Apple iPod touch 2G Vs Cowon S9 Vs Samsung P3

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If you're in the market for a touchscreen portable media player but can't decide whether to wait for the upcoming Sony X1000 Walkman or choose from what's already available, then read on for an objective and subjective comparison of the top three contenders you can get today: the second-generation Apple iPod touch, Cowon S9, and Samsung P3.

The point of this article is not to start a war between fanboys or declare that one player is unequivocally better than the others. We're all different, so nothing will ever be perfect for everyone. But one might be perfect for you.

Let's take a look at the facts first.

	Apple iPod touch 2G (firmware 2.2.1)	Cowon S9 (firmware 2.10b)	Samsung P3 (firmware 2.07)
Storage Capacity	8GB ($229 MSRP) 16GB ($299 MSRP) 32GB ($399 MSRP)	8GB ($199 MSRP) 16GB ($239 MSRP) 32GB (unknown)	8GB ($247 import) 16GB ($268 import) 32GB (unknown)
Expansion	None
Size	4.3" x 2.4" x 0.3"	4.2" x 2.2" x 0.5"	4.0" x 2.1" x 0.4"
Weight	4.05 ounces	2.7 ounces	3.4 ounces
Display	3.5" (480 x 320) Capacitive touch Accelerometer	3.3" (480 x 272) Capacitive touch Accelerometer AMOLED	3.0" (480 x 272) Capacitive touch Haptic feedback
Wireless	802.11b/g Nike+ receiver	Bluetooth 2.0+EDR	Bluetooth 2.1+EDR
Input/ Output	Proprietary port 3.5mm headphone Mono speaker	Proprietary port 3.5mm headphone Mic hole	Proprietary port 3.5mm headphone Mic hole Mono speaker
Hardware Controls	Volume Sleep/Wake Home	Volume Power/Hold Play/Pause FF/REW	Volume Power/Hold
Supported Audio	AAC, AAC-DRM, MP3, MP3 VBR, WAV, AIFF Audible, Apple Lossless	MP3/2/1, FLAC, OGG, WAV, APE, WMA	MP3, FLAC, OGG, AAC, WMA
Supported Video	H.264, MPEG-4 up to 640 x 480	XviD/DivX (AVI) 480 x 272 recommended higher res supported WMV9 SP/MP SMI subtitles	XviD/DivX (AVI) up to 800 x 600 H.264, MPEG-4 WMV SMI/SRT subtitles
Notable Extras	Third-party applications TV-Out Safari browser YouTube Email App Store iTunes Music Store	Widgets TV-Out Line-in recording Flash player FM radio/recorder Voice recorder	Widgets Sketch BT mobile phone Flash player FM radio/recorder Voice recorder
Battery	Audio: 36 hours Video: 6 hours	Audio: 55 hours Video: 11 hours	Audio: 30 hours Video: 5 hours

For some people, a comparison chart like this is enough to make a decision. Want the thinnest player? Get the iPod touch. Looking for the longest battery life? Pick up the Cowon S9. Want to use the device to make/receive phone calls? Buy the Samsung P3.

For others, specs aren't enough to determine how to spend hundreds of dollars. They need subjective opinions about specific features, side-by-side photos, and other details that can't be gleaned from a sterile list of facts.

Design

The iPod touch 2G, Cowon S9, and Samsung P3 are all attractive players.

Show them to someone who doesn't follow DAP/PMP news (like my husband) and you might get a comment like "They all look the same." They're not identical, obviously, but they are variations of a very similar design.

Not taking into consideration anything but how the players look, if I saw all three on display under glass and didn't know they were made of different materials or branded by different companies, I would think the S9 looks the best. In contrast to the iPod touch's overly rounded corners and wide top "band" above the screen (where the sensor is) and the P3's too rectangular shape and touch strip beneath the display, I think the S9 has the most balanced and stylish design.

My Pick: Cowon S9

Build Quality

Though the S9 places first in terms of how it looks, it places last in how it's made.

All three devices are built well, but the S9's lightweight plastic body pales in comparison to the metal bodies of the iPod touch and P3. It's the lightest of the three and actually feels a bit toy-like and cheap. It lacks the "heft" often associated with premium products and just doesn't feel substantial enough.

