Gadget of the Day: Cowon iAudio D2

Announced last November and reviewed by us in February, Cowon’s touchscreen video-playing pal has finally deigned to make its way onto UK shelves.

To make up for the delay, there’s been a little internal tinkering. The redundant DMB (Digital Multimedia Broadcasting) receiver, designed for Korean mobile TV, has been tweaked to become a fully functioning DAB radio with recording features.

The D2 also stacks up favourably next to its new rival, the video-playing iPod Nano. Despite having an iPod Classic-sized 2.5in screen it measures roughly the same height as the Nano and only a touch longer – albeit with a hefty extra centimetre of thickness.

Course, it’s also now got the 3.5in screen of the iPod Touch to contend with, but even that doesn’t have DAB, and D2 has one other trick up its sleeve – a mighty 74mw output. Not great for preserving your hearing into old age, but perfect for listening with big cans. Pass those Denon D5000s.

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Dan Grabham Editor-in-Chief

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Dan is Editor-in-chief of Stuff, working across the magazine and the Stuff.tv website.  Our Editor-in-Chief is a regular at tech shows such as CES in Las Vegas, IFA in Berlin and Mobile World Congress in Barcelona as well as at other launches and events. He has been a CES Innovation Awards judge. Dan is completely platform agnostic and very at home using and writing about Windows, macOS, Android and iOS/iPadOS plus lots and lots of gadgets including audio and smart home gear, laptops and smartphones. He's also been interviewed and quoted in a wide variety of places including The Sun, BBC World Service, BBC News Online, BBC Radio 5Live, BBC Radio 4, Sky News Radio and BBC Local Radio.

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Computing, mobile, audio, smart home