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There's no denying it: the MP3 player (http://www.engadget.com/tag/MP3player/) market is in free fall, and competitors often have to either go big (http://www.engadget.com/2012/08/27/samsung-unveils-galaxy-player-5-8/) or go home if they want to justify their work over the many smartphone alternatives. Cowon (http://www.engadget.com/tag/Cowon/) is still kicking, and the extreme battery life of its new D20 player may be a good explanation as to why. Along with 13 hours of video, it can play 90 hours of music on a charge -- enough that the tunes could blast non-stop through a long weekend. Not that the player will otherwise rock the boat, as it's still carrying a 2.5-inch, 320 x 240 resistive touchscreen, 8GB to 32GB of built-in storage, an SD card slot and Cowon's familiar (if hyper-stylized) interface. The company is partly counting on a low cost to get its foot in the door. Following a tease earlier this month in Russia, the D20 is launching in Japan at prices between ¥11,800 ($125) and ¥16,800 ($178) -- not a bad deal, so long as endurance rules your world.
Filed under: Portable Audio/Video (http://www.engadget.com/category/portable-audio-video/)
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Source: Cowon (http://www.cowonjapan.com/product_wide/COWOND20/product_page_1.php)
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