iPod touch vs Cowon S9 technical specs

 

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The iPod touch is the ultimate touch screen portable audio players. Or that was what we thought until we put the iPod touch (2nd gen) head to head with the Cowon iAudio S9 MP3 player. Both look the business but how do their technical specs compare. The table below compares as all the important features of each device and in our opinion it comes pretty close.

The S9's lack of WiFi and browser is a big turn off but it does redeem it's self in the battery department with a whopping 55hrs audio playback. The Cowon S9 is a very capable contender to the iPod touch, which is still the most desirable portable Audio player on the planet.

iPod touch or Cowon S9, see below and make up your own mind.

 

Features IPOD TOUCH (2nd gen) COWON S9
Screen    
Size 3.5inch 3.3inch
Resolution 480 x 320 480 x 272
Aspect ratio 3:2 16:9 (Wide)
Touch screen Capactive multi-touch screen interface Capacitive touch screen interface
Wide screen playback yes yes
     
Audio    
Channel Stereo Stereo
Frequency 20Hz - 20KHz 20Hz - 20KHz
Formats AAC (16 to 320 Kbps), Protected AAC (from iTunes Store), MP3 (16 to 320 Kbps), MP3 VBR, Audible (formats 2, 3, and 4), Apple Lossless, AIFF, and WAV MP3 (MPEG 1/2/2.5 Layer 3 up to 320kbit/s, 48kHz), WMA (up to 320kbit/s, 48kHz), OGG (Q10 44.1kHz), FLAC, WAV, APE
     
Memory    
Type Flash memory Flash memory
Capacity 8GB, 16GB, or 32GB 4GB, 8GB, 16GB, or 32GB
CPU 533MHz 500MHz dual core
     
Battery    
Battery type Built-in rechargeable lithium ion battery Built-in rechargeable lithium polymer battery
Audio playback time 36hrs 55hrs
Video playback time 6hrs 11hrs
Charge time 2-4hrs 3-5hrs
     
System requirements    
Operating system Windows Vista / XP home or prodessional with service pack 2 or higher | Mac OS X v 10.4.10 or later Windows Vista / XP / 2000 / ME | Mac OS 10.X | Linux v2.4 or higher
     
Connectivity    
Charging and data transfer USB 2.0 USB 2.0
Connection Dock connector USB 2.0 cable
Audio 3.5inch jack 3.5inch jack
WiFi yes no
Blue touth no yes
AV out yes yes
Inernet browser Safari no
     
General    
Weight 115g 77g
Size 110 x 61.8 x 8 mm 108.5 x 57 x 12.7 mm
Operating temperature 0 to 35 C 0 to 40 C
External buttons Home / volume up & down / sleep Power and hold switch / FF / Rew / Vol + or - / Play
FM radio no yes
In the box Ipod / earphones / USB cable / dock adapter / polishing cloth / Quick start guide S9 / earphones / USB cable / CD manual / Quick start guide
Photo support JPEG, BMP, GIF, TIFF, PSD (Mac only), and PNG formats JPEG