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COWON S9 1.10Beta Firmware realeased!
comment: 11 | Friday, March 06 (2009) 08:07PM | Posted by Design Fabulous


Cowon has released a firmware upgrade for the Cowon S9. The firmware adds:

- a Widgets Feature
- WMV7, WMV8, ASF file support
- video playback speed and full screen mode for TV-OUT
- support for UTF-8 subtitles and color tags
- full screen mode in photo viewer and wallpaper support
- Passkey and PIN support for Bluetooth
- full QWERTY keyboard for the dicitonary (with word suggestion)

The first thing that I noticed was that the widgets are not integrated into the mainmenu and are in a separate desktop. This is quite inconvenient, and I'm hoping the future firmware will fix this. The addition of custom wallpaper and full QWERTY are great though.





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alcalde

Comments: 121
 		Mar 06 (2009) 08:13PM  

I am retreating to my Fortress Of Samsungitude to regroup and ponder upon these most unfortunate events.




Michael
Location: New York City
Comments: 2798
 		Mar 06 (2009) 08:26PM  

Wow widget support? I wonder if Cowon will allow users to make their own? If so, there'll be a huge community dedicated to that, just like there is with UCI's



Steve

Comments: 1197
 		Mar 07 (2009) 08:47AM  

@ alcalde: LOL



Pondlife

Comments: 532
 		Mar 07 (2009) 10:10AM  

Firmware battle between Samsung and Cowon eh? Nice one.



Shippy

Comments: 22
 		Mar 07 (2009) 12:02PM  

Then need to add AAC support, s I can buy it.:P



Design Fabulous

Comments: 1038
 		Mar 07 (2009) 02:01PM  

Pondlife, you're so right. Samsung adds video support to match the S9, so Cowon adds widgets to match the P3. lol



DaHarder

Comments: 523
 		Mar 07 (2009) 02:43PM  

Seriously, Who Cares!

Where's the Dad-Blamed 32gb Version Already?



Design Fabulous

Comments: 1038
 		Mar 07 (2009) 03:22PM  

^ I'm pretty sure anyone with an S9 will care. It's not like Cowon is doing any wrong doing, it's always good for a company to support their customers, even if it's after their purchase.



DaHarder

Comments: 523
 		Mar 08 (2009) 12:45PM  

^ Well, Isn't that nice... If they continue this lackadaisical attitude towards releasing the 32gb S9, they'll end up not having as many customers for which to provide support - Starting With Me!



Pondlife

Comments: 532
 		Mar 08 (2009) 04:23PM  

Oh please, there's no chance you won't buy one lol

Could be there isn't as much demand as we'd like to think for a 32gb one. Maybe the 8gb players are outselling the 16gb ones even

Personally I've got to the stage where I'm wondering if 32gb is big enough anymore.
[ edited Mar 09 (2009) 05:19AM ]



iain1237

Comments: 67
 		Mar 09 (2009) 09:07AM  

Just another reason to get one of these.



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TheDarkSide
Damn Step, now you got me all jealous!!!

Step666
I've found my new phone!

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TheDarkSide
Unfortunately I need to carry a convergence device at work, as I might be listening to music and miss a call since I can't hear my phone ring/feel it vibrate. That's why it's such a big issue w/me - a call to an emergency might mean life or death. If I'm using a stand alone device it could prove disastrous.

Step666
It's the hardware that I like, the premium feel and decent all-round spec.

Sure, it's not perfect - I'd prefer a dedicated camera button and an HDMI-out but nothing out there ticks all the boxes.

As for multimedia, it's not really something I ever use my phone for so I can't comment on that.

TheDarkSide
It's the only phone that does multimedia right, and for a LOOOOONNNNGGGG playback time. Plus that display,.....

Step666
@Saijin: I'm really quite anti-Apple and even I'm considering getting an iPhone4

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@Saijin: So did I,.......

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Thought you'd never touch an Apple product again?

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This new Samsung Orion CPU sounds interesting. Suppose to be like the dual core version of the Hummingbird cpu.

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