Slowly but surely, Cowon has been
issuing firmware updates to make its sleek
S9 PMP the music player it ought to be. According to a recent leak of the v2.10 beta, it's about to become even more formidable a rival. Reportedly, the forthcoming update -- which can be downloaded now for those kosher with all things beta -- adds in support for widgets, WMV7/8, pitch correction, full screen mode in TV-out and color tags for subtitles. As for improved functionality, we're heard that the entire navigation process has been smoothed over, particularly in the area of browser scrolling. Check the read link for a download URL as well as the full changelog, and if that lucky individual that won our
S9 giveaway doesn't give this a go and report back, you all have to right to throw stones until he / she does.
[Via
AnythingButiPod, thanks Joseph]
posted Mar 12th 2009 4:04PM
Here are some pics:
http://iaudiophile.net/forums/showthread.php?t=26224
"Teenie boppers"
Possibly the most hypocritical comment ever coming from an iFanboy
@iGoon
You called it an iTouch? Really? I thought only people who are old/don't actually know what it's called call it that.
Kosher? Stoning people? is there some kind of jewish holiday going on? L'Chayim!
Nastrovije!
Yes, but only if you put on a black face costume.
http://gothamist.com/2009/03/10/new_look_for_purim_in_obama_era_bla.php
This came out a couple weeks ago, though just a few days ago released internationally. Glad to see some good news on the S9, I love mine and think Cowon really deserves some attention for this one.
Just goooota have that stupid analog clock in there didn't ya Cowon!?
OMG!!!!!!!!!! YOU GUYS ACTUALLY POSTED THE ARTICLE I TIPPED YOU ONE!!!!! I feel so special!!!!!
What did you do right?
apparently, I had a good piece of news... :D
He sent in a piece of news not related to Apple or PS3 case mods.
grr, I meant on, not one... gees, you guys really need to add a edit post button!
Malapropos, how do you actually get a custom avatar? Is there a format restriction? Size? Because I've uploaded my 64x64 .jpg 20 times without success. I don't think Engadget likes me because I vented on Darren once, then Thomas, but it was work-related fury, I promise!
Android influenced PMP?
Wow, and still no ipodtouchkiller.. Years behind ,no true full HTML wifi browser,no real email client,. Come on it's 2009!!!!!!!touchkiller years away from being a reality.no appstorr no games etc etc,3.5 mm?? That is so 1984. Go with a 30 pin jack already . No true 3rd party support to control artist/title video thru steering wheel control. How dare u call it a true pmp.
You know.. "touchkiller" sounds kind of creepy...
were you even born before 1984?
Creepy?? Imagine if a pmp came out one day that would so kill the ipodtouch,. We would all be on it.,,
If the touchkiller came out he would be on all of us. Touching us, then killing.
Creepy.
Nope it's not an ipod touch killer, and I don't care. Because i want a PMP with good sound quality, ability to playback .OGG/.FLAC, be able to play a wide variety of video formats without conversion, have an absolutely fantastic screen and a custom music playback is always a nice addition.
I have to say, I really don't understand why people post this kind of comment. Maybe someone could enlighten me.
Oh my god. You know...every single one of my mp3players has radio, support for WMA, FLAC and OGG, REALLY good sound quality.
APPLE are the ones lagging behind. Cowon didn't add WiFi cuz the player is for people who like music and movies. We have the Q5W for internet.
Now tell me... is there any ipoop with a screen that's not so bad it makes me wanna scream? And what about the battery life of those piece'o'shit players. Which one of them does 55 audio and 11 hours video?
Apple is so far behind when it comes to the very basics of a music player, it makes me laugh.
This shits on an ipod touch.
Shugg,
Why do you keep changing your name? lol
Tell me how those remote control docks for office/surround sound working for u,,oh wait no one makes for weak cowon. Once u have tons of remote control docks get back to me , give it about 3-4 years..LOL
Wow, you are incredibly confusing. One thing is clear though, if one goes back and looks at your previous posts they ALL are about iPods and iPhones! And mostly not even on posts about Apple!
