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Subject COWON to release Android MP3 player ‘COWON D3’ Date 2010.12.28
December 28, 2010, Seoul – COWON Systems (CEO Nam-Kyu Park, www.cowon.com) announced that it will release its prestige MP3 player, ‘COWON D3’, with Android OS on January 1st of this coming year.

The new ‘COWON D3’ is Cowon’s first Android device featuring support for a variety of Android apps. It is a high-end MP3 player with everyday features including Full HD video playback, high-quality audio, and easy-to-use Wi-Fi.

‘COWON D3’ provides convenient access to wireless internet in all areas where Wi-Fi is available. Also, with the built-in Android OS which is causing a sensation on mobile devices with an open platform, consumers can use a variety of internet-based apps. Search engines such as Google and Naver, email services, and SNS apps including Twitter can be accessed anywhere with ease. The ‘COWON T Message’ feature also allows consumers to access and share free web texts through SKT.

With the 3.7” ultra-high-quality (800 x 480) AMOLED display built in, ‘COWON D3’ provides a powerful video playback capability which allows consumers to instantly view Full HD video at 1920 x 1080p without a separate conversation process. Any type of video can be played realistically through the large and clear screen. Moreover, the HDMI TV-OUT feature – allowing consumers to connect the unit to digital TVs at home to view the video on a larger screen – the high storage capacity of more than 4 GB, and the support for the NTFS format adds to the convenience of viewing videos.

JetEffect 3.0, Cowon’s peerless and realistic sound field, with the world-renowned BBE+ sound and the innovative reverb effect, continues to provide the same fascinating sound on ‘COWON D3’. With the 39 different presets, consumers can enjoy music with the optimal sound according to the genre of music and their preferences.

Furthermore, ‘COWON D3’ comes with convenience features including internal speakers, Micro SD card slot, Bluetooth, gravity sensor, and vibration feedback, as well as useful and varied additional features such as terrestrial DMB, FM radio, E-Book and photo albums. The unit also comes with built-in Word Up – an excellent tool for memorizing vocabulary – Korean to English, English to Korean dictionaries as well as a Korean dictionary from Doosan Donga, making it useful as a study tool.

“We have been consistently putting our efforts into developing the technology to apply the Android OS, which has been receiving much attention on the mobile device market as of late, on multimedia units including MP3 players and PMPs,” said Cowon’s CEO, Nam-Kyu Park. “With ‘COWON D3’ at the forefront, we plan to release a variety of Android products and continue to lead the market.”

‘COWON D3’ comes in purple and black. It will be released in three different storage capacities at 8 GB, 16 GB and 32 GB. In celebration of the release of its first Android product, Cowon plans to hold a trade-in event on its own online shopping mall (shop.cowon.com) for the duration of one month for Cowon products release prior to 2007.