Cowon iAudio S9 Expert Reviews

The COWON S9 is a digital media player which was released sometime last year and was available in titanium black and chrome black. Now there is an addition. Nope not another black but its Chrome White. The device is available in 8GB or 16GB capacity ...

There is little sense in arguing which is the better player, the iPod touch or Cowon's latest offering, the S9 (8GB, $199.99 list; 16GB, $239.99). Simply put, the S9 lacks the basic grace of the touch, as well as some other enticing features, Wi-Fi ...

Strong audio file support. Touch screen. Built-in accelerometer. Video output. Line-in, FM, and voice recording. Excellent battery life

Touch screen is not very sensitive. User interface can be difficult to navigate. Volume controls are disabled in some screens. Play/Pause button works only in the Now Playing screen

The S9 is designed to resemble the iPod touchwith a touch screen and its own version of Cover Flowbut the player lacks the grace and Wi-Fi connectivity necessary to be a true rival.

Rich sound, a responsive touchscreen, and stereo Bluetooth support make the S9 a formidable foe for the iPod touch.

Excellent audio and video playback, Responsive touchscreen, Compatible with wide variety of audio and video formats, Quality FM radio, Stereo Bluetooth support

Only supports JPEG photo format, Odd button placement, No AAC support, Nonstandard USB port

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

COWON has its game on, but is it good enough to compete with the iPod touch?

We all know iPods have taken over the world, but the Cowon S9 looked like the perfect alternative to the iPod touch for those of you who hate Apple, so I ordered one in.

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

Cowon unveils new MP3 player 'S9' and compact PMP 'O2' next IFA 2008, held in Berlin, Germany. Operating on 500 MHz Dual-Core CPU, the MP3P S9 has a

INTRO/ The Cowon S9 was first revealed at IFA 2008 and ever since then, has received an immense amount of attention. The specs of the S9 were just breathtaking. A 3.3" AMOLED display, dual core CPU, and PMP grade codec support. It also had something ...

As everyone knows, audio quality is where Cowon really shines. The S9 follows this trend. The major sound enhancement technologies are SRS, DNse, Qsound, and BBE, and I have got to say, BBE is really the only one that works properly. The S9 has BBE, ...

The S9's main strengths are its sensitive touchscreen, great features and superb sound quality. Despite a disappointing lack of AAC support and an average user interface, it's Cowon's best MP3 player to date, although it's not as great a threat to the ...

Superb sound quality ; excellent screen quality ; file format support ; responsive touchscreen ; stereo Bluetooth

User interface isn't intuitive ; no AAC support

The Cowon S9 is the company's best MP3 player to date. It boasts superb sound quality, a beautiful display and great features. Its main downside, however, is its average user interface, which isn't idiot-proof by any means

The Cowon S9, in so many ways, is like a bad lookalike - you know the ones we mean: fat Elvis impersonators that call themselves Suspiciously Elvis. That sort. The S9 desperately wants to be an iPod Touch, but only comes in with 8GB and 16GB models, ...

Superb screen bursting with colours. Audio is excellent

Looks like it's trying to be an iPod

A credible alternative to the iPod Touch, the Cowon S9 even surpasses it in terms of audio quality.