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(23 customer reviews) 44 of 45 people found the following review helpful
Getting better with each update. Still too expensive.,
February 4, 2011 D. Brown "4D" (Kansas) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Cowon D3 Plenue 32 GB 3.7-Inch MP3 Player with Android - Black (Electronics)
I own the D3, and have gone over it with a fine tooth comb. While the specs are great, the firmware is not quite ready. Mine freezes up randomly. There is a persistent flaw in the music application that makes the audio cut-out momentarily near the beginning of each new song being played. There is also no access to any app market on the U.S. firmware of the D3. Cowon has been releasing updates rapidly though. These flaws may eventually be fixed, but since this is their first venture using Android on one of their players it is clear they need more experience. It is also overpriced given that a reliable 4th gen 32gb iPod Touch is $299 or less. There is no camera or GPS, and so far no engish version of a User Manual available either. Bluetooth worked fine with headphones except for that audio cut-out flaw. Files transfers over bluetooth failed every time I tried. No Bluetooth keyboard or mouse support either.
At the time of this review my D3 had (Korean) firmware 1.27 on it...Read more
22 of 23 people found the following review helpful
Niche product that fills its niche well,
March 26, 2011 Capnmcorn - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Cowon D3 Plenue 32 GB 3.7-Inch MP3 Player with Android - Black (Electronics)
This is a niche product. It runs on android. That doesn't mean its usefulness has to be measured by its ability to play fruit ninja. This is NOT a gaming/internet browsing/email reading tiny computer that happens to be more expensive and slower than other tiny android/apple products. This is an audio/video player that is so high-end that it has the processing power to run android and a slew of android apps.
Those apps are not it's main selling point, nor it's main redeeming feature. They are a nifty plus that make you feel better about getting a media player instead of a fancy phone.
UPDATE: Now it does all that app/internet/gaming stuff pretty well too since it got updated to Android 2.3.
The Cowon D3 is about as good as it gets for both sound and video. The audio quality is amazing, loads of formats are supported, and it can be tweaked with BBE settings and an equalizer. The video quality is amazing too. The D3 has a beautiful amoled screen, enough...Read more
15 of 15 people found the following review helpful
Great Multimedia Device,
February 15, 2011 _adrianv - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Cowon D3 Plenue 32 GB 3.7-Inch MP3 Player with Android - Black (Electronics)
UPDATE (06-11-2011): The software-related issues described below in my original review have been greatly improved upon with the recent update to an Android Gingerbread-based firmware version. Speed, for me at least, is no longer an issue on the D3; though there are still some software bugs to work out.
Think of the Cowon D3 as a great multimedia system, not an Android device. After all, if you've owned past Cowon devices, what have you appreciated them for?
As a multimedia player, the sound and the video that come from it are great - that doesn't need repeating as it's expected.
As an Android device, it is okay. Perhaps Cowon made the D3 with Android to feed the open community that always developed custom things for other Cowon devices anyway. The OS helps make the device that much more flexible and gives it more potential for other uses, but out-of-the-box, it's not an impressive Android device. But, I can live with that seeing as my past experience...Read more
