be able to get one of those in black, white or pink flavors.
Update1: The O2 is set to be released around October.
Update2: Cowon has announced O2 European pricing as follows:
- O2 iAudio 8GB White – €289.99 ($400)
- O2 iAudio 8GB Pink – €289.99 ($400)
- O2 iAudio 16GB White – €309.99 ($428)
- O2 iAudio 16GB Black – €309.99 ($428)
- O2 iAudio 32GB White – €365.99 ($505)
[Cowon]
