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Cowon S9 priced, packed for U.S.

Cowon's S9 portable touch-screen video player has been given pricing and release information for the U.S.

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Photo of the Cowon S9.
The Cowon S9 portable media player. Cowon

Despite rumors of shipping delays, Cowon America has announced that its S9 touch-screen media player will arrive in the U.S. before the year is out. If all goes as planned, The S9 will be available to order by December 19 from Jetmall for $199 (8GB) or $239 (16GB).

Designed to compete against Apple's iPod Touch and Samsung's YP-P2, the Cowon S9 includes a 3.3-inch touch-screen display, Bluetooth audio streaming, BBE+ sound-enhancement effects, FM radio, Flash player, and an above-average assortment of audio and video format support (MP3, WMA, FLAC, OGG, WAV, APE, AVI, WMV, and XVID).

With luck, we will have a full review to offer by the end of the week. Until then, you can see last week's video of the Cowon S9 in action.