After adding gapless support for ogg and lossless files, COWON has improved the S9 by adding gapless for MP3 files. Last month it was firmware 2.31b, now it’s 2.31 beta 2. There are also various improvements on some video codecs and some bug fixes. The COWON S9 was the best PMP last year. It appears that [...]
Continue reading...Tuesday, July 14, 2009
Last we voted the COWON S9 as our PMP of the Year. We gave much credit to its beautifully unique design and high-quality parts. The AMOLED screen have also extremely charmed us. Now, COWON has announced the S9 White Version. It’s the same PMP, but only with a ceramic white backing and matching earpieces. What [...]
Continue reading...Tuesday, June 30, 2009
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 [...]
Continue reading...Friday, May 22, 2009
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 [...]
Continue reading...Saturday, May 2, 2009
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 [...]
Continue reading...Friday, April 24, 2009
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]
Continue reading...Tuesday, April 14, 2009
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, [...]
Continue reading...Tuesday, March 31, 2009
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.
Continue reading...Monday, March 30, 2009
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 [...]
Continue reading...Wednesday, December 31, 2008
The COWON S9… The S9 Curve is obviously COWON’s masterpiece this year. It’s pricey but the money you spend goes to the high-quality material, AMOLED screen and a lot of other brilliant features. Based on site traffic, the COWON S9 is one of the most consistently popular search words for PMP Today, plus we really like [...]
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Saturday, July 25, 2009
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