Testseek.com have collected 54 expert reviews of the Cowon iAudio S9 and the average rating is 81%. Scroll down and see all reviews for Cowon iAudio S9.
January 2009
(81%)
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The editors liked
Very good interface
Good video quality
Built well
Great audio formats support
Great screen quality
Great audio quality
Good video playback
Classy design
USB 2.0
Bluetooth 2.0 A2DP
Good battery life
Excellent sound and video quality
Support for most video formats
FM radio has decent pick up
Great battery life
Superb sound quality
Excellent screen quality
File format support
Responsive touchscreen
Stereo Bluetooth.
Looks Beautiful
Good Audio & Video Playback
Wide Media Format Support
Great Screen
The editors didn't like
Music quality should have been better
Firmware isn’t stable
No Wi-Fi
Touch sensitivity could have been better
Minimalist package
A bit expensive
Forwarding or Rewinding files via the display is a bit of a problem
All menus dont change orientation
Packaging should have included TV out cables and case
Abstract: Cowons iAudio S9 bears an uncanny resemblance to Apples iPod Touch. Both are portable audio and video players that are controlled using large touchscreens. Despite this, the S9 differs from the Touch in numerous ways. It lacks many of the Touchs ...
Dive into the 480x272-pixel, 16 million colour OLED display and you’ll never want to return to plain old LCD. Colours shimmer with life, action glides effortlessly and shadows have rich, deep blacks. The touch tech is responsive, letting you skim th...
The S9 needs to work on its vocabulary. While it’s conversant with vanilla MP3s and WMAs, it can’t speak DRM with Microsoft or any dialect of Apple’s AAC. Video isn’t much better, with the Cowon unable to understand the latest MPEG...
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Superb sound quality; excellent screen quality; file format support; responsive touchscreen; stereo Bluetooth
User interface isn't intuitive; no AAC support
The Cowon S9 is the company's best MP3 player to date. It boasts superb sound quality, a beautiful display and great features. Its main downside, however, is its average user interface, which isn't idiot-proof by any means ...
Should you buy an S9 instead of an iPod Touch? If you want to play AVI, Flac or Ogg files then clearly the answers yes. If you want to browse the web and play H.264 videos then no, the Touch is what you need. Still, despite the slightly smaller scree...
