Cowon X7 160GB touchscreen PMP debuts in Korea
updated 06:00 am EDT, Fri October 8, 2010
Eschews flash storage for larger spinning platter
Korea’s Cowon has debuted the X7 Personal Media Player in its home market. The device combines a 4.3-inch touchscreen with up to a 160GB traditional spinning hard drive. It is battery can deliver up to 103 hours of music or up 10 hours of video playback. It is also equipped with Bluetooth, a radio tuner and a TV-out port.
It runs a custom OS and comes equipped with some basic applications include a note-taking app, an RSS reader and a web browser. In addition to supporting a range of standard video formats, it will also support DivX out of the box.
While it Cowon has not announced any plan to launch it in the US yet, it has been through the process of FCC certification. The 160GB model retails for the equivalent of $304.
