COWON Ships COWON D2 Portable Multimedia Player

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COWON America announces the availability of the COWON D2 premium portable multimedia player featuring a high-resolution, 2.5-inch color LCD with an innovative touch-sensitive interface designed to maximize viewing experience and ease of use. The COWON D2 also offers expandability to users with an integrated memory card expansion slot for additional digital media capacity – up to 12GB using a 8GB SDHC memory card. The COWON D2 is available in two colors – black and white – and 2GB or 4GB flash memory configurations, each featuring a 2.5-inch, 16-million-color (24bit), QVGA (320x240) resolution LCD. The display also functions as a touch-sensitive interface with transparent overlay navigation, which is visible during audio and video playback. Additionally, detailed information such as file size, pixel and format, can be viewed while browsing through digital media files with fingertips or the included multi-purpose stylus/kickstand.

Also unique to the COWON D2 is its expansion card slot that supports SD/SDHC/MMC/MMC-plus memory card formats to transfer files easily to/from other digital devices such as digital cameras, PDAs and more. Its built-in rechargeable battery provides up to 52 hours of audio and ten hours of video playback in a single charge via USB or standard wall charger. The COWON D2 measures 3.07 x 2.18 x 0.65 inches and weighs 3.21 ounces.

Despite its compact size, the COWON D2 does not compromise on multimedia features or support for the latest digital media formats. The COWON D2 is packed with the latest digital multimedia technologies, including:
- Powerful sound quality from 74mW stereo output;
- Enhanced sound quality with BBE, Mach3Bass, MP Enhance and 5Band EQ audio technologies;
- Expansive digital media format support – including WMV9, MPEG4 (movie), MP3 and WMA; and lossless audio formats including FLAC, OGG and APE;
- Fast 30 frames per second QVGA movie playback and TV-out support for seamless transfer to TV or high-resolution monitor;
- Integrated FM radio, radio and voice/line-in recording and text-viewing capabilities.

Additional functions of the COWON D2 include personalized wallpaper and zoom-in capability for any images; USB storage with transmission of 40 Mbps speed; Podcast support; high-compression video rendering with JetAudio VX software; powerful multimedia management with JetShell software; and compatibility with Windows, Apple and Linux OS.

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