Cowon 3D

 

Now, you probably haven't heard of Cowon before. Like Apple's iPod and Microsoft's Zune, Cowon is also a portable media player. They have had successful versions before that have been highly regarded for the amount of formats they will play, such as FLAC (Free Lossless Audio Codec) and other high quality formats.

As the name suggests, this media player allows you to view things in 3D. Normally for 3D like those in movie theaters, you need glasses. However, more recently technology has been developed that allows you to view 3D without glasses, which is exactly what the Cowon 3D does.

The Cowon 3D has full 1080p playback, which is considered "Full HD," but this doesn't quite make sense, as the Cowon only has an 800x480 screen. So while you can't watch in higher resolutions than 480p on the Cowon (still better than the average YouTube video), it does have an HDMI output port so you can watch the videos on your TV in their full 1080p glory. The Cowon 3D also has 64GB of flash storage and a 4.8 inch screen, so this is quite a bit larger than your iPhone or Droid, but still smaller than a tablet such as the iPad.

The battery can last for 10 hours of video, and over 300 hours on standby (more than the iPhone. Heh. iPhone battery life,) and also includes WiFi capabilities.

The Cowon 3D is set to launch December 10th in South Korea with a price of $431 for the 32GB model, and $509 for the 64GB version.

You can check out the product page here (Korean) and here (English)

-Teguh