IFA 2008 Preview: Cowon O2 and S9 Curve

Cowon is set to introduce the Cowon O₂ (Oxygen) pmp at IFA 2008. The O₂ features a 4.3-inch touch-screen, 8GB, 16GB or 32GB of storage, SD/SDHC card slot, video/audio player, TV-Out, DMB-T, dictionary, voice recorder, 10 band EQ and EQ filter, image viewer, text reader.

It supports MP3, WMA, AC3, AAC, FLAC, OGG, Apple Lossless, WAV, G.726, PCM, True Audio, Monkey Audio and MusePack audio; and DivX, XviD, WMV, H.264, M-JPEG, MPEG-4 SP/ASP, MPEG1 video. Battery is estimated at 8 hours for video and 18 hours for audio. It comes in black, white, and pink.

Cowon also has a new mini-pmp, the S9 Curve, featuring a 3.3-inch 480 x 272 pixel touchscreen, a curved design, a 500MHz Dual Core processor, DMB-T tuner, FM radio, a microphone, Bluetooth, voice recorder, dynamic dictionary, all Flash UI, a G-Sensor, and TV-Out. Whew!

Battery is estimated at 40 hours of audio.

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IFA 2008 Preview: iRiver P20 PMP and M3 Portable GPS

iRiver will be unveiling its iRiver P20 pmp which features a 4.1-inch AMOLED touch-screen, 80GB or 120GB of storage, music/video player, and DMB TV. It looks like it also features a SPINN UI if the thumbwheel is any indication.

Also at IFA 2008, iRiver will be introducing the M3 portable GPS navigator/media player. It features a 3.5-inch LCD touchscreen. More details are expected on Friday when IFA commences.

[iriverfans via Engadget]

IFA 2008 Preview: Maxian HVGA PMP

Maxian will unveil another PMP at IFA 2008 in Berlin. This one features a 4.3-inch 800 x 480 pixel touchscreen, an SD card slot, Wi-Fi, DVB-T tuner, and a 30GB or 60GB hard drive.

It supports Divx, Xvid, MPEG, WMV7/8/9, H.264 (Baseline/Main/High Profile) MKV, MP2, MP3, MP4, WAV, OGG, AC3, AAC, FLAC, APE, MKA (HD 1280 x 720px).

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IFA 2008 Preview: Maxian PMP Running WinCE

Maxian will present their new pmp at IFA 2008 (August 29th to September 3rd in Berlin). The player features a 3.5-inch 480 x 320 pixel touchscreen, 2, 4, 8, 16, or 32GB of memory, an SD/SDHC slot, a DMB-T tuner, Wi-Fi (optional), FM radio, a speaker and microphone. It runs Windows CE!

The Maxian supports MP3, WMA, OGG, AAC, FLAC, and RM audio, APE audio and MPEG 2/4, WMV9, H.264, Real Video, and FLV video.

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