http://www.engadget.com/2008/09/03/cowons-s9-curve-rocking-retail-next-month/ Engadget Comments for Cowon's S9 rocking retail next month http://www.engadget.com/media/feedlogo.gif http://www.engadget.com en-us Copyright 2012 Weblogs, Inc. The contents of this feed are available for non-commercial use only. Blogsmith http://www.blogsmith.com/http://www.engadget.com/2008/09/03/cowons-s9-curve-rocking-retail-next-month/http://www.engadget.com/2008/09/03/cowons-s9-curve-rocking-retail-next-month/Sep 3rd 2008 2:32AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/09/03/cowons-s9-curve-rocking-retail-next-month/http://www.engadget.com/2008/09/03/cowons-s9-curve-rocking-retail-next-month/Sep 3rd 2008 12:37PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/09/03/cowons-s9-curve-rocking-retail-next-month/http://www.engadget.com/2008/09/03/cowons-s9-curve-rocking-retail-next-month/Sep 3rd 2008 9:31PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/09/03/cowons-s9-curve-rocking-retail-next-month/http://www.engadget.com/2008/09/03/cowons-s9-curve-rocking-retail-next-month/Sep 3rd 2008 2:47AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/09/03/cowons-s9-curve-rocking-retail-next-month/http://www.engadget.com/2008/09/03/cowons-s9-curve-rocking-retail-next-month/Sep 3rd 2008 2:56AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/09/03/cowons-s9-curve-rocking-retail-next-month/http://www.engadget.com/2008/09/03/cowons-s9-curve-rocking-retail-next-month/
o wait, its cause they dont advertise at all.]]>Sep 3rd 2008 3:05AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/09/03/cowons-s9-curve-rocking-retail-next-month/http://www.engadget.com/2008/09/03/cowons-s9-curve-rocking-retail-next-month/
surely not like the ipod as apple invests a huge amount of money in ads]]>Sep 3rd 2008 8:51AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/09/03/cowons-s9-curve-rocking-retail-next-month/http://www.engadget.com/2008/09/03/cowons-s9-curve-rocking-retail-next-month/Sep 3rd 2008 9:43AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/09/03/cowons-s9-curve-rocking-retail-next-month/http://www.engadget.com/2008/09/03/cowons-s9-curve-rocking-retail-next-month/Sep 3rd 2008 10:50AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/09/03/cowons-s9-curve-rocking-retail-next-month/http://www.engadget.com/2008/09/03/cowons-s9-curve-rocking-retail-next-month/Sep 12th 2008 3:39PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/09/03/cowons-s9-curve-rocking-retail-next-month/http://www.engadget.com/2008/09/03/cowons-s9-curve-rocking-retail-next-month/Sep 3rd 2008 3:05AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/09/03/cowons-s9-curve-rocking-retail-next-month/http://www.engadget.com/2008/09/03/cowons-s9-curve-rocking-retail-next-month/Sep 3rd 2008 3:26AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/09/03/cowons-s9-curve-rocking-retail-next-month/http://www.engadget.com/2008/09/03/cowons-s9-curve-rocking-retail-next-month/Sep 3rd 2008 6:15AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/09/03/cowons-s9-curve-rocking-retail-next-month/http://www.engadget.com/2008/09/03/cowons-s9-curve-rocking-retail-next-month/
Just wish it had a MicroSD slot.]]>Sep 3rd 2008 3:58AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/09/03/cowons-s9-curve-rocking-retail-next-month/http://www.engadget.com/2008/09/03/cowons-s9-curve-rocking-retail-next-month/Sep 3rd 2008 4:49AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/09/03/cowons-s9-curve-rocking-retail-next-month/http://www.engadget.com/2008/09/03/cowons-s9-curve-rocking-retail-next-month/
They're also very poor about after purchase support. Most people RMA their devices to Cowon whenever something goes wrong, only to have the devices kept for a couple of weeks then repackaged and sent back without having any work done to them. Look it up on the web. You'll see it's true. Cowon is a terrible company to deal with, that's why they don't advertise, not because they're too cool to have to.]]>Sep 3rd 2008 4:58AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/09/03/cowons-s9-curve-rocking-retail-next-month/http://www.engadget.com/2008/09/03/cowons-s9-curve-rocking-retail-next-month/Sep 3rd 2008 5:30AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/09/03/cowons-s9-curve-rocking-retail-next-month/http://www.engadget.com/2008/09/03/cowons-s9-curve-rocking-retail-next-month/Sep 3rd 2008 6:20AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/09/03/cowons-s9-curve-rocking-retail-next-month/http://www.engadget.com/2008/09/03/cowons-s9-curve-rocking-retail-next-month/
Sounds to me like you bought one of Cowon's recent blunders like the A3 or Q5. Yes, it sucks that sometimes they release crap - and I'm sorry that you got stuck with a shitty device, but that's why you should check reviews before buying from a company that never advertises. Because when they DO get stuff right, the result is some of the best DAPs/PMPs in the market.]]>Sep 3rd 2008 8:30AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/09/03/cowons-s9-curve-rocking-retail-next-month/http://www.engadget.com/2008/09/03/cowons-s9-curve-rocking-retail-next-month/Sep 3rd 2008 8:55AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/09/03/cowons-s9-curve-rocking-retail-next-month/http://www.engadget.com/2008/09/03/cowons-s9-curve-rocking-retail-next-month/"Cowan please."
"Apple?"
"no, no, CO-WAN"
"AP-PLE?"
"C - O - ..."
"A - P - ...?"

