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Default Release Dates For the S9

December 16 as announced is for the Korean market. We will see the 8GB models trickle out at the end of this month for the US and EU. 16GB models wont be available till January and 32GB models will be released tentatively in February.
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Old 12-10-2008, 02:52 PM
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God, why the 8 first... Oh well, at least there IS a release date.
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aww no i thought i would get it before christmas

enzo nevertheless thx for the news
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sweet i might grab me the 32gig when it comes out instead of an O2
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Okay, good news for Germany.

cowon-germany:
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11.12.2008 - Das Highlight für Audiophile: Der COWON S9 kommt in den deutschen Handel.
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  • Ab 19. Dezember im deutschen Handel
  • Multimedia Player mit 8 oder 16 GB Flashspeicher (32 GB für später geplant)
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11.12.2008 - The highlight for audiophile: The COWON S9 will be sold in german stores.
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  • On the German market by 19th december.
  • Multimedia player with 8 or 16 GB flash memory (32 GB is planned for later)

http://www.cowon-germany.de


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an employee of mp3-player.de told me that at first the cowon s9 will be available only in chrome-black. (maybe just for Germany)


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well it seems i have to take a little trip down to germany when it hits the stores
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hello there, good news for the UK. they get the S9 already dec 15 (next monday!!)

official press release:
http://www.advancedmp3players.co.uk/...ss_Release.pdf
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There's no way I'm going to buy this thing tho it will be tempting but I am soo looking out for the hands-on reviews thanks for the heads up.
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There's no way I'm going to buy this thing tho it will be tempting but I am soo looking out for the hands-on reviews thanks for the heads up.
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I hope this is better than the dissappointment from sandisk, the 32GB POS that doesn't even work at work.
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Did you notice the contradiction in the specs?
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Old 12-13-2008, 08:57 PM
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Which contradiction?
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Old 12-13-2008, 09:39 PM
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cowonuk still has older specs (battery life)

don't know if that's a mistake? but I'm sure the specs from cowon korea are correct
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He already pointed it out.
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Old 12-14-2008, 03:32 PM
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ya I was just mentioning the source cuz elaine89 was asking which contradiction he was talking about
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