Cowon D2 (2GB, black)

Summary: After a long wait and research, i finaly got this player (through Jetmall). When this, arrived i couldnt wait to get my hands on this sexy gadget to check it out.

Let me tell you why i like this piece of electronic piece of magnificence. Firstly its form factor, its sleek compact and eye catching. It has anawesome 2.5 inch screen which would catch anybody's attraction.. The screen is a touch sensor screen. Cowon has supplied a Stylus which can be used for navigation and also can be used as a kick-stand. Thats pretty inovative and thoughtful of cowon. The interface is very simple and easy to use. The touch screen responds fast and smoothly and shows very good response.

Speaking about the main part of this player - The Audio. The audio output is excellent with Jet Effect (BBE, Mech Bass, Customizable equalizer and preselects, 3D Surround) and all these can be tweaked to our desired level. The bass is excellent and the mid and low tones are clear. The music sounds great with the supplied headphones (cowon headphones are pretty good when compared to the ones that come with the ipod), but i cant wait to feast my ears by using a V-Moda or sennheiser headphone. The option of lyrics display is there in the player.

The Video playback is lovely, very smooth very vivid and crystal clear. I have seen the video in the iRiver Clix. When compared i liked the video quality of the D2.

You can even view pictures and store the EXIF information of your photos.

The FM Radio and the recording worked very fine with me. Picking the stations was pretty simple whereas i found it tiresome with the Creative Zen Vision M. The recording also was terrific.

I had absolutely no problem loading songs into the player. The Jet Shell software that comes with it is very easy to use and makes loading songs into the player very simple. You can just drag and drop the songs unlike itunes stuff, where you gotta load the songs to the itunes, set up playlists, sort them and then finally load it.. Cowon makes life much more easier.

The only problem is that the supplied manual or starter guide is very limited. It just has 3-4 pages to explain everything. Well not everything ofcourse, it just talks about the parts and the process of charging and putting in the SD card. The nagivation and GUI instructions are missing. But its really fun to play around with this device and explore it.

Hence i highly recommend this to anybody who likes it compact, sexy and pure music and for those ppl who really love video and photo on the go. You can definitely go for it and i promise you wont be disappointed.