Seriously, best sound processing in the industry, great battery life, infinite file support, and the most unsung feature of all: Drag and Drop file management on even their largest capactiy players. No itunes. no media player. no other crap software required.
And I'm not even a cowan owner. I have a nice little creative zen, but i'd trade it for a d2 in a second.]]>Sep 3rd 2008 9:27AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/09/03/cowons-s9-curve-rocking-retail-next-month/http://www.engadget.com/2008/09/03/cowons-s9-curve-rocking-retail-next-month/]]>Sep 3rd 2008 10:53AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/09/03/cowons-s9-curve-rocking-retail-next-month/http://www.engadget.com/2008/09/03/cowons-s9-curve-rocking-retail-next-month/
I guess that's why even non-audiophiles feel they get spoiled by Cowon audio quality so much that they suddenly do recognize the poorer audio quality of other products, specifically Apple audio products...

The reason I keep coming back to Cowon (this will be my fourth player from them) is because no other phone or PMP maker implements the same audio conversion quality and rarely any other maker implements a really powerful and accurate amplifier that drives high end headsets without a problem. All the other features are just a bonus for me. If I plug my Shures into an MP3 player I want nothing less than audiophile quality.

But, I always buy a PMP simply because it plays music, that is my only need from such a device (apart from an occasional movie). I want quality, capacity and a big battery. Put 3G and Wi-Fi in it and it would be a matter of time before I stopped using those features anyway. Audio quality will last. Go Cowon. ]]>Oct 17th 2008 7:33AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/09/03/cowons-s9-curve-rocking-retail-next-month/http://www.engadget.com/2008/09/03/cowons-s9-curve-rocking-retail-next-month/Sep 3rd 2008 5:44AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/09/03/cowons-s9-curve-rocking-retail-next-month/http://www.engadget.com/2008/09/03/cowons-s9-curve-rocking-retail-next-month/Sep 3rd 2008 7:25AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/09/03/cowons-s9-curve-rocking-retail-next-month/http://www.engadget.com/2008/09/03/cowons-s9-curve-rocking-retail-next-month/looks good, but doesn't work so good. In this particular instance,
who would want to transcode their entire xvid and divx library for a
device that's inferior to one of the VGA handhelds from 4 years ago
(HX4700, Axim, etc). And those 4 year old devices can play any format using Coreplayer, as well as provide other functionality.
]]>Sep 3rd 2008 7:41AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/09/03/cowons-s9-curve-rocking-retail-next-month/http://www.engadget.com/2008/09/03/cowons-s9-curve-rocking-retail-next-month/Sep 3rd 2008 8:57AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/09/03/cowons-s9-curve-rocking-retail-next-month/http://www.engadget.com/2008/09/03/cowons-s9-curve-rocking-retail-next-month/
I loved my U3 and X5, but my i7's interface just completely blows. Both the U3 and i7 had the ogg playback issue, as well, though I hear that was fixed on the D2 (never on the i7, though?) Then I seem to recall the Q5 having some issue with bulging or cracking or something in the casing.

This is gorgeous, and on paper it does everything I want, but I'll wait for the early adopters to test it out for me while I wait for the 32GB version.

I really hope it's more of a premium player like their hard drive models have been in the past. The U and iAudio series just don't compare to the M5, X5, A3 and the like, and it's a shame. Even the highly praised D2 is all plastic, even if it is high quality plastic.]]>Sep 3rd 2008 12:58PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/09/03/cowons-s9-curve-rocking-retail-next-month/http://www.engadget.com/2008/09/03/cowons-s9-curve-rocking-retail-next-month/Sep 3rd 2008 9:37AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/09/03/cowons-s9-curve-rocking-retail-next-month/http://www.engadget.com/2008/09/03/cowons-s9-curve-rocking-retail-next-month/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MPEG-4_Part_2]]>Sep 3rd 2008 8:51AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/09/03/cowons-s9-curve-rocking-retail-next-month/http://www.engadget.com/2008/09/03/cowons-s9-curve-rocking-retail-next-month/Sep 3rd 2008 8:54AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/09/03/cowons-s9-curve-rocking-retail-next-month/http://www.engadget.com/2008/09/03/cowons-s9-curve-rocking-retail-next-month/"Cowan please."
"Apple?"
"no, no, CO-WAN"
"AP-PLE?"
"C - O - ..."
"A - P - ...?"

