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After long expectations and tons of speculations, the new line of PMP players, from Cowon, is going live in the US next week. The players are well equipped and Cowon squeezed into the A3 and Q5W almost every known audio and video formats, to increase the competition with the high rated Archos 605 players.

Cowon A3
This player is a successor of the legendary A2 player from Cowon. The new A3 looks pretty much the same as the old one but the 4″ screen supports a much better resolution – 800 x 480, with 16 million colors. Here are some more details:

• Display: 4″ TFT LCD 16:9, 16M colors, 800 x 480.
• Storage size: 30GB ($349), 60GB ($399).
• Audio: MP3, WMA, OGG, FLAC, M4A, MKA, TTA, APE, WAV, MPC, WV, AC3.
• Video: AVI, DivX, Xvid, SF, WMV, MPG, MP4, MPEG-4, M-JPEG, DAT, MKV, VOB, OGM, MTV.
• Outputs: Component, Composite, S-video, microphone, ext. speakers, USB Host 2.0, TV out and more.
• Pictures: JPEG, BMP, PNG, GIF, TXT.

Cowon Q5W

This multimedia machine makes a huge interest and will compete head to head with the new Archos 605 players. Here are some more details:

• Display: 5″ TFT LCD 16:9, 16.7M colors, 800 x 480.
• Storage size: 40GB ($549), 60GB ($599).
• OS: Windows CE 5.0 Professional.
• Processor: AMD Alchemy AU1200 @ 500Mhz.
• Audio: MP3, WMA, OGG, FLAC, M4A, MKA, TTA, APE, WAV, MPC, WV, AC3.
• Video: AVI, DivX, Xvid, SF, WMV, MPG, MP4, MPEG-4, M-JPEG, DAT, MKV, VOB, OGM, MTV.
• Outputs: Component, Composite, S-video, microphone, ext. stereo speakers, USB Host 2.0, TV out and many more. The Q5W also supports Bluetooth, WiFi for internet surfing, GPS (in a special designated Q5 NAVI device).
• Pictures: JPEG, BMP, PNG, GIF, TXT.
• Battery life: 13h – audio, 7h – video.

[via engadget]