Reviews of the Cowon S9 (8GB)
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askmen.com
Review Summary: COWON has its game on, but is it good enough to compete with the iPod touch?
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asia.cnet.com
Review Summary: With its large, capacitive touchscreen and apparent lack of buttons, the S9 may appear to be mimicking the iPod touch, but there are differences. There's no return-to-the-main-menu "home" button, but, along the top and bottom edges, are physical ...
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gizmodo.com
Review Summary: happened. I have no doubt that somewhere along the line I was doing something wrong (though it's hard to fathom given the dragging and dropping), but no one could spot it. That's disconcerting
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laptopmag.com
Review Summary: Cowon rates the S9 for 55 hours of audio playback and 11 hours of video playback. In our tests, the S9 lasted well over 3 days (with a quality mix of audio and video playback) before we needed to hunt for an outlet
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pcpro.co.uk
Review Summary: Awesome video and audio and packed with other features too. Finally, a worthy rival to Apple's all-pervasive iPods.
Manufacturer: Cowon Systems, Inc.
Part number: S9-08TB
General
- Device Type Digital AV player
- Key Features FM tuner, Voice recorder, Digital audio player, Digital photo viewer, Digital video player, Digital audio recorder
- Width 2.2 in
- Depth 0.5 in
- Height 4.2 in
- Weight 2.7 oz
- Color Titanium black
- PC Interfaces Hi-Speed USB, Bluetooth 2.0 EDR
- Features G-sensor, Flash games, Text viewer, FM recording, Lyrics display
Display
- Display Type AMOLED 3.3 in - Color
- Display Form Factor Built-in
- Image Aspect Ratio 16:9
- Image Contrast Ratio 10000:1
- TV Standards Supported PAL, NTSC
- Display Features Touch screen
Memory / Storage
- Integrated Flash Memory 8 GB
- File System Supported FAT 32
Still Images
- Supported Still Images Formats JPEG
- Photo Playback Modes Zoom in, Zoom out, Auto slide show
Digital Audio
- Supported audio formats MP3, OGG, WAV, WMA, FLAC, Ogg Vorbis, MPEG 1 Audio, MPEG 2 Audio, MPEG 2.5 Audio, APE (Monkey's Audio)
- Sample rate 48 kHz, 44.1 kHz
- Signal-to-noise ratio 95 dB
- Audio output Headphones
- Microphone Built-in microphone
- Digital audio features 5 band EQ, Equalizer, Lyrics displays, ID3 tags support
Radio
- FM station preset qty 24
Video
- Video Playback Formats ASF, AVI, WMV, XviD, DivX 4.0, DivX 5.0
- Video Playback Modes Play, Pause
- Features Subtitles
Connectivity
- Connections Hi-Speed USB, Headphones, Composite video/audio output, Audio line-in
Battery
- Rechargeable Battery Rechargeable
- Battery Enclosure Type Internal
- Technology Lithium polymer
- Battery Life Details Audio playback - up to 55 hour(s), Video playback - up to 11 hour(s)
Software
- Software Included Drivers
Environmental Parameters
- Min operating temperature 32 °F
- Max operating temperature 104 °F
System Requirements
- Operating System MS Windows ME, MS Windows XP, MS Windows 2000, MS Windows Vista, Linux 2.4 or later, Apple Mac OS X 10.x
- System Requirements Details Windows 2000/XP/Vista - Pentium III
Miscellaneous
- Firmware Upgradable Yes
- Included Accessories USB cable, Stereo headphones
- Compliant Standards CE, FCC, MIC
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