COWON Q5W Wireless Portable Multimedia Player Ships

COWON's next-gen portable media player, the Q5W Wireless PMP, began shipping today and is now available for purchase at a variety of online retailers including JetMall (www.jetmall.net), and at select U.S. authorized retailers such as Amazon.com, Newegg.com, B&H Photo-Video, ZipZoomFly.com and eBay.com. The COWON Q5W offers the ultimate wireless connectivity and multimedia experience in a single portable device, and competes against other similar devices on the market already, namely the Apple iPod Touch.

The COWON Q5W features WiFi, Bluetooth, Windows CE 5.0 Pro, Optional GPS Navigation, and a slick 5-inch LCD touch screen. With its WiFi capability, you can surf the internet and even chat on instant messenger with the built-in MSN Messenger service. It also comes pre-loaded with Flash 7 support, meaning you'll be able to enjoy all of the web and sites like YouTube with embedded flash videos.

The COWON Q5W also has a wireless remote control, FM radio and recorder, voice recorder with internal microphone, TV-out supporting component, built-in stereo speakers, s-video and composite connections, and a full-screen photo and document view.

In other words, this device has literally everything you could ever want besides a phone. But with the voice-chat capabilities of MSN Messenger, it's not such a big deal. The price for such a neat device, however, is a bit steep. For the 40GB configuration it'll cost $5449.99, and the 60GB set up is priced $599.99. An additional GPS navigation package is available for $199.99.