Compare Prices : Cowon iAudio S9 8GB - Expert Reviews

Review summary: 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.

Pros: Superb sound quality; excellent screen quality; file format support; responsive touchscreen; stereo Bluetooth

Cons: User interface isn't intuitive; no AAC support

Verdict: With its large, capacitive touchscreen and apparent lack of buttons, the S9 may appear to be mimicking the iPod touch, but there are differences. There's no return-to-the-main-menu "home" button, but, along the top and bottom edges, are physical ...

Pros: Cowon's S9 portable media player offers a gorgeous OLED touch-screen display, long battery life, and features such as Bluetooth audio, voice recording, FM radio, Flash media support, audio and video playback, a photo viewer, and a text reader

Cons: The Cowon S9's user interface isn't quite as polished as the competition, the plastic construction feels flimsy, and it lacks Wi-Fi, memory expansion, and a standard USB port

Verdict: The Cowon S9 is a sexy-looking gadget with exceptional audio and video quality, but its construction quality and user interface pale in comparison to the competition.

Review summary: We all know iPods have taken over the world, but the Cowon S9 looked like the perfect alternative to the iPod touch for those of you who hate Apple, so I ordered one in.

Verdict: happened. I have no doubt that somewhere along the line I was doing something wrong (though it's hard to fathom given the dragging and dropping), but no one could spot it. That's disconcerting

Review summary: The S9's main strengths are its sensitive touchscreen, great features and superb sound quality. Despite a disappointing lack of AAC support and an average user interface, it's Cowon's best MP3 player to date, although it's not as great a threat to the ...

Pros: Superb sound quality ; excellent screen quality ; file format support ; responsive touchscreen ; stereo Bluetooth

Cons: User interface isn't intuitive ; no AAC support

Verdict: 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

Review summary: Rich sound, a responsive touchscreen, and stereo Bluetooth support make the S9 a formidable foe for the iPod touch.

Pros: Excellent audio and video playback, Responsive touchscreen, Compatible with wide variety of audio and video formats, Quality FM radio, Stereo Bluetooth support

Cons: Only supports JPEG photo format, Odd button placement, No AAC support, Nonstandard USB port

Verdict: Cowon rates the S9 for 55 hours of audio playback and 11 hours of video playback. In our tests, the S9 lasted well over 3 days (with a quality mix of audio and video playback) before we needed to hunt for an outlet