The Cowon S9 is a touchscreen portable media player released in late 2008 by Cowon Systems, Inc. It features support for audio file formats such as MP3, Ogg Vorbis and FLAC, and video formats such as DivX and Xvid.

Specifications

Current firmware version2012-01-21 at the Wayback Machine
Displaytype: AMOLED
size: 3.3 in (84 mm)
aspect ratio: 16:9 aspect ratio
colour depth: 24-bit (16 million colours)
pixel dimensions: 480×272
touchscreen type: capacitive
System on chipTelechips TCC7901
CPU coreDual 500 MHz ARM ARM926EJ-S
Digital-to-analogue converterWolfson Microelectronics WM8750S
Max output29 mW (under a load of 16 ohm)
Signal-to-noise ratio95 dB
MaterialsPlastic, Corning Gorilla Glass
Colour‘Chrome Black’, ‘Titanium Black’ or ‘Ceramic White’
PowerBuilt-in rechargeable lithium-ion polymer battery
Rated battery life (hours)audio: 55 video: 11
Storage4, 8, 16 or 32 GB flash memory (FAT32 file system)
ConnectivityUSB 2.0 Bluetooth 2.0 + EDR (A2DP and AVRCP) Microphone FM radio Composite video
Container supportaudio: APE, FLAC, MP3, Ogg, WAV, WMA
video: ASF, AVI, WMV
pictures: JPEG
text: TXT
Codec supportaudio: APE, MPEG-1 Audio Layer III, MPEG-2 Audio Layer III, MPEG-2.5 Audio Layer III, FLAC, Ogg, RIFF (LPCM), WAV, WMA
video: