Testseek.co.uk 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%)
54 Reviews
Average score from experts who have reviewed this product.
Users
-
0 Reviews
Average score from owners of the product.
81010054
The editors liked
Excellent screen delivers sharp
Vibrant pictures
Very good format support
Decent audio detail
Bright screen
Great audio quality
Recording facility
Stunning video from AMOLED screen. Fantastic sound quality. Excellent battery life
Superb screen bursting with colours. Audio is excellent.
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...
Highquality screen
Long battery life
Wide format support
Excellent audio and video quality
Impressive battery life
Some controls apart from the touchscreen interface
Easy to use menus that are also customisable
Supports video playback without reencoding
Superb sound quality
Excellent screen quality
File format support
Responsive touchscreen
Stereo Bluetooth
The editors didn't like
Slightly lazy musical delivery
No iPlayer support
Fiddly to operate
Poor touch-screen interface
Not cheap. Unintuitive interface. Confusing software. Limited storage
Looks like it's trying to be an iPod
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...
Strong audio file support. Touch screen. Built-in accelerometer. Video output. Line-in, FM, and voice recording. Excellent battery life.
Touch screen is not very sensitive. User interface can be difficult to navigate. Volume controls are disabled in some screens. Play/Pause button works only in the Now Playing screen.
The S9 is designed to resemble the iPod touch—with a touch screen and its own version of Cover Flow—but the player lacks the grace and Wi-Fi connectivity necessary to be a true rival....
Abstract: The COWON S9 is the latest in the popular gadget field of touchscreen digital MP3 players. Along with expected features like video playback and photo display, COWON has integrated some clever additions, highlighted by FM radio and Bluetooth support, in...
Cowons 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.
The Cowon S9s user interface isnt quite as polished as the competition, the plastic construction feels flimsy, and it lacks Wi-Fi, memory expansion, and a standard USB port.
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.
Excellent audio and video playback, Responsive touchscreen, Compatible with wide variety of audio and video formats, Quality FM radio, Stereo Bluetooth support
Only supports JPEG photo format, Odd button placement, No AAC support, Nonstandard USB port
The Cowon S9 is a very good portable media player for those who want stereo Bluetooth and a touchscreen interface, and can live without the glitz of multi-touch, an app store, or over-the-air downloads. At $199 for the 8GB version (a 16GB version is av...
Abstract: INTRO/The Cowon S9 was first revealed at IFA 2008 and ever since then, has received an immense amount of attention. The specs of the S9 were just breathtaking. A 3.3” AMOLED display, dual core CPU, and PMP grade codec support. It also had something Cow...
Was this review helpful?
-
Published: 2008-12-29, Author: Darren , review by: engadget.com
Beautiful AMOLED display, Sleek design, Audio quality is secondtonone
Pricey compared to rivals, No app store, Limited storage
By now, you've probably already decided if this thing is for you. For those into extravagant extras and a perfectly polished UI, you simply will not find what you're after in the S9. For those who view pristine audio quality and delightful video playback ...
Abstract: Last week we showed you an unboxing of COWON’s latest Portable Media Playing creation and you had to know we’d be following it up with a full-on review. We wanted to take a little while to play with the S9 and cover every square inch of its functionali...
One of the most anticipated players of this year is the Cowon S9. We named the D2 one of the top 5 players of this year and those users have been clamoring for a successor. Even though the S9 is not a D2 successor it does go a big step beyond with w...
Abstract: 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. This review has been over a month in the making. Let me explain. While the S9 com...
