Cowon iAudio M3 Review

JetAudio iAudio M3 Review

There's a really easy way to tell if you'd be interested in the JetAudio iAudio M3. If you like in-line remotes, give it a shot. If you can't stand them - and I know there are some of you out there - don't bother.

The iAudio makes a claim to be the World's Smallest 20GB hard disk-based music player (there's a 40GB version now, too) and it clearly is, as long as you ignore the inline remote, where the engineers have offloaded the LCD screen and most of the controls. It's not a bad gimmick, really, and for somebody that uses in-line remote (I happen to love them), it really makes a lot of sense. In fact, if there are any serious failings of the iAudio M3, it's in the controls and software, not the atypical form factor.

I write more words about the M3 after the jump.

iAudio M3L

LIAM MCNULTY -- Remember the iAudio M3? "Not an iPod; don't care" you say? A quick refresher - slimline Korean MP3 audio player with 20GB hard drive.

It just may be time to start complaining to Apple about your iPod's battery life. Korea's Cowon Systems has introduced the "iAudio M3L," which is the same thing as the iAudio M3 but with a pretty beefy 35 hour battery life. It may not beat the 220 hour battery life of Panasonic's new MP3/CD player, but 35 hours is almost double anything I've seen on other hard drive-based MP3 players.

iAudio M3L @ HWzone.co.il

iAudio U2 Flash Player

Korea-based iAudio (whose products sell in the West under the Cowon and JetAudio brands) has released a new flash MP3 player model, the U2, which is slightly smaller than a lighter, but is still available in sizes up to one gigabyte. All the other goodies we've come to expect from flash players are there, too (FM receiver and recording, USB 2.0, irritating burning sensation), and still the U2 manages a (claimed) 20 hour battery life -- rechargeable battery, that is, not AAA like many other flash players.

Looks okay! I've been very cool on flash players, having been disappointed by so many for so long, but they are getting very usable and very useful now that storage sizes have gotten affordable. At $350 it's still spendy compared to hard disk players, but come on; the thing isn't much bigger than many players' in-line displays.

Read - iAudio U2 - a Lighter-size 1GB MP3 Player [I4U]

Related
iAudio M3 Adds 40GB Version [Gizmodo]
Cowon iAudio M3 Review [Gizmodo]
iAudio 4: YAFP, Candyraver Edition [Gizmodo]

iAudio M3 Adds 40GB Version

Have we mentioned the new iAudio M3 HDD player now comes in a 40GB version? If we hadn't, we should have, so now we will. It also appears to be available in a darker charcoal gray in addition to the original silver. The iAudio M3, as you may recall, bills itself as one of the slimmest hard disk MP3 players out there, a feat it accomplishes by stuffing the LCD and most of the controls into its in-line remote.
Read [I4U]

Related
Cowon iAudio M3 Review [Gizmodo]

Design Contest: Win a JetAudio iAudio M3
20GB Hard Disk Player

Some of the graphic design geeks over at Kirupa Forum decided to have a 'Logo Design Battle,' a sort of visual arts freestyle competition, and they chose Gizmodo to riff off of. And as much as we love our current design (not that we aren't always tweaking), we thought it was pretty cool they liked Gizmodo enough to use us as a springboard, so we thought maybe we'd up the ante a bit and offer a new JetAudio iAudio M3 20GB hard disk MP3 player to the winner of the contest (after we review the damn thing, that is). So if you're a designer and you want to head over to their forums and join the battle, we'd love to see what neat graphics you come up with.

Read - design battle anyone? [KirupaForum]
Read - iAudio M3 Product Page [JetAudio]

Contest details/limitations/caveats inside.

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