Over time we became more skillful at using the joystick, but those of you with sausage fingers should stay away. More times than we care to recall, the A3's joystick would accidentally shift up or down when we needed to push down on it to make a selection, requiring several careful attempts. Unfortunately, Cowon's miniature joystick navigation was so haphazard, it had us screaming for mercy. The advantage of staying clear of touch screen navigation is that it keeps your fingers off the screen.
Instead, Cowon employs a small joystick located in the top right corner of the A3's face, along with a series of four well-spaced buttons below it that serve multiple functions. Unlike competitors such as the Archos 605 WiFi or the iPod Touch the Cowon A3 does not use a touch screen interface for navigating through files and menus.
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