Cowon D3 8GB

• alaTest.co.uk

  8 out of 10

Summary: alaTest has collected and analyzed 37 reviews of Cowon D3 Plenue from international magazines and websites.

Conclusion: The average review rating is 6.3/10. Comparing these reviews to 461460 other MP3 & Media Players reviews gives this product an overall alaScore 80/100 (or 8 out of 10) = Very Good Quality.

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• anythingbutipod.com

  0 out of 10

Summary: Many reviews have already been written about the Cowon D3. Mine's certainly late to the party, but for good reason: after seeing the somewhat underwhelming performance of the D3 with its initial Android 2.1 firmware, I told myself to wait until the...

Pro : Excellent S-AMOLED screen (Pentile RGBG matrix might take some time getting used to, though) ; Excellent audio quality ; Supports almost all video codecs/containers, up to 1080p ; Supports all the most relevant audio formats ; System-wide BBE sound...

Cons : Outdated, underpowered ARMv6/ARM11 CPU, slow for processor intensive tasks ; Very slow boot-up ; Lacks ‘deep’ sleep mode and global sleep timer ; Superfluous ‘slide to unlock’ screen, annoying ‘media scanning’ and ‘USB connected’ pop-ups ; Video...

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• cnet.co.uk

  5 out of 10

Summary: The Cowon D3 Plenue media player offers great video and audio quality. Unfortunately, its tweaked Android 2.3 Gingerbread software is buggy, making the device frustrating to use and difficult to recommend.

Conclusion: The Cowon D3 Plenue certainly has its strengths. It sounds great, offers excellent video and audio support, and packs a highly impressive AMOLED screen. But its lack of support for the Android Market, high price, and buggy software mean it's difficult...

Pro : Good sound quality ; Excellent video playback ; Impressive AMOLED screen ; Good range of features

Cons : Expensive ; Buggy software

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• electricpig.co.uk

  4 out of 10

Summary: We want to love the Cowon D3, genuinely we do. Cowon cranks out PMPs with amazing sound and solid video support. But its first bash at an Android powered model has some serious flaws. Read on and find out what in our full Cowon D3 review.

Conclusion: This is not the Android iPod touch rival you're looking for

Pro : Great sound quality, lavish screen

Cons : Android is almost unusable, chunky

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• pocketables.net

  0 out of 10

Summary: The Cowon D3 Plenue is a PMP first and an Android device second, a distant second. It's important that you remember that in the right order and adjust your expectations accordingly. If you don't, then you'll end up where I am: waist-deep in a pool of...

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