So, for the sake of clarity, you think the S9 is a poor product because it doesn't have a remote control dock and (or with) surround sound? What???
I already have got it working it's called a 3.5mm jack + a decent pair of headphones - as my coworkers generally don't like having music blasted at them - especially at such low bitrates.
@rudy
Glad to see u read my posts. I don't agree with spending $3000 on apple laptop. I do agree spending about $200 on iPhone/touch 2 revolutionary devices. Simply put y would u want a sorry cowon that u can't even dock to a true surround sound home system remote control dock. Has no real car stereo integration support from pioneer , Sony, alpine etc. In other words u can't control artist/songs/videos thru steering wheel. Exactly iPhone allows u 2 do that. I can view any movie on my iPhone thru my 7" touchscreen pineer. Cowon is about 8 years from making this happen. It would be like taking a huge step back in pmp technology. Agree??
Shank, Integration to car stereo is not an offer from Apple and its Iphone, it is an offer from the car stereo and car manufacturers because Iphone is the new MAINSTREAM, everybody has and Ipod and feels special for having it, so the famous 1984 commercial from Apple has turned to the other side, Apple is nwo the big brother, the sound quality in their products is plain bad, just try to switch from an Ipod to another player (try Sansa, Creative and Cowon) and compare the sound quality. When I consider a PMP is not about webpages, games and email, its about sound, image quality and support for multiple files. i already have a computer to play basic games, do email and browse the web, what I want is a darn good music and video player and after checking a lot of products, the S9 is way on the top and way way above apple in sound quality.
Oh, and by the way, the new firmware runs pretty nice and it just improves in certain gimmicks that I don't care much for, I would love some better podcasting tools and playlist management.
Apparantly Shank doesnt know what A2DP support means, this is what the iShit lacks but on the other hand is properly supported by the S9. It works just as easy as my crackberry i step in and my radio takes over, even better when i get a call the S9 tunes down and i can pickup my call. So regarding car support S9>iShit.
On the other hand it is a shame indeed that there is no proper docking support, but then I prefer a 3,5mm jack or A2DP support again. Walk into a room with a proper hifi and baddabing the S9 streams via your hifi.
A cool thing and this is kinda the problem for the dock is the special USB the S9 uses, it contains extra wiring for a S9-TV support. Though it is cool, it messes up the connection resulting even in a special wire. This is something I´m not to fond about myself.
Further its a splended mp3 player with a screen which is unbelieveble clear. I´ve tryd watching on a Touch (V1 though) and it´s nothing compared to the S9. That together with an everlasting battery support and proper sound quality its an excellent device. The only thing it lacks is a broader support from secundary producers regarding extra gimmicks. But then if you like poor screen/sound quality blasting out in general shitty docks you should indeed look into a Touch.
I've commented to Shugg on this numerous times but he/she just keeps puking out the same crap about their docking stations and you know how you have to actually put your iPod on it and then use an additional remote instead of using your player as the remote using Bluetooth. Doesn't matter how many times you say it he/she posts the same thing pretty much every time. And then of course promptly changes their name.
Nice brightly colored pics, although the interface layout looks a bit widget-y (read cluttered).
Don't forget you can finally use wallpapers.
It looks great! Ugly UI is improved!
ITT trolls
i cant remember but i dont think the S9 has WiFi so for me the widgets would be cool but kinda useless if i dont get my weather or scores or whatever on it, but its neat
Will people ever stop complaining, "it doesn't have this, it doesn't have that".
Not everyone needs or wants what you need or want. Its a fantastic, feature rich, well built device from korea. It will still be working beautifully in 2-3 years while the made in china crap is, well, a crapshoot.
(i so wanna kill the person who won the s9, jk, =p)
anyways i would buy this pmp if they added the codec to play flv
nowadays people often download flash videos off youtube, or etc.
and how convenient it will be if only just drag the files into the pmp without conversion
Updates slowly but surely? Less than 3 months and there's been 6 updates...
Cowon, Cowon S9 32GB model launched on 13th.
http://www.doopal.com/korea/2009/04/cowon_s9_32gb_model.html