Cowon Q5W is more than a PMP (portable media player) with large 5-inch touch screen, with clean and minimalistic design. Powered by Windows CE 5.0 Professional with Cowon’s own User Interface, it is very easy to master and navigate around, especially if you are a Windows user in PC. The unsightly buttons and ports are all concealed along the outer frame of this portable media player (PMP), including some surprising options like a wireless remote control and a retractable WiFi antenna among others. With its bright and crisp screen, the video player can handle almost all popular formats such as DivX, XviD, MPEG4, WMV and many more others. Moving on to audio playback, consumers would be happily surprised with the extensive support, including the popular MP3, WMA, OGG and even lossless FLAC. Quality was excellent even at maximum volume with audio remaining crisp. Cowon Q5W also supports the RAW format of image from digital cameras, which is a bonus point. It allows you to store and view the images immediately with the choice of a slideshow or thumbnail display.

• Display: 5-inch 16.7M colors TFT LCD (800 x 480) Touch Screen
• Processor: AMD Alchemy AU1250 600MHz
• Storage: 1.8 inch 40/60GB, FAT32 file system HDD
• Image Formats: JPEG, BMP, PNG, RAW
• Video Formats: AVI(DivX, XviD),ASF, WMV, MPG, MP4, OGM
• Audio Formats: MP3, WMA, OGG, WAV, AC3, FLAC, APE, MPC
• Connectivity: USB 2.0 High-Speed Host, Wi-Fi, Bluetooth 2.0
• Operating System: Windows CE 5.0 Professional
• Features: Adobe Flash Player; FM Radio; Voice Recorder
• Battery: 6500mA

To top things off, the Cowon Q5W has an impressive list of features such as an FM tuner, WiFi capability and Bluetooth connectivity options. Battery life was tested to run for a good 6 hours in video playback mode. At a hefty 380 grams and its less than portable dimensions, it is available at price of S$1060, which is rather high price tag.

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