Mr. UPS just came by. I unboxed it and took some photos. The review is coming in a few days. In the mean time, just enjoy the photos.

It looks almost like its predecessor, the iAudio 6. The big selling point for the updated version is the 60-hour battery life, in which we'll definitely be testing.

Just wait a few more days.

Comments (28)

mandolo said:

I'm very disappointed.. the menu looks like we're still in the 90ties... ugly, antiquated and hard to read -.- iAudio Players do have the greatest sound quality and good battery life, but style and modernity is a foreign word..

July 13, 2007

BTR X10N TM said:

"Mandolo" I certainly do not agree with your comment regarding the menus on Cowon devices... I believe they go quite well with the design of the player. An update addressing a possible customization of it should be possible, but other than that, it appears to be quite fine the way it is.

July 13, 2007

Whimsy Collective said:

How's transfer speed from computer to the dap?

July 13, 2007

Kush said:

Can you just drag and drop files or do you have to use their software?

July 13, 2007

sdsf said:

sdsf :-

July 14, 2007

655321 said:

Can it play Ogg/MP3 gaplessly?

July 14, 2007

sluz said:

nah, the menus are crap but at least they arent of the 'im an ipod' variety.

July 14, 2007

Runningflame570 said:

Dear god, gadget porn indeed (quoting engadget). I'm part of the function over form crowd so I don't give a crap about the menus so long as they work decently.

July 14, 2007

get over it said:

pretty menus! can we have pretty menus, pleeese?? WTF people get over it! Function over form. As long as it is user intuitive and works well who cares how the menus look?

July 16, 2007

Luck Kanthatham said:

For those who are waiting. I'm wrapping up the review. Will publish on Tuesday.

July 16, 2007

jaygo said:

The menus are dead sexy ... don't know what you guys are on. If you're not impressed by the pics, go watch some of the video reviews of the iaudio6 and you'll see how slick the 'swing touch' is. As far as efficiency and intuitive design, I'd only put it behind the iPod click wheel, which grandmas can figure out. Anyway, 8 gigs of whatever-the-hell-you-want and 60 hours of playback in an unskippable, jog-with-it-in-your-pocket size player is Christmas. As for specs, I believe *every* cowon player is drag and drop (linux, mac, and windows) but I don't think any of them do gapless. :/ And from what I hear, this one doesn't play playlist files at the moment. Regardless, this is next on my shopping list.

July 16, 2007

Runningflame570 said:

Its tuesday noonday over here in the States..wheres the review? :| You've already been overtaken by Cnet.uk but I for one would like a more thorough review than that, hopefully one measuring battery life with different uses.

July 17, 2007

John Doe said:

Just wanted to chime in with a few requests. When you review the unit, please touch on the following: Does the unit display album art embedded in ID3 tags? If so, does it have problems with album art larger than 200 x 200 px? (The Insignia NS-DVxG does.) Can the unit use m3u playlists? How gym/workout friendly is the unit? Does the unit come with an armband? If not, any ideas where one can be purchased? I read the Cnet.uk review, it was pretty light on details.

July 17, 2007

Luck Kanthatham said:

Runningflame570, thanks for your concern. If I didn't run 3 sites, I would probably be done 3 days ago. I apologize for not finishing up the battery test. I will update the review with more accurate measurements.

July 17, 2007

Luck Kanthatham said:

John Doe, the unit displays album art but I did not try anything larger than 200x200. I will test that out and get back to you. The unit doesn't come with an armband. I do not know when you can purchase one. Keep checking at jetmall.net though. I just read the c|net UK review. Hopefully, my review is a little bit more detailed than theirs.

July 17, 2007

Runningflame570 said:

Thanks for the responses to our inquiries.

July 17, 2007

stiv1 said:

Will the "necklace" that Jetmall advertises work on this unit?

July 20, 2007

Luck Kanthatham said:

stiv1, I do not have any information on this. It would be better if you contact Cowon's support at jetmall.net .

July 20, 2007

c said:

John Doe, I was just trying to find out why some embedded images weren't appearing on my new iAudio 7 when I found this page. It appears that the embedded album art image size (pixel dimensions) limit (for jpg inside the mp3) on the iAudio 7 is currently 350 x 350 pixels (This is for the current firmware 1.13). The file size of the embedded jpg doesn't seem to matter, I tested up to 144KB (using 350 x 350 pixels) and that works, however it will slow down the loading of the album art if you choose to use poorly compressed jpgs embedded into the mp3 file.

July 21, 2007

Luck Kanthatham said:

c, thanks for the information. I was wondering that myself. Most of my mp3s have album art embedded in them. Some show up, some don't. That's probably why.

July 21, 2007