COWOW begins shipping the Q5W

COWON is now shipping it’s next generation portable multimedia player in the form of the COWON Q5W. The Q5W combines three major capabilities into a single device – a portable multimedia player (PMP), a Windows Mobile device, and a GPS navigation system (assuming you get the optional GPS navigation package). At a high level, the Q5W comes with Wi-Fi, Bluetooth, a high resolution 5 inch widescreen display, a touch-sensitive interface, Windows CE 5.0 Professional, and an AMD Alchemy Au1250 600MHz processor. Here are the major features and specifications:

• 5 inch, 800 x 480 display with support for 16,700,000 colors
• 500:1 contrast ratio
• 200cd/m2 brightness
• AMD Alchemy Au1250 processor running at 600MHz
• 64MB NOR Flash, 128MB SDRAM
• Wi-Fi and Bluetooth 2.0
• 1.8 inch 40GB or 60GB HDD
• Windows CE 5.0 Professional
• Music and movie player
• Voice recorder, photo viewer, and text viewer
• 95 dB signal to noise ratio
• 20Hz to 20KHz frequency range
• 1W + 1W integrated speakers
• 5.5 hour charge time
• Measures 5.46 x 3.48 x 0.79 inches and weighs 13.4 oz
• 13 hour battery life for audio playback
• 7 hour battery life for video playback
• Supports MP3, WMA, ASF, OGG, WAV, FLAC, APE, MPC Audio formats
• Supports MPEG 1/2/2.5 Layer 3, WMA, Ogg Vorbis, Wave, FLAC, APE, MusePack audio codecs
• Supports AVI, ASF, WMV, MPG, OGM Movie formats
• Supports DivX, XviD, MPEG4, WMV7/8/9 video codecs
• Max video resolution of 720 x 480 at 30fps
• Component, S-Video, and Composite TV out
• Internal microphone
• Supports JPG, BMP, PNG, and RAW
• Supports TXT
• MSN Messenger with Voice Chat support

Oh yes – the Q5W supports GPS navigation through the addition of the GPS navigation package. The package comes with a COWON Navigator cradle equipped with GPS receiver antenna (SiRF III internal), FM transmitter switch for audio playback on vehicle radio, Tele Atlas premium digital maps data and NavMate navigation software.

The COWON Q5W 50GB is selling for $549.99 while the 60GB version goes for $599.99. The optional GPS Navigation package goes for $199.99.

source: krunker.com