Cowon C2 portable media player review

<div><img alt="" border="1" class="aligncenter" height="239" hspace="4" src="http://img9.imageshack.us/img9/4479/cowonc2lead.jpg" style="margin-top: 4px; margin-bottom: 4px; border: 1px solid black;" vspace="4" width="360" /></div><br/>And here you were assuming the tried-and-true PMP was dead. Au contraire. Cowon's not giving up on its dream quite yet, but after the D2 hung around at the company's low-end for the better part of four years, it's an alphabetic step backwards that's taking over as the successor. The diminutive C2 is about as simple as a PMP gets -- design wise, anyway -- but it's actually capable of supporting both music and video on its 2.6-inch resistive touchpanel. And then there's the purported 55 hours of battery life, included microSD card for expansion and the company's world-class audio quality. Still, $135 goes a long (long!) way in the portable music industry these days -- does the C2 pack enough punch to make your short list? Head on past the break to find out.<br/><div><br/><br/><strong>Gallery: Cowon C2 hands-on and unboxing</strong><br/><br/><img alt="" src="http://img217.imageshack.us/img217/3267/cowonc2handsonrevieweng.jpg" /><img alt="" src="http://img146.imageshack.us/img146/3267/cowonc2handsonrevieweng.jpg" /><img alt="" src="http://img804.imageshack.us/img804/3267/cowonc2handsonrevieweng.jpg" /><img alt="" src="http://img64.imageshack.us/img64/3267/cowonc2handsonrevieweng.jpg" /><img alt="" src="http://img28.imageshack.us/img28/3267/cowonc2handsonrevieweng.jpg" /><br/><br/></div><br/><a href="http://www.engadget.com/2011/06/26/cowon-c2-portable-media-player-review/" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent link to this entry">Permalink</a>

Cowon C2 portable media player review

And here you were assuming the tried-and-true PMP was dead. Au contraire. Cowon's not giving up on its dream quite yet, but after the D2...

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