Comments on: Cowon S9 priced, packed for U.S.

Cowon's S9 portable touch-screen video player has been given pricing and release information for the U.S.

[DarkHawke]

If it's going to compete with the iPod Touch, they need to double the memory I really love the look of this puppy, but my music library is at 21 GB and growing. Add in the fun of video playback, and 16 GB is a mighty low number. I'd love an iPhone for a lot of reasons, but the same low storage numbers are holding me off till the next generation. I look forward to the review.

[Zeeshan47]

Unless you absolutely need all 21 gigs with you, you're gonna be stuck with hard-disk based players for a while. I made the compromise a while ago when I got my 8 gig nano, and I haven't regretted it at all. it really does take all of 5 minutes to get some new stuff that you're listening to onto your iPod. As soon as I'm done watching a vid, I'll move it off the next time i sync. I can't say that it'll work for you, but I'll take the tradeoff for portability any day.

[etarfdc]

Remember that the 32GB model will reportedly follow these releases in time. I'd prefer more space, or at least an expansion slot, but I'll make the sacrifice. I still have doubts about the viability of touchscreens for video players for me, personally. I hate few things more than fingerprints on a screen.

[johnbuker]

No expansion slot? I'll stick with my D2 for now- especially with the price of the bigger SDHC cards coming way down.

[4dthinker]

With no WiFi it's true competiton includes the iriver SPINN and Samsung P2/P3. Mine is on the way from Jetmall. I'll let you know how it competes in a week or so.

4D (http://www.4dthinker.blogspot.com)