Cowon iAudio G3

battery, usability, sound, headphones, size

price, durability, reliability

60% of the reviews on Amazon.co.uk give this product a positive rating.

sound, usability, design, battery, size

memory, connectivity

93% of the reviews on Amazon.com give this product a positive rating.

Extraordinarily lightweight; line-in and voice recording; FM radio; decent accessories bundle; compatible with protected WMA files; solid controls and interface; excellent battery life.

Fragile construction; pricey.

This feature-rich player lets you pack a bunch of tunes into a svelte, featherweight device, but some users may question its less than rugged design.

Excellent sound quality, Tons of features, Good FM tuner, Good bundle, Direct MP3 encoding, Supports wide variety of audio formats, Upgradeable firmware, Sturdy build quality, Excellent battery life, Simple user interface

Uncomfortable headphones, Sound cracks at peak volume, No integrated battery

LINUX COMPATIBLE!!! If your OS works with a memory stick, it will work with this ; Plays ogg-vorbis audio,flac, etc ; sounds great with my sony earbuds ; Plays xvid(video)/mp3(audio) video, and looks great for a tiny screen ; Not hampered by having to...

The surface of the screen and touchpad scratches/wears easily, but you can't tell when the device is powered on ; Scrolling through the artist list can take a lot of time. There is no easy way (that I've found yet) to quickly reach the end of the list...

Acts like a USB hard drive ; Good battery life; runs on AA batteries. I got some rechargeable NiMH AAs and they work quite well ; Plays Ogg Vorbis files ; Works flawlessly with Linux ; Pretty cheap ; Comes with decent headphones

Slow boot 10-15 sec ; No gapless playback ; A little bug or two in the firmware ; You can only update the firmware from Windows ; FM radio reception is non-stellar

I bought it for podcasts and Netlibrary audio books. This makes bookmarking an important feature. It does multipe bookmarks well with mp3 and ogg.It will also resume from where you stopped on these files. I use it mostly when walking & find it very...

The earphones are designed for big ears. They were literally painful for me, and I am unable to use them. I use the soft earbuds that came with a Sansa player instead ; Protected wma play fine, but nothing shows in progress bar, and bookmarks must be...

Too many pros to list: Very intuitive clear interface (& therefore a short learning curve.) TONS of options & uncommon features (FM Radio, 5 band equalizer presets, line-in recording.) Fantastic battery life w/stong clean output (even under Sennheiser...

As of the most recent firmware - though MP3 replaygain metatags are supported, OGG replaygain metatags are not. Additionally some OGGs can actually cause the player to crash

Great sound, fantastic battery life, FM reception is above average. This little guy is loaded with cool features and not too small (or big)

The lanyard and case are a bit cheesy. The side of the player opposite the display - is rounded (battery compartment), so it cannot be placed where the display is right side up unless leaned against something

Compact and light. Strong, basic MP3 player

Another failure after 1 year. Cowon's support is wretched and they don't stand by their product. Be prepared to pay for the product again (I originally paid $xxx plus $xx for a repair). The unit had no damage at all to cause the failure