Got the O2 on 11/14/08
My previous MP4 was the Cowon D2 and that was a very well-rounded MP4. However, time has passed and now I wanted something better. O2 seemed to fill in nicely, it surpasses all the functionality of the D2 by a mile (and this is expected). Overall, I would suggest this to anyone who wants a nice do-it-all hassle-free and elegant video player, who could care less about other gimmicks and features. Now, onto the specifics.
It does music fairly well; I've tested all the formats that I had and ,not surprisingly, it could take them all, as the D2 before it could as well. (I had MP3, Flak, Wav, ogg, and bunch of others). The equalizer and other music enhancers are still there and still do a great job at making your music sound better.
One of the main reasons I got the O2 was for it's vast format and resolution compatibilities, and for the most part, they work. Now most of the files I play on the O2 aren't HD (and honestly, why would you play HD files on a Portable video player). The various files that I used to have to convert for my D2 now play fine on my O2.
Speaking of video, the screen is brilliant; the lighting is smooth, and there's very little contrast loss when tilted. The screen brightness is also equally impressive; Max brightness is almost painful to look at.
As you know, the O2 has a touchscreen interface, which means your player can have a bigger screen, but also means that you'll have to touch it (hopefully using the stylus). I was very fond of the touch screen interface of the D2; it had a gesture-based navigation, and it was very easy to use; Up or down to scroll, left or right to go into out out of folders, also acts as 'play'. While playing a file, tapping your screen in the middle was pause/play and tapping on the sides was next an back. This elegant navigation has been replaced with tapping the buttons in a menu. Whereas previously tapping or swiping anywhere on the screen was an action of some sort, the Os's functions are all confined to the bottom portion of the screen, which doesn't fully utilize the touch screen.
One of the things I like about it's interface is the 'recent files' feature; it remembers a bunch of the recent files you've looked at and where you've stopped. So it's easy to resume movies, even if you're watching multiple movies.
There's no real trouble with the touch screen itself; if you use the stylus, it'll be fine. The stylus is oddly designed, but also very functional. It doubles as a stand that can support what seems to be either a 30 degree tilt or a 60 degree tilt. I thought that I wouldn't use it, but I've found that I've started to use it quite frequently. Just being able to place it on a table at an optimum viewing angle, freeing your hands to eat, do work or what have you; it's great.
This thing also has a speaker. It's not amazing in terms of speakers, but it's quite impressive for it's size. Fairly useful if your watching something with a friend. As long as your not in a tightly packed room with everything chatting up a storm, the volume that this speaker can emit is just fine.
One Great feature of this player is that there's no software required on the computer. You wanna put something in it; all you have to do is drag-and-drop. You could even use it as a hard drive if you wanted too.
The space available is a nice amount; but the SD slot just makes it seem so much spacious. I use a bunch of micro SDs with a SD adapter which I can swap in and out on the fly and considering you can get a 4G micro SD for under $20, getting more space shouldn't be a problem.
The design is simple but elegant, there's really not that much to talk about there. You can charge the device by either plugging it into your computer or straight into the grid (actually plugging it into the power charges way faster).There's also a mic; it's of decent quality, but you should probably turn to something else if you're really doing audio work.
There are also some other features, like a text reader and a picture viewer; both work, but could be better.
All in all, if your looking for something that can play videos and music very well and can basically play any reasonable format (it can slowly chug through the HD or play bits and pieces of weird formats), plays basically every single type of music file on the face of the planet, easy to use and upload files, has well-designed hard-ware and interface, but doesn't have many other features )it has no online features, and doesn't even has a radio), than look no further than this.
Oh yeah, it's cheap too/ :D
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Condition: new
Price: 242.73 USD
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