On the other hand, the smooth matte plastic is less prone to scratches and doesn't show fingerprints, which are both ugly realities of the iPod touch (the perils of a shiny chrome back!). The P3's brushed metal backplate, on the other hand, is more scratch-resistant and better at masking finger oils and smudges than the touch.

My Pick: Samsung P3

Setup

When most people buy and unbox a new gadget, they want to start playing with it right away. Sure, some (like me) may charge it fully before turning it on, but most want to take the player out of the box, turn it on (it's usually partially charged already), and start using it. Everyone needs to connect the device to a computer to transfer media, of course, but most players can be enjoyed before that because of their extra features and preloaded content.

The Cowon S9 and Samsung P3 can be explored right out of the box. Users can watch and listen to the sample content, fiddle with settings, and familiarize themselves with the interface. There's a bit more to do on a factory-fresh P3 because the interface is more customizable (UCIs, which both players support, require a computer), there are preloaded games, and it has a built-in speaker (handy if you don't have immediate access to headphones or want to show off your new device to a friend).

The iPod touch 2G, on the other hand, can't be turned on without connecting to a computer, starting up iTunes, choosing whether to register the device, accepting or declining the MobileMe trial offer, viewing the license agreement, and setting up sync options first. Considering all of the extras the touch 2G has to offer (web browser, App Store, PIM functions, etc.), it's aggravating to have to go through all of these steps just to see the home screen. I can understand needing to run through the setup before loading the player with content, but just to get a look at the interface and try out some of the native apps? Ridiculous.

My Pick: Samsung P3

Touchscreen

The iPod touch 2G, Cowon S9, and Samsung P3 are all equipped with capacitive touchscreens made of glass. The touch has the largest display and is the only one of three with multi-touch. The other two support a few gestures, but their screens aren't quite as fluid or responsive. They're incredibly good, that's for sure, but if they had to be ranked, the iPod touch would be on top.

Where the touch's screen comes in at the bottom, however, is screen quality: brightness, colors, viewing angles, and so on.

Have a look at the following images to see what I mean (left to right in all photos: iPod touch 2G, Cowon S9, Samsung P3).

Maximum screen brightness:

Minimum screen brightness:

Mid screen brightness:

Viewing angles at mid-brightness:

The reason the Cowon S9's display (which looks better in person than in photos, by the way) is the most vibrant and has the best viewing angles is simple: it has a 16M-color AMOLED screen. The advantages of an AMOLED, which iriver has been using on some of their players for several years (e.g., clix 2), over a traditional LCD are unlimited viewing angles, higher contrast ratio, energy efficiency, and quick response.

My Pick: iPod touch 2G (response), Cowon S9 (quality)

User Interface

Colorful finger-friendly icons arranged in a grid make up the user interface on all three players.

The main screens are equally self-explanatory: tap an icon to access the item and in many cases a list of options. Menu organization is straightforward on all three devices as well, though the S9 is probably the most complicated because of a few cryptic-looking icons that aren't immediately recognizable.

The iPod touch 2G has the easiest "pick up and use" interface: it's very simple and there's no variation. Everything is uniform: pages, rows, icons. The S9 and P3, on the other hand, support widgets, which vary widely in size and shape. Widgets are kept on their own page on the S9 but are allowed to roam freely across five pages with other icons on the P3.

The touch has the most responsive screen and an interface that anyone can use without guidance, but it doesn't have the most responsive UI. Screen taps are registered immediately, yes, but launching applications and accessing various parts of the system isn't instant. You don't really feel the lag because of the visualizations, but it's definitely there. The Samsung P3's flash-based interface is the same way. It doesn't really feel like you're waiting, but you are; you're just distracted/entertained by the animation.

The Cowon S9 has the most responsive UI. It's flash-based too but there are less "flourishes" between tapping an item and getting where you want to go. For example, it takes 0.8 seconds for the S9 to display a screen after pressing the Music icon. The same action takes 1 second on the touch and P3. Two-tenths of a second isn't a significant amount of time, but the S9's UI is still 20% more responsive in this case.

My Pick: iPod touch 2G (ease of use), Cowon S9 (response), Samsung P3 (style/design)

UI Customization

All three media players have customizable interfaces, though the extent of the customizations vary.

With a stock iPod touch (i.e., not a jailbroken one), users can rearrange the icons across multiple pages and install/uninstall third-party applications.