Seriously, best sound processing in the industry, great battery life, infinite file support, and the most unsung feature of all: Drag and Drop file management on even their largest capactiy players. No itunes. no media player. no other crap software required.
And I'm not even a cowan owner. I have a nice little creative zen, but i'd trade it for a d2 in a second.]]>Sep 3rd 2008 9:03AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/09/03/cowons-s9-curve-rocking-retail-next-month/http://www.engadget.com/2008/09/03/cowons-s9-curve-rocking-retail-next-month/]]>Sep 3rd 2008 9:27AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/09/03/cowons-s9-curve-rocking-retail-next-month/http://www.engadget.com/2008/09/03/cowons-s9-curve-rocking-retail-next-month/
what could be reasoning behind not promoting what seems to be such a good product more? I've seen this this other times where a product that seems like it could be a market leader doesn't advertise.

("they don't because they suck responses" notwithstanding)]]>Sep 3rd 2008 9:15AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/09/03/cowons-s9-curve-rocking-retail-next-month/http://www.engadget.com/2008/09/03/cowons-s9-curve-rocking-retail-next-month/
A) they see Apple falter
B) they feel they have us sufficiently figured out to make a strong run]]>Sep 3rd 2008 1:00PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/09/03/cowons-s9-curve-rocking-retail-next-month/http://www.engadget.com/2008/09/03/cowons-s9-curve-rocking-retail-next-month/
I guess the other (and related) issue is that the extra features and drag-and-drop file management are great for people that really know what they're doing and what they want, but the ipod and itunes are simple and that suits north americans better for the most part (not meant as an insult, just an observation of the market).]]>Sep 3rd 2008 1:06PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/09/03/cowons-s9-curve-rocking-retail-next-month/http://www.engadget.com/2008/09/03/cowons-s9-curve-rocking-retail-next-month/
That is something new?]]>Sep 3rd 2008 9:47AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/09/03/cowons-s9-curve-rocking-retail-next-month/http://www.engadget.com/2008/09/03/cowons-s9-curve-rocking-retail-next-month/Sep 3rd 2008 10:01AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/09/03/cowons-s9-curve-rocking-retail-next-month/http://www.engadget.com/2008/09/03/cowons-s9-curve-rocking-retail-next-month/Sep 3rd 2008 11:00AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/09/03/cowons-s9-curve-rocking-retail-next-month/http://www.engadget.com/2008/09/03/cowons-s9-curve-rocking-retail-next-month/
I appreciate anybody's feedback.]]>Sep 3rd 2008 11:44AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/09/03/cowons-s9-curve-rocking-retail-next-month/http://www.engadget.com/2008/09/03/cowons-s9-curve-rocking-retail-next-month/
I don't know whether the videos for the S9 will need converting though, it would be nice if they didn't.

Might just save up for an O2 and keep my D2 rather than going mid way between the two!]]>Sep 3rd 2008 1:40PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/09/03/cowons-s9-curve-rocking-retail-next-month/http://www.engadget.com/2008/09/03/cowons-s9-curve-rocking-retail-next-month/
The spin wheel was cool, though. And the device itself was a lot smaller than I had expected, and felt solid in the hand. Overall, however, a very unfinished device and truly disappointing in its unrealized potential.]]>Sep 9th 2008 8:20AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/09/03/cowons-s9-curve-rocking-retail-next-month/http://www.engadget.com/2008/09/03/cowons-s9-curve-rocking-retail-next-month/
I would love a 60G+ storage though. 32G is to short .... but I'm replacing my Ibiza Rhapsody for this anyway.

]]>Sep 3rd 2008 11:43AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/09/03/cowons-s9-curve-rocking-retail-next-month/http://www.engadget.com/2008/09/03/cowons-s9-curve-rocking-retail-next-month/
I'm really looking forward to the s9, it's got bluetooth and an FM radio, and yes an FM radio is a biggie for me while I'm at work and want to listen to some sports radio or CSPAN radio and streaming is blocked from my cpu.]]>Sep 9th 2008 9:46PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/09/03/cowons-s9-curve-rocking-retail-next-month/http://www.engadget.com/2008/09/03/cowons-s9-curve-rocking-retail-next-month/
I bet it's gonna be really expensive. I'm calling £200-£350 for 16GB.]]>Oct 18th 2008 3:25PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/09/03/cowons-s9-curve-rocking-retail-next-month/http://www.engadget.com/2008/09/03/cowons-s9-curve-rocking-retail-next-month/Oct 26th 2008 7:46PM