Cowon S9 gets a firmware and capacity bump
The latest firmware for the Cowon S9 offers a more flexible and unique touch-screen user interface.
(Credit: Cowon America)Cowon is throwing some extra heat behind the S9 touch-screen portable media player it launched in January. The company recently rolled out a 32GB version of the S9, complementing the existing 8GB and 16GB models. The new 32GB model will set you back $299 ($100 less than the 32GB iPod Touch), and is available directly from Cowon or from Amazon.
Existing Cowon S9 owners also get a treat in the form of new firmware. Version 2.30 of the Cowon S9 firmware brings many little tweaks to the user interface, a new notepad utility, improved video playback for high-resolution videos, and a few bug fixes. You can get your hands on the new firmware from Cowon's support page.
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Donald Bell is CNET Reviews' senior editor for MP3 players and portable audio, and one half of the MP3 Insider blog and weekly podcast. He also likes getting his hands dirty with digital audio tools for musicians and DJs. 
- by peaceful86 October 13, 2009 1:42 AM PDT
- s9 has a better sound than ipod even better with its new firmware (that has jet effect 3.0)
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(4 Comments)but ipod has a better interface & more sensitive touch and its a bit thiner ,s9 dosnt has browser & wifi
in ipod you can play better graphical games & so many great utility's
i believe if you want to be entertained by your player buy ipod if you only care about sound buy cowon :1)cowon q5w 2)a3 3) o2 4)s9 5)d2+
if you ask me i have the lowest model in this list & I prefer it to ipod (but with having a min=100 $ headphone to experience all cowons great effects & powerful out put )
this could help :
http://www.pocketables.net/2009/03/apple-ipod-touch-2g-vs-cowon-s9-vs-samsung-p3.html