| Type | Private |
|---|---|
| Industry | Digital Device & Content |
| Founded | April 1995 |
| Headquarters | Busan, South Korea |
| Products | MP3 Player PMP, DMB, Car Navigator |
| Website | Cowon Global |
| Cowon | |
|---|---|
| Hangul | 코원시스템 |
| Revised Romanization | Kowon Siseutem |
| McCune–Reischauer | K'owŏn Sisŭt'em |
Cowon Systems, Inc. is a South Korean electronics company. Established in 1995, the company's initial focus was software development. In 2000, with the introduction of the CW100, Cowon expanded their business to the portable digital audio player industry.
Cowon Systems expanded to the American market in 2000 by founding the company JetAudio, a name later changed to Cowon America.
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JetAudio SW is a software multimedia player which offers features such as ripping CDs, re-encoding audio and video files, recording from external sources, and burning capabilities. The commercial plus version of this software includes many sound extension packs and other codes which can play back most media files present.
JetAudio 7 incorporates an album manager, bookmarking a current position in the song and a Repeat Playlist feature. It also has a balloon tool tip feature which supports an instant messenger-style display. It also includes support for many other file types, such as 3G2, AAC, AC3, MKA, OFR, OFS, RMVB, SVD, TP, TRP, and TS. JetAudio comes with every MP3 player produced by Cowon.
Other products include programs like JetCast,[1] JetToolBar, and JetMailMonitor.[2] All of these programs are available for free download from the company's website.