With a Cowon S9 and Samsung P3, users can create new interfaces from scratch. Both companies provide UCI guides on their websites (Cowon guide, Samsung guide) and encourage people to share their creations with others. Without UCI, the P3's interface is more customizable because widgets and icons can reside together and be spread out across multiple pages; all that can be done on the S9 without UCI is to change the font/wallpaper, toggle between colorful and mostly black-and-white icons, and rearrange widgets on their own page.

My Pick: Samsung P3

Sound Quality

Audiophiles regard Cowon as one of the most well respected brands for a reason.

Both with and without sound enhancements (and according to my ears and Ultimate Ears triple.fi 10 Pro), the Cowon S9 delivers the best sound quality. The touch and P3 don't sound bad, but compared to the S9, they're definitely lacking. The P3 needs to make use of its DNSe 3.0 audio enhancement technology to put it above the touch, which has muddy lows and lacks clarity without the EQ enabled.

How you hear the players depends on your headphones, music quality (bitrate, format, etc.), and personal preferences.

My Pick: Cowon S9

Extras

The S9 and P3 are no match for the iPod touch 2G when it comes to extras. The touch is in a league of its own with the Safari web browser, extensive third-party applications, App Store, iTunes Store, and general ability to function as a do-it-all MID. The S9 and P3 do have a few features the iPod touch doesn't like Flash, an FM radio, and Bluetooth (yes, the touch will get this with the 3.0 software update, but it isn't available yet--and the P3 will still support more profiles anyway), but the touch still has more to offer.

My Pick: iPod touch 2G

I won't tally up "the score" or assign points to the values in the specs chart because it doesn't matter. As you saw from the "My Pick" choices at the end of each section, there's no clear-cut winner. The iPod touch 2G, Cowon S9, and Samsung P3 each have their strengths and weaknesses, which I hope I've shown above. Only you can decide which player is right for you.

Intel to Release 2.0GHz Z550 Atom Processor

Word on the streets of Taiwan today is that Intel is readying the release of a new addition to its Z5xx family of low-power CPUs. Expected to usurp the title held by the 1.86GHz Z540 as the most powerful chip in the series next month, the 2.0GHz Z550 processor is said to share most of its dethroned sibling's features: 2.4W TDP power, 512KB L2 cache, and 533MHz FSB. In other words, more speed at (little to) no cost.

It isn't known yet where the new Z550 will be headed (netbooks, MIDs, or both?), but an energy-efficient boost in power is always welcome, especially since we in the US are often stuck with the 1.33GHz Z520.

Sony mylo 2 (COM-2)

Remember late last year when Sony began offering a $100 instant rebate on the mylo 2 (COM-2) internet device? The reduced price was only supposed to be good until the end of January 2009, but it turns out that the "limited time" savings wasn't so limited after all.

Now advertised simply as "starting at $199.99" (see screenshot below), the mylo 2 has become so tough to resist at its lower price that there aren't any left!

Not brand new ones, anyway.

The only devices that can be purchased from Sony Style now are refurbished. But considering that the price on these units is just $150, it doesn't really matter that they aren't fresh from the factory. In fact, the odds of getting a mylo 2 in perfect working condition are probably greater when taking the refurbished route since each unit has been personally tested to meet certain quality standards.

The Sony mylo 2 isn't as capable as the Nokia N810, iPhone, or whatever else you want to compare it to, but it costs $150 WiFi-enabled device that has a WVGA touchscreen, Flash support, NetFront web browser, video recording, direct upload to YouTube capabilities, user-created widgets, and the ability to purchase and download music from Amazon MP3 isn't bad at all.

Genius Traveler 350(Fingertip Mini USB Trackball)

Some of you might recall at the end of 2007 when we reported on a tiny trackball mouse known as the Genius Traveler 350. I’ve recently found a Fingertip Mini USB Trackball that is very similar in design, but just a little smaller.

As you can see, it is a square contraption with a few buttons here. It has to be one of the most smallest trackballs that I have ever seen, and I’m wondering how something so small can work with a normal adult-sized thumb.

The other buttons appear to be a scrolling button of some type, plus a left click button and a right click button. It looks like it has an extending USB cable, just like the Genius Traveler 350.

Now it is the time for you the readers to chime in. I want to know whether or not you use one of these mini-trackball devices or if you would want to use one of these peripherals. Leave me a comment with your response.

