7.0
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  • Sound quality While the S9 offers up plenty of sonic bells & whistles to distract, core sound quality is actually slightly lower than the industry benchmark so-so
  • Video quality Videos are smooth and look great - when they do play good
  • Ease of use The capacitive touchscreen has notably reduced accuracy when compared to the iPod, and the UI has not been fully considered in terms of usability so-so
  • Portability Very lightweight for unit of this class - at expense of reduced durability. 'Gorilla Glass' is in use, but is too thin to be actually superior great!
  • Battery life As with almost all Cowons, battery life is generally excellent. great!
  • Media support None of the formats which actually matters these days on the Internet are supported - No AAC for audio, and no H.264/M4V for video poor
  • Capacity Capacity is average for the class of machine so-so
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review history
2011-05-22
Edited comment on Portability
Video quality rating changed from 3 to 4
Edited comment on Sound quality
2010-07-23
Media support rating changed from 1 to 2