Cowon Q5 Media Player To Hit Stores By the End of November

Cowon will finally release their Q5 (Q5W for American markets) media player in US stores before the end of the month. The 40 GB model will cost $550 while the 60 GB will cost $600. [Electronista]

Cowon Q5: PMP With HSDPA and GPS Announced...Again

We saw hints of the Cowon Q5 PMP at CES, but the US announce of the Cowon Q5 Mega PMP is upon us, along with more shots and details. Why do you care? I'll tell you why: This PMP has not only Wi-Fi and Bluetooth, but HSDPA/EDGE/GPRS data for web browsing over cellular data. DVR functions. And GPS with text to speech, 11 million points of interest. Yowza. More »

Cowon A2 and Q5 PMPs Details Leak: HSDPA, Touch Screen and More

Cowon is all set to make a big splash at CES next week and some details on a few of portable media players expected to be shown off are starting to leak out. First, there's the A3 (pictured here), which we already knew about last year. Now we know that it will come Davinci, a high-performance chip that's supposed to improve video playback in comparison to the A2. Even more impressive is the Q5. This PMP boasts a 5-inch touch screen and is based on Windows CE 5.0. It also supports DMB TV broadcasts (good for Korea, all but useless for everyone else) and HSDPA via an external module. Its pic lies within. More »