If you are one of the ones that wants one of these, then you should probably know that it is only available for Windows XP and Vista. You should be able to purchase it for about $20.48 at this particular site.

Pizza Making Machine

Every once in a while, I hear about some weird device that doesn’t sound like it would be a good idea, like a vending machine that can give out hot pizza.Pizza Vending Machine

I’m sure that you are all wondering how this can be. After all, pizza is really only good when it is fresh and hot, and most vending machines can only give you snack food like candy bars or anything else that doesn’t have to be heated. Unless you are getting some popcorn or something else that can be microwaved.

Yeah, the pizza vending machine doesn’t seem like a good idea on the surface, but this one is actually designed to prepare fresh dough, shape it in the circle, and then add the sauce, cheese, and other toppings. You don’t have to microwave it afterward, as the “Let’s Pizza” machine will cook it inside the machine itself.

So how much does it cost? Try five dollars for some fresh pizza. I’m willing to part with a five-dollar bill for this.

Right now, the Let’s Pizza is a concept device from designer Claudio Torghele. Is this the beginning of a new way to market pizza? That depends how long it takes to cook. If it is more than 30 minutes, then I want my money back.

Apple develops biometric reader for their Iphone

Information is king these days, and folks who control the most information in the world are often the ones sitting on top. After all, if you have knowledge of a company’s internal workings as well as where they’re headed, chances are you would make your next share purchase decision based on that in order to secure a generous windfall once the general populace knows about it, right? While data is becoming more available across all levels of society, it also pays to remember that we ought to take extra care in keeping our personal data secure, and this is what the latest patent filing from Apple is all about. The Cupertino-based organization is currently working on a new technique which helps hide a biometric reader within an iPhone or a Mac, allowing users to lock down their systems using fingerprints and perhaps even facial recognition software without having to break through their usual routine.

This patent filing was published for the first time this week, showing that Apple aims to offer a more secure way to prevent unauthorized access to an entire device in addition keeping busybodies out of your private information without relying on standard techniques such as passcodes. In addition, employing the use of biometric technology also reduces taking bites out of the owner’s time, and best of all is, you no longer need to remember yet another password or passcode, leaving those brain cells to do something more important. Apple hopes to employ this solution by using a sensor hidden within the device itself, or one that has been repurposed from its standard role. Imagine having the touchscreen on the iPhone or touchpad on the MacBook recognize your fingerprint or finger vein pattern by touching the display. As for facial recognition, that would mean falling back on a forward-facing camera that checks out retinal patterns.

Canon 5D Mark II USB flash drive

The next time someone asks you what kind of digital camera you own, why not let them be impressed with the fact that you own a $3,500 Canon 5D Mark II? Of course, when they enquire of the price you got it for, make their jaws drop by letting them know it retails for just $95. Once they request you to whip it out to snap a group photo, decline politely (about the photo part) and show them a miniaturized version of the Canon 5D Mark II instead - after all, this device is actually a 4GB USB flash drive that was cleverly crafted into the form of the highly sought after DSLR.

Watch grass grow with the Timelapse Garden Video Camera

I love Hammacher and Schlemmer, if for no other reason than they always have the most pointless gadgets I was never aware I needed. Honestly, how many people actually wake up in the middle of the night realizing that they need to have a camera on their plants so that they can keep track of their progress? In reality, you’re setting up a camera so that you can watch the grass grow. What’s next? A camera specified to watch paint dry? At least with this camera, you can claim to be setting it out to watch the miracle of life. I’m sure that will make it seem far more practical.

You can set the camera up to show just one plant or give it a broader view so that you can watch the entire flower bed. The camera can be set up to take a picture at one of six pre-set intervals, they can range from 5 seconds to 24 hours. The camera is automatically shut off at dusk, so you’ll have only usable footage. The camera has 2GB of removable storage that can hold up to 1800 pictures. It is of course weather resistant and runs on 4 AA batteries. You can pick this camera up for the ridiculous price of $159.95.

Kawasaki ZX 12R Details

Kawasaki ZX 12 R is a best loved sports bike, which could, by all the way, be called a super bike. The attractive feature make the popularity of the model sky high. Strong and beautiful body, powerful engine to give the performance more than your expectations, safety measure to ensure you commute on it safely and comfortably etc... make the bike a best seller and most wanted.

Here is some technical details about bike folks:

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