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*screams like a schoolgirl*]]>Apr 14th 2009 12:18PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/04/14/cowon-releases-32gb-s9-pmp-in-korea/http://www.engadget.com/2009/04/14/cowon-releases-32gb-s9-pmp-in-korea/Apr 14th 2009 12:23PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/04/14/cowon-releases-32gb-s9-pmp-in-korea/http://www.engadget.com/2009/04/14/cowon-releases-32gb-s9-pmp-in-korea/
Also, that thing is gorgeous.]]>Apr 14th 2009 12:28PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/04/14/cowon-releases-32gb-s9-pmp-in-korea/http://www.engadget.com/2009/04/14/cowon-releases-32gb-s9-pmp-in-korea/Apr 14th 2009 1:56PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/04/14/cowon-releases-32gb-s9-pmp-in-korea/http://www.engadget.com/2009/04/14/cowon-releases-32gb-s9-pmp-in-korea/I think audiophiles like them alot too.]]>Apr 14th 2009 2:13PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/04/14/cowon-releases-32gb-s9-pmp-in-korea/http://www.engadget.com/2009/04/14/cowon-releases-32gb-s9-pmp-in-korea/Apr 14th 2009 12:26PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/04/14/cowon-releases-32gb-s9-pmp-in-korea/http://www.engadget.com/2009/04/14/cowon-releases-32gb-s9-pmp-in-korea/http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3134/3168307837_20c7326f56_o.jpg
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But what do I know?

I'm actually pretty excited. Between the 32GB version, new firmware, probable H.264 support in the upcoming firmwares, and a few really nice UCI's, it's getting harder to say no.]]>Apr 14th 2009 12:51PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/04/14/cowon-releases-32gb-s9-pmp-in-korea/http://www.engadget.com/2009/04/14/cowon-releases-32gb-s9-pmp-in-korea/Apr 14th 2009 12:28PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/04/14/cowon-releases-32gb-s9-pmp-in-korea/http://www.engadget.com/2009/04/14/cowon-releases-32gb-s9-pmp-in-korea/Apr 14th 2009 7:54PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/04/14/cowon-releases-32gb-s9-pmp-in-korea/http://www.engadget.com/2009/04/14/cowon-releases-32gb-s9-pmp-in-korea/Apr 14th 2009 12:30PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/04/14/cowon-releases-32gb-s9-pmp-in-korea/http://www.engadget.com/2009/04/14/cowon-releases-32gb-s9-pmp-in-korea/Apr 14th 2009 12:58PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/04/14/cowon-releases-32gb-s9-pmp-in-korea/http://www.engadget.com/2009/04/14/cowon-releases-32gb-s9-pmp-in-korea/Apr 14th 2009 12:33PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/04/14/cowon-releases-32gb-s9-pmp-in-korea/http://www.engadget.com/2009/04/14/cowon-releases-32gb-s9-pmp-in-korea/Apr 14th 2009 1:27PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/04/14/cowon-releases-32gb-s9-pmp-in-korea/http://www.engadget.com/2009/04/14/cowon-releases-32gb-s9-pmp-in-korea/
Methinks someone typoed there.]]>Apr 14th 2009 12:35PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/04/14/cowon-releases-32gb-s9-pmp-in-korea/http://www.engadget.com/2009/04/14/cowon-releases-32gb-s9-pmp-in-korea/Apr 15th 2009 1:52PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/04/14/cowon-releases-32gb-s9-pmp-in-korea/http://www.engadget.com/2009/04/14/cowon-releases-32gb-s9-pmp-in-korea/
Besides the sound on this unit the screen is absolutely gorgeous, it is in a class of its own. It uses a 16M color AMOLED screen that does not have any of the ghosting that LCDs commonly have. This allows it to get 55 hours Audio and 11 hours video out of a single charge. The only downside is it does not have Wifi like the iTouch, but the superior screen and sound more than make up for that, if that is what you are looking for.]]>Apr 14th 2009 12:49PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/04/14/cowon-releases-32gb-s9-pmp-in-korea/http://www.engadget.com/2009/04/14/cowon-releases-32gb-s9-pmp-in-korea/Call me when have wifi browser n 34000
