COWON Ships the Next-Generation COWON Q5W Wireless Portable Multimedia Player.Feature-Packed PMP See point-to-multipoint and portable media player. PMP - Portable Media Player Offers Wi-Fi[R] and Bluetooth[R], Ultra-High Resolution 5-inch LCD Touch Screen, Windows[R] CE 5.0 Pro OS, 40GB or 60GB Storage Capacity, and Optional GPS Navigation IRVINE, Calif. -- Delivering the ultimate wireless connectivity and multimedia experience in a single portable device, COWON America, Inc., today announced the shipment of its next-generation COWON Q5W portable multimedia player (PMP). The COWON Q5W is the industry's first PMP to combine Wi-Fi[R] and Bluetooth[R] wireless technologies with an ultra-high resolution 5-inch widescreen color TFT LCD, touch-sensitive interface, Microsoft Windows[R] CE 5.0 Professional operating system, and a AMD (Advanced Micro Devices, Inc., Sunnyvale, CA, www.amd.com) A major manufacturer of semiconductor devices including x86-compatible CPUs, embedded processors, flash memories, programmable logic devices and networking chips. Alchemy[TM] Au1250[TM] 600MHz processor. Introduced to the U.S. market by COWON Systems, a global leader in digital multimedia solutions, the COWON Q5W is now available at JetMall (www.jetmall.net) and at select U.S. authorized retailers Amazon.com, Newegg.com, B&H Photo-Video, ZipZoomFly.com and eBay.com. "The COWON Q5W is the first three-in-one portable device that delivers premium multimedia player, mobile PC and GPS navigation capabilities to holiday gadget shoppers and digital media enthusiasts nationwide," said Francis Choi, senior marketing manager, COWON America, Inc. "Discriminating consumers can now do it all in one definitive PMP package: watch movies on a large widescreen, use Wi-Fi to browse the Internet and check e-mails, wirelessly connect to Bluetooth-enabled stereo headphones and even plot their journey home with an optional GPS navigation package. To top it off, the Q5W offers 40GB or 60GB of storage capacity, an advanced photo and document viewer, built-in stereo speakers, an FM tuner and the industry's best audio/video format support." Next-generation Wireless PMP The COWON Q5W runs Windows CE 5.0 Professional, Microsoft's componentized, real-time operating system (operating system) Real-Time Operating System - (RTOS) Any operating system where interrupts are guaranteed to be handled within a certain specified maximum time, thereby making it suitable for control of hardware in embedded systems and other time-critical applications. developed for small footprint consumer electronics devices. The COWON Q5W also incorporates the AMD Alchemy Au1250 600MHz processor, a low-power, high-performance, system-on-chip solution designed to bring media center-quality functionality to portable devices. With its integrated Wi-Fi (802.11 b/g), the COWON Q5W enables users to wirelessly connect to the Internet to surf the Web, use e-mail and MSN (1) (MicroSoft Network) A family of Internet-based services from Microsoft, which includes a search engine, e-mail (Hotmail), instant messaging (Windows Live Messaging) and a general-purpose portal with news, information and shopping (MSN Directory). voice-enabled Messenger service. The pre-installed Adobe[R] Embedded Flash[R] Player 7 allows users to create and experience interactive content, applications and video on the Web. Additionally, the COWON Q5W includes the latest Bluetooth 2.0 technology to allow users to wirelessly connect to Bluetooth-enabled stereo headphones. Distinctive PMP and GPS Navigation Device The COWON Q5W is available with 40GB or 60GB 1.8-inch hard-disk storage capacity, 128MB of DDR2 SDRAM and 64 MB of NOR Flash memory. Every COWON Q5W is equipped with a 5-inch, widescreen, 16-million-color TFT LCD with ultra-fine 800x480 (WVGA WVGA Wide Video Graphics Array (various physical sizes, 16:9 shape; 1.78:1 aspect ratio) WVGA West Virginia Golf Association (Charleston, West Virginia) ) resolution. The display also functions as a touch-sensitive interface using COWON's Wing Click GUI (Graphical User Interface) A graphics-based user interface that incorporates movable windows, icons and a mouse. The ability to resize application windows and change style and size of fonts are the significant advantages of a GUI vs. a character-based interface. optimized for faster, ergonomic finger or stylus navigation. Additionally, the COWON Q5W provides a wireless remote controller, FM radio and recorder, voice recorder with internal microphone, built-in stereo speakers, and TV-out supporting component, s-video and composite connections. The PMP also functions as a full-screen photo and document viewer (Word, Excel and PowerPoint viewers available with optional Windows CE Professional Plus purchase), and a high-capacity USB USB in full Universal Serial Bus Type of serial bus that allows peripheral devices (disks, modems, printers, digitizers, data gloves, etc.) to be easily connected to a computer. 