Since phones these days are absorbing the abilities of digital audio players, it seems only fair that some digital audio players are starting to borrow the design of phones. Cowon's iAudio F2 wears its phone-y façade well, right down to the icon-matrix menu. But the ersatz mobile is really a music player, with a 1.3-inch screen, an FM radio, voice recording — you know, the usual tricks an audio player will do when it's not an iPod. Battery life is a decent 22 hours, and the capacity can be up to 2 GB. Which would be fine, except that it costs about $185. Considering Apple's just rocked the portable world again with cheaper-than-ever pricing for its new iPods, look for that price to drop if and when Cowon releases it in the U.S. — Peter Pachal

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