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Review summary: A hugely versatile touchscreen portable media player from Cowon

Verdict: use flash storage in keeping with the player's slim profile, with the added bonus of speedy operation

Verdict: Not the prettiest personal media player around, but a decent screen, excellent sound quality and a list of supported files as long as your arm, it's a good all-rounder.

Pros: The Cowon O2 is an affordable and powerful portable media player with outstanding audio and video format support, a large touch-screen display, impressive battery life, and SDHC memory expansion

Cons: Screen resolution is disappointing on the Cowon O2; menus lack ID3 tag sorting; DRM-protected WMA and WMV formats won't play; videos must be bookmarked manually; there's no FM radio; no video recording; and the player's all-plastic construction is ...

Verdict: The Cowon O2 isn't flashy, but it's an incredible value for a convenient way to take your video library on the go without the hassle of converting files.

Review summary: Cowon's new O2 PMP follows on from the smashing Q5W and A3 of last year, but scraps hard disks in favour of flash memory and SD cards. It's one of the most exciting product releases of the year in the PMP category, so we were thrilled to get one of ...

Pros: Huge list of supported audio and video formats ; terrific sound quality ; supports 720p HD DivX and Xvid content ; Subtitle support

Cons: We've seen crisper screens ; plastic design isn't as sexy as the Cowon A3's enclosure

Verdict: If you download a lot of content from the Internet, we've got to say that unless you can afford the more costly alternatives mentioned above, this is one of the best candidates for the job

Review summary: First off, let me mention the official U.S. MSRP for the O2, because I know there have been a few guesstimates floating around. The Cowon O2 will retail for $219 (8GB), $249 (16GB), and $299 (32GB), which you can pick up in either black or white. If ...