Cowon iAudio 7

sound, performance, durability, portability, design

size, price, reliability

83% of the reviews on Amazon.co.uk give this product a positive rating.

usability, sound, performance, battery, design

reliability

86% of the reviews on Amazon.com give this product a positive rating.

It's not helped by the fact that what you do with them isn't always obvious either – the context sensitive button, for instance, is used to go up a folder level, but not when you're in the Now Playing screen. You have to hit the menu button on the top...

Extensive specification ; impressive volume ; rapid, attacking sound

Tiny, overworked display ; infuriating fascia controls ; stocky looks not matched by the sound of the low end ; miserable headphones

Some things – KitKats, for instance – are better for being chunky. We don’t think an MP3 player is, especially not one that’s such a bind to use

Good sound ; Stylish and easy to use

Picture quality only average

An impressive and capable MP3 player

Good sound, Stylish and easy to use

Picture quality only average

An impressive and capable MP3 player

The iAudio7 is inexpensive and offers incredible battery life. The controls take some getting used to, and it looks more functional than elegant, but this is a reliable, high-quality player. An 8GB version is available for £135.

Small, lightweight design Records voice and FM radio

Screen is too small for watching video Average audio quality

Despite its middling audio quality, the Cowon iAudio 7 works well for listening to songs and the radio, and for making occasional audio recordings, but it's too small for video, and you should see if you can master its peculiar controls at a local...

FM radio. Radio, voice, and line-in recording. Decent file support. Excellent battery life.

Tiny screen, terrible for photos, video. Graphics look out of date. User interface confusing to navigate. Buttons easy to activate accidentally.

it turns out that these are all the files on the player, including photos from my test suite that loaded onto the player but can't be displayed because they are incompatible. this is actually a useful feature—a visual reference if you want to use your...

Extensive Audio Format Support ; Good Audio Quality ; Outstanding Battery Life ; Feature Rich

Hyper-sensitive Controls ; Small Screen ; Unrefined Interface

Out of the box, the Cowon iAudio7 supports more number of audio formats than any of the other players in the top 5. The audio quality is also pretty good but hyper-sensitive controls and a small screen don't help matters.