2.0 data storage and photo backup device for digital cameras (USB 2.0 host) with support for popular image formats including JPEG JPEG in full Joint Photographic Experts Group Standard computer file format for storing graphic images in a compressed form for general use. JPEG images are compressed using a mathematical algorithm. , BMP (1) (BitMaP) Also known as a "bump" file, it is the native, bitmapped graphics format in Windows. A BMP can be saved in several color options: 1-, 4-, 8- and 24-bit color provide 2, 16, 256 and 16,000,000 colors respectively. BMP files use the .BMP or . , PNG (Portable Network Graphics) A bitmapped graphics file format endorsed by the World Wide Web Consortium. It is expected to eventually replace the GIF format, because there are lingering legal problems with GIFs. and RAW up to 10MB. The COWON Q5W offers an optional GPS navigation package using COWON Navigator cradle equipped with GPS receiver antenna (SiRF III internal), FM transmitter switch for audio playback on vehicle radio. COWON GPS package also includes Tele Atlas[R] premium digital map data of North America featuring 11 million points-of-interest and NavMate[R] navigation software. With the addition of GPS navigation package, users can extend the versatility of the COWON Q5W to include in-vehicle use as a GPS navigation device to plan routes and pinpoint destinations. The COWON Q5W is also outfitted with the latest portable multimedia technologies, and supports an expansive list of digital media formats and codecs, including: * Enhanced sound quality with JetEffect (BBE BBE n abbr (US) (= Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks) → organizzazione filantropica , Mach3Bass, MP Enhance, 3D Surround) and 5Band EQ audio technologies. * Digital video playback without transcoding of AVI, ASF See Windows Media formats. 1. (language) ASF - Algebraic Specification Language. 2. (body) ASF - Analytical Solutions Forum. , WMW, MPEG (Moving Pictures Experts Group) An ISO/ITU standard for compressing digital video. Pronounced "em-peg," it is the universal standard for digital terrestrial, cable and satellite TV, DVDs and digital video recorders (DVRs). and OGM file formats; and codec support of DivX, XviD, MPEG4 and WMV 7/8/9 with maximum video resolution of 720 x 480 at 30fps. * Digital audio playback support of MP3, WMA, ASF, OGG, WAV, FLAC (Free Lossless Audio Codec) An audio compression technology from the Xiph.Org Foundation (www.xiph.org). It is a royalty-free codec used to compress CD audio files to at least 50% of their original size (2:1 ratio). , APE and MPC (1) (Mobile PC) A handheld or laptop computer. See handheld computer, laptop computer and Ultra-Mobile PC. (2) (MultiPath Channel) See multipath. file formats; and codec support for MPEG 1/2/2.5 Layer 3, WMA, Ogg Vorbis, Wave, FLAC, APE and Musepack with signal-to-noise ratio performance of 95dB. The built-in Lithium Polymer rechargeable battery provides up to 13 hours of audio and seven hours of video playback in a single charge via standard wall charger. The COWON Q5W measures 5.46 x 3.48 x 0.79 inches and weighs 13.4 ounces. The prices of the COWON Q5W 40GB and 60GB configurations are $549.99 and $599.99 U.S. (MSRP MSRP Manufacturer's Suggested Retail Price MSRP Message Session Relay Protocol MSRP Multi-Species Recovery Plan (US Fish & Wildlife Service) MSRP Member of the Society for Radiological Protection (UK) ), respectively. An optional COWON Q5W GPS navigation package is available for $199.99. Note to Editors: High-resolution product images and detailed specification sheets of the COWON Q5W are available upon request. Please contact Sung Choi at (949) 748-7000 x101 or schoi@xpublicrelations.com. About COWON America COWON America, Inc., is a division of COWON Systems, Inc., a global leader in digital multimedia solutions. The company remains at the forefront of new multimedia software developments and sales of COWON products in the North American market, including various versions of multimedia software (COWON Media Center), portable MP3 players (iAUDIO) and portable multimedia players (COWON A2 and D2). COWON Systems is headquartered in Seoul, Korea, with its North American division office located in Irvine, Calif. More information about COWON America and its products is available online at www.cowonamerica.com. |
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