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post #1 of 34
4/29/10 at 12:20am
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Was just looking at Cowon S9 on Amazon, and noticed the J3 is available for pre-order...

The 16 GB model is $240, and 8GB is $200 which isn't bad, ~$40 more than the S9. Only thing is there's no release date yet, I know it's been released elsewhere, but I wish I could find a definite date...

Sorry if this has been posted, I did a quick search and didn't see anything yet...
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post #2 of 34
4/29/10 at 3:09am
Links for anyone interested.
Amazon.com: COWON J3 16 GB Portable Media Player (Black): Electronics & Amazon.com: COWON J3 8 GB Portable Media Player (White): Electronics
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post #3 of 34
4/29/10 at 10:45am
AMP3.co.uk also has it with shipping date of may 21st.
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post #4 of 34
4/29/10 at 2:43pm
Let's hope that us Yanks get a similar release date!
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post #5 of 34
5/6/10 at 1:00pm

Jetmall and NCIX also have listings for the J3. 

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post #6 of 34
5/6/10 at 4:46pm

I really hope a 32 GB model will be available soon. 

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post #7 of 34
5/6/10 at 6:14pm

I too hope that there will be a 32GB version.  Isn't the s9 gapless now?  Are we expecting the same for the J3?

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post #8 of 34
5/6/10 at 11:55pm

the J3 and S9 seem very similar with the only differance being the MicroSD slot,

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post #9 of 34
5/7/10 at 12:14pm

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Originally Posted by Aevum View Post

the J3 and S9 seem very similar with the only differance being the MicroSD slot,


And the less stupid design.

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post #10 of 34
5/7/10 at 3:07pm

Yup, J3 in the 32gb flavor is the move,...........can't wait for it's release myself.

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post #11 of 34
5/7/10 at 5:31pm

There definitely will be a 32GB version (now the big questions are when?  and, will it be available outside of Korea?).  Go about half way down the page and you will see 4GB/8GB/16GB/32GB listed under its Specs:

http://product.cowon.com/product/COWONJ3/product_page_5.php

 

Regarding gapless, no one knows yet.  But since the S9 and J3 are both flash-based players and the S9's most recent firmware update included gapless I would suspect the J3 will support gapless as well.


Edited by SoulSyde - 5/7/10 at 10:31pm
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post #12 of 34
5/9/10 at 8:13pm

My credit card is begging me to be used...anyone seen a review of the J3 yet?

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post #13 of 34
5/10/10 at 12:45pm

I have not. I've seen tons of videos about the UI on youtube though.

 

I hate that the 16GB is so close in price to the 32GB S9 (at least on jetmall, and probably on Amazon, since the prices for all the others are the same).

 

I guess the price of a 16 GB Micro SD being so low makes it okay, but, :(

 

Anyone know anything about the video resolutions supported? The S9 appealed to me because I read that it could handle video with resolutions way beyond the screen size without skipping/lag.

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post #14 of 34
5/11/10 at 2:48am

review review review review review NOW :D

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post #15 of 34
5/11/10 at 3:07am
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Specs say it supports 480x272, which is slightly worse than the ipod touch (480x320), but the Cowon has a 3.3" display vs. the ipod's 3.5" display.

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