Apps then well talk.touch is light years ahead!]]>Apr 14th 2009 12:50PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/04/14/cowon-releases-32gb-s9-pmp-in-korea/http://www.engadget.com/2009/04/14/cowon-releases-32gb-s9-pmp-in-korea/Two weeks after I bought mine, cowon came out with s9 for $70 cheaper. I then hated my commitment to a touch.]]>Apr 14th 2009 12:57PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/04/14/cowon-releases-32gb-s9-pmp-in-korea/http://www.engadget.com/2009/04/14/cowon-releases-32gb-s9-pmp-in-korea/But this is more of an audio/video player then anything else, thats the parts where the ituoch fails. The S9 fails on wifi and apps, but for the people who just want great audio and video and allready has a phone for games and wifi this is unbeateble I believe.]]>Apr 14th 2009 1:01PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/04/14/cowon-releases-32gb-s9-pmp-in-korea/http://www.engadget.com/2009/04/14/cowon-releases-32gb-s9-pmp-in-korea/Apr 14th 2009 8:01PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/04/14/cowon-releases-32gb-s9-pmp-in-korea/http://www.engadget.com/2009/04/14/cowon-releases-32gb-s9-pmp-in-korea/
Personal devices are supposed to be priced at $700... how can this be less than $300?!?!?!?]]>Apr 14th 2009 12:52PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/04/14/cowon-releases-32gb-s9-pmp-in-korea/http://www.engadget.com/2009/04/14/cowon-releases-32gb-s9-pmp-in-korea/Apr 14th 2009 1:00PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/04/14/cowon-releases-32gb-s9-pmp-in-korea/http://www.engadget.com/2009/04/14/cowon-releases-32gb-s9-pmp-in-korea/
Nice looking bit of kit and the 32gb option makes it all the better]]>Apr 14th 2009 1:09PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/04/14/cowon-releases-32gb-s9-pmp-in-korea/http://www.engadget.com/2009/04/14/cowon-releases-32gb-s9-pmp-in-korea/Apr 15th 2009 6:06AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/04/14/cowon-releases-32gb-s9-pmp-in-korea/http://www.engadget.com/2009/04/14/cowon-releases-32gb-s9-pmp-in-korea/Apr 14th 2009 1:05PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/04/14/cowon-releases-32gb-s9-pmp-in-korea/http://www.engadget.com/2009/04/14/cowon-releases-32gb-s9-pmp-in-korea/
It feels nice, screen holds up well, something called gorilla glass, there's a youtube video with a razer taken to it. It light, cause of the plastic, but it feels good, rubberized back feels good in my opinion. ]]>Apr 14th 2009 1:07PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/04/14/cowon-releases-32gb-s9-pmp-in-korea/http://www.engadget.com/2009/04/14/cowon-releases-32gb-s9-pmp-in-korea/Apr 14th 2009 1:12PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/04/14/cowon-releases-32gb-s9-pmp-in-korea/http://www.engadget.com/2009/04/14/cowon-releases-32gb-s9-pmp-in-korea/Apr 14th 2009 2:51PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/04/14/cowon-releases-32gb-s9-pmp-in-korea/http://www.engadget.com/2009/04/14/cowon-releases-32gb-s9-pmp-in-korea/Apr 14th 2009 7:56PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/04/14/cowon-releases-32gb-s9-pmp-in-korea/http://www.engadget.com/2009/04/14/cowon-releases-32gb-s9-pmp-in-korea/
Guess you haven't been paying attention to the prices on Amazon.
60GB is $320
However, the 160GB is 279 right now (thats right, 100GB more for $40 LESS)]]>Apr 15th 2009 12:13AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/04/14/cowon-releases-32gb-s9-pmp-in-korea/http://www.engadget.com/2009/04/14/cowon-releases-32gb-s9-pmp-in-korea/Apr 14th 2009 1:30PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/04/14/cowon-releases-32gb-s9-pmp-in-korea/http://www.engadget.com/2009/04/14/cowon-releases-32gb-s9-pmp-in-korea/
Or let me put it this way: Apple has less than 20 percent of the market share in South Korea. Maybe they should just give up completely? "The market" has spoken(?)]]>Apr 14th 2009 1:54PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/04/14/cowon-releases-32gb-s9-pmp-in-korea/http://www.engadget.com/2009/04/14/cowon-releases-32gb-s9-pmp-in-korea/
Isn't that Apple fans favourite argument against Windows anyway? It goes both ways, you know.]]>Apr 14th 2009 2:46PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/04/14/cowon-releases-32gb-s9-pmp-in-korea/http://www.engadget.com/2009/04/14/cowon-releases-32gb-s9-pmp-in-korea/Apr 14th 2009 3:27PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/04/14/cowon-releases-32gb-s9-pmp-in-korea/http://www.engadget.com/2009/04/14/cowon-releases-32gb-s9-pmp-in-korea/
