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Product name

Cowon Q5W (60GB)

Archos 5 (250GB)

Creative Zen X-Fi (32GB; Wi-Fi)

Apple iPod touch (32GB; second generation)

Sony NWZ-X1050 (16GB)

Editors' ratings

(How we rate) 		70 out of 10 7
Very good 		70 out of 10 7
Very good 		77 out of 10 7.7
Excellent 		90 out of 10 9
Spectacular 		75 out of 10 7.5
Excellent

Review Summary

The Cowon Q5W aims to do everything a gadget-aholic may want in a portable video player. Unfortunately, its confusing dual interface and high price hold it back from greatness.

The Archos 5 boasts an improved screen size, image resolution, and sound quality over its predecessor, but its Web browser and Flash media playback are disappointing for a product marketed on the strength of its Internet media capabilities.

The Creative Zen X-Fi's plastic design leaves a little to be desired, but that doesn't detract from the fact that the player is an incredible value overall: For an extremely competitive price you get a boatload of features and great sound quality.

The second-generation iPod touch includes features that are light-years ahead of the competition, its design has improved, and its price has finally come down to earth.

Sony's new offering has a brilliant display, good sound quality and an immense feature set. What's not to like?

User ratings

 No ratings yet No ratings yet  9.6
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(from 8 users) 		 9.1
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List price

 List price as of Jan 29, 2008:
S$999 		N/A N/A List price as of Sep 15, 2008:
S$648 		List price as of Jun 8, 2009:
S$529

  Basic product specifications


 

Player Type

 Portable Video Player Portable Video Player Portable Video Player Portable Video Player Portable Video Player

Weight

 380 g 300 g 68.75 g Info unavailable 98 g

Dimensions

 138.8 x 88.5 x 20 mm 127 x 78.8 x 19.4 mm 83 x 55 x 12.8 mm Info unavailable 52.5 x 97.4 x 10.5 mm

Interface

 USB 2.0, USB Host 2.0, Bluetooth, Wi-Fi Info unavailable USB 2.0, Wi-Fi USB 2.0 USB 2.0, Wi-Fi

Capacity

 60 GB 250 GB 32 GB 32 GB 16 GB

Display

 Color Color Color Color OLED

Supported audio formats

 ASF, FLAC, MP3, Ogg Vorbis, WMA, WAV AAC, MP3, WMA, WAV AAC, Audible, MP3, WMA, WAV AAC, AIFF, Apple Lossless, MP3, WAV AAC, MP3, WMA

Rated battery life (audio)

 13 hours 12 hours 36 hours 36 hours 33 hours

Rated battery life (video)

 7 hours 4 hours 5 hours 6 hours 9 hours

Other features

 Info unavailable Wi-Fi Instant messenger client (Yahoo and MSN) 3.5mm stereo headphone jack; Nike + iPod support; Maps location-based service Info unavailable

Included accessories

 Info unavailable Info unavailable Premium in-ear earbuds Earphones, USB 2.0 cable, dock adapter, polishing cloth, quick start guide CD-ROM, headphones, earbuds, Quick Start guide, USB cable, attachment, audio input cable, in-flight plug adapter

Picture formats

 JPEG, BMP, PNG, RAW JPEG, BMP, GIF, PNG JPEG, BMP, GIF, TIFF, PNG Info unavailable JPEG

Supported video formats

 ASF, AVI, DivX, MPEG-4, Ogg media, WMV, XviD AVI, H.264, MPEG-2, MPEG-4, Motion-JPEG, WMV DivX, MPEG-4, Motion-JPEG, WMV, XviD H.264, MPEG-4, Motion-JPEG H.264, MPEG-4, WMV

See full specifications

Cowon Q5W (60GB)

Archos 5 (250GB)

Creative Zen X-Fi (32GB; Wi-Fi)

Apple iPod touch (32GB; second generation)

Sony NWZ-X1050 (16GB)

 

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