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Cowon U3-4096BL iAudio U3 4GB MP3 Player with FM (Black)
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Be Aware! No Customer Service with Cowon Products
(1 out of 5) by William L. Davidson on Nov 12, 2007 (Santa Fe)The Cowon iAudio U3 is an excellent product while it works, just be advised that I have found it difficult, if not impossible to contact Cowon for warrenty service on my iAudio U3. The sound failed after about 3 months of use. My emails to Cowon, a company who lists no phone numbers or addresses, remain unanswered with later attempts returned as undeliverable.
2 of 3 people found the following review helpful:
Best small form mp3 player w/ line in
(5 out of 5) by Charles Toepfer on Oct 8, 2007Audio quality is excellent - I use this w/ MDR-V6 headphones to filter out line noise and record. Use a SIIG CE-S00012, and you can get real clean audio out of your computer.
Does hold anywhere near 4GB
(1 out of 5) by D. Mitchell on Aug 13, 2008 (Earth)I have the iAudio U3 2GB player. I love it. So I bought the 4G version.
The 4GB does not hold as much as the 2GB does. On the 4GB, there is over 2GB in 571 hidden files that can't be seen, accessed, deleted. That leave about 1.8GB for my use. As I said, I can get more on my 2GB unit.
4,057,956,352 bytes total disk space.
16,384 bytes in 1 hidden files.
2,490,368 bytes in 152 folders.
2,189,770,752 bytes in 521 files.
1,865,662,464 bytes available on disk.
16,384 bytes in each allocation unit.
247,678 total allocation units on disk.
113,871 allocation units available on disk.
I have tried getting ahold of the iAudio folks, but haven't received any reply. If I don't get this fixed in the next day or two, I will be returning it.
The 4GB does not hold as much as the 2GB does. On the 4GB, there is over 2GB in 571 hidden files that can't be seen, accessed, deleted. That leave about 1.8GB for my use. As I said, I can get more on my 2GB unit.
4,057,956,352 bytes total disk space.
16,384 bytes in 1 hidden files.
2,490,368 bytes in 152 folders.
2,189,770,752 bytes in 521 files.
1,865,662,464 bytes available on disk.
16,384 bytes in each allocation unit.
247,678 total allocation units on disk.
113,871 allocation units available on disk.
I have tried getting ahold of the iAudio folks, but haven't received any reply. If I don't get this fixed in the next day or two, I will be returning it.
Really nice portable flash player
(5 out of 5) by Mule on May 20, 2008 (Minneapolis)Gym? Lawn mowing? Walking the dog? Jogging? This is a fantastic choice. I use it with Yuin PK3 earbuds and the sound quality is amazing. Plenty of volume for outdoors, punchy and great bass to boot. The joystick is simple to use without looking. Wish it came with more than 4gb. Very underrated.
Great little device
(5 out of 5) by Bücherwurm on Mar 27, 2008Small enough to go anywhere, acceptable battery (app. 17 h under real life conditions) and really nice sound.
I'll keep it forever - or at least till it's broken!
I'll keep it forever - or at least till it's broken!