Well, you're right about Apple's market share being low in Koreat. However, what was Apple's share in Korea 5 years ago? I am sure it has increased exponentially in the last 5 years. I'm a Korean American living in Seoul, and everyone seems to want an ipod touch these days. ]]>Apr 15th 2009 6:20AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/04/14/cowon-releases-32gb-s9-pmp-in-korea/http://www.engadget.com/2009/04/14/cowon-releases-32gb-s9-pmp-in-korea/Apr 15th 2009 10:49AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/04/14/cowon-releases-32gb-s9-pmp-in-korea/http://www.engadget.com/2009/04/14/cowon-releases-32gb-s9-pmp-in-korea/Apr 14th 2009 1:35PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/04/14/cowon-releases-32gb-s9-pmp-in-korea/http://www.engadget.com/2009/04/14/cowon-releases-32gb-s9-pmp-in-korea/Sennheiser px200. the OS is very responsive and flows just right, this thing is very fast and supports allot of formats, videos and pics are truly beautiful. Yes it is made out of plastic but the feel is solid the glass is gorilla glass super strong check out the review and video on it... (http://www.anythingbutipod.com/archives/2009/02/corning-gorilla-glass-protects-the-cowon-s9.php). in about a week one will not realize that at all. overall this thing laughs at the iPod touch, this is truly a beautiful pmp and for all you guys questioning it you don't u give it a try just for a week, if you are not a believer return it get your money back and buy a iPod Touch simple like that.]]>Apr 14th 2009 2:01PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/04/14/cowon-releases-32gb-s9-pmp-in-korea/http://www.engadget.com/2009/04/14/cowon-releases-32gb-s9-pmp-in-korea/
btw, the new firmware has widgets on the homescreen. it's very cool.]]>Apr 14th 2009 2:41PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/04/14/cowon-releases-32gb-s9-pmp-in-korea/http://www.engadget.com/2009/04/14/cowon-releases-32gb-s9-pmp-in-korea/Apr 14th 2009 2:11PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/04/14/cowon-releases-32gb-s9-pmp-in-korea/http://www.engadget.com/2009/04/14/cowon-releases-32gb-s9-pmp-in-korea/Apr 14th 2009 2:50PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/04/14/cowon-releases-32gb-s9-pmp-in-korea/http://www.engadget.com/2009/04/14/cowon-releases-32gb-s9-pmp-in-korea/Apr 15th 2009 1:31PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/04/14/cowon-releases-32gb-s9-pmp-in-korea/http://www.engadget.com/2009/04/14/cowon-releases-32gb-s9-pmp-in-korea/

http://www.engadget.com/2009/01/09/lenovos-android-powered-ophone-to-hit-china-mobile-this-quarter/]]>Apr 14th 2009 2:27PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/04/14/cowon-releases-32gb-s9-pmp-in-korea/http://www.engadget.com/2009/04/14/cowon-releases-32gb-s9-pmp-in-korea/Apr 14th 2009 4:07PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/04/14/cowon-releases-32gb-s9-pmp-in-korea/http://www.engadget.com/2009/04/14/cowon-releases-32gb-s9-pmp-in-korea/Apr 14th 2009 2:49PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/04/14/cowon-releases-32gb-s9-pmp-in-korea/http://www.engadget.com/2009/04/14/cowon-releases-32gb-s9-pmp-in-korea/Apr 14th 2009 2:56PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/04/14/cowon-releases-32gb-s9-pmp-in-korea/http://www.engadget.com/2009/04/14/cowon-releases-32gb-s9-pmp-in-korea/
As to the Samsung P3 the 32GB will set you back US $300 and it only gets 30 hours for audio and 5 for video.

The Cowon S9 32GB is $287 gets you 55 hours Audio and 11 hours video out of a single charge.
Try doing the math now.]]>Apr 14th 2009 3:39PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/04/14/cowon-releases-32gb-s9-pmp-in-korea/http://www.engadget.com/2009/04/14/cowon-releases-32gb-s9-pmp-in-korea/Apr 14th 2009 4:17PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/04/14/cowon-releases-32gb-s9-pmp-in-korea/http://www.engadget.com/2009/04/14/cowon-releases-32gb-s9-pmp-in-korea/The screen on this thing is awsome!!!!!!! and fantastic audio and codec support!]]>Apr 14th 2009 8:36PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/04/14/cowon-releases-32gb-s9-pmp-in-korea/http://www.engadget.com/2009/04/14/cowon-releases-32gb-s9-pmp-in-korea/
for those wanting to know about how well it works: it's wonderful. the sound quality is excellent. there are some great custom interfaces out there already. the amoled screen is incredible looking, even with the brightness all the way down to 1 for max battery life. i still think it's a great looking piece of hardware even if the casing is plastic and it feels lightweight. i wouldn't trade it in for any other player (except for the upgrade to a 32gb model).]]>Apr 14th 2009 10:41PM