The iAUDIO 5 was relatively similar to the aforementioned players.
#Cowon a2 charger series#
It was the successor to the popular iAUDIO 4 series and was powered by the same Sigmatel chipset that were used in the iAUDIO U2 and G3. The iAUDIO 5 was introduced in December 2004. It lacked some of the main features of the G3: no FM radio, the interface was only USB 1.1 (compared to USB 2.0 on the G3), and the playback time with a single AA battery was down to 40 hours. The iAUDIO G2 was a cheaper version of the G3 which was introduced in the spring of 2005. The only difference between the two players was that the G3 was powered by an AA battery, allowing a playing time of up to 50 hours. Both players used the same Sigmatel chipset. The internal hardware was very similar to that of the iAUDIO U2. The iAUDIO G3 was introduced November 2004. Most reviewers also regarded it as having a higher build quality. This model was essentially an iAUDIO CW200 using AA batteries as a power supply. In December 2002, Cowon released the iAUDIO CW300. This player also had a revised model, the iAUDIO CW250. The CW200 had audio playback capabilities, an FM radio and voice recording through a built-in microphone. In December 2001, Cowon released the iAUDIO CW200. In March 2001, the iAUDIO CW100s, a revised model, was released. The iAUDIO 6 was the first player to use Toshiba's new 4GB 0.85″ hard disk.Ĭowon entered the digital audio player market in October 2000 with the introduction of their first MP3 player, the iAUDIO CW100. Flash memory-based players are available with a capacity of up to 32 GB, while the hard drive-based models currently have capacities up to 160 GB. The iAUDIO range consists of players based on both flash memory and hard disk drives.