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COWON S9 PMP Now Adds Gapless for Ogg and Lossless

30. June 2009

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This is by far the best news this year for true music fanatics. The amazing COWON S9, which was our PMP of the year last year, just got significantly better with firmware update 2.31b. Additionally, there’s now support for M3U playlists. Wow. The new firmware also provides playback support for damaged AVI videos. Got a [...]

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COWON S9 Firmware V1.30 or V2.30 Released From Beta

22. May 2009

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Yet another firmware update from COWON for the S9. The firmware V1.30 is for Koreans and the V2.30 is for international users. Dapreview has the skinny on what the new S9 firmware does: Added to display the title of the music file on the screen when you start music in matrix browser. - Improved displaying picture quality [...]

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32GB COWON S9 Now at Amazon

2. May 2009

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The mighty OLED PMP is now 32GB and available at Amazon.com. Whatever you about the less than sprightly UI or the lack of iTouch features, the S9 rules in screen quality and a 32GB S9 will enable you to enjoy hours of quality videos on the best 3-inch screen (it’s actually AMOLED, which saves even [...]

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COWON S9 V1.30/3.30 to bring Matrix Browser and Swing Motion

24. April 2009

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Just a tip to COWON S9 PMP owners, the beta version of V1.30/3.30 is available. It will give UI improvements on the S9 like a new Swing Motion and the Matrix Browser. The new firmware will also allow users to use notepad drawings as background. Lucky you. [via dapreview]

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Firmware 1.2 for 32GB COWON S9 Now on Sale

14. April 2009

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Available starting today, the 32GB COWON S9. Early birds will get an extra treat: a shield case and a TV out cable. The 32GB COWON S9 has been announced two weeks ago and the company wasn’t late in delivering its promise. You’d love the 3.3-inch AMOLED screen. For sheer viewing pleasure on a portable player, [...]

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COWON S9 Gets Better with 1.1 Firmware Update

31. March 2009

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Our PMP of the year for 2008 recently received a small number of fixes and improvements via firmware 1.1. Partial list of the improvements of the COWON S9: battery life extended to 10.5 hours for video playback enhanced photo reproduction DivX3 support subtitle during music and video playback For more, head on to Dapreview.

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32GB COWON S9 in 15 to 28 Days

30. March 2009

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Just a heads up for everyone. If you’re thinking of a high-capacity PMP, a German distributor says it will have the COWON S9 in 32GB ready for shipment in less than a month or as early as in the next two weeks. The S9 is a unique touchscreen player that looks really good on paper: 3.3-inch [...]

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COWON O2 PMP Third Party Apps

12. March 2009

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After announcing the release of the SDK for the O2, COWON now boasts a total 9 applications for the O2. Most of these apps are games like Tetris, O2Pong, BubbleWrap and Bounce but there are also useful apps like Keyboard, which isn;t a fully-featured app yet but is coming along nicely. It’s no iTunes App [...]

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COWON D2+ Player U.S. Release

3. March 2009

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You can now go on over to JetMall and and maybe think hard about buying a COWON D2+. It’s not the most fashionable PMP out there and not the cheapest either, but it is a COWON. No opitions for color, there is only black. Storage options are 8GB ($139.99) and 16GB ($179.99). List of features from [...]

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COWON D2+ Gets Announced

23. February 2009

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The COWON D2 has had a long outing, but the mother company remains reluctant to let it go gently into that good night. They are refreshing the PMP model with the D2+. It’s the same shape and size and features with a few changes like the new user interface and a longer 52-hour battery life, [...]

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