Acer presents digital photo frameworks for the first time to the CeBIT. The models AF318, AF308 and AF207 are to represent attractive accessories for the desk or the shelf and to arouse the photographic memories from the digital camera there to the life.

Inside the photo frameworks works a High end Graphics, which provides for a detailed representation in bright colors and a fast shop of the photos. The inserted Card reader, which supports the usual memory card formats, makes a direct data communication possible.

Further the user frame, preview or slideshow can select as reproduction of the picture. Furthermore for the slideshow five transition modes as well as an option are available for bringing in mood music.

The function range of a clock, a calendar as well as a user surface which can be served easily is rounded off. All models of the digital photo frameworks are equipped with an energy-saving LED background lighting with high saturation.

Noble frameworks: golden and porcelain-white

The AF318 has an anti reflection coated 8 tariff LCD and a porcelain-white framework with chrome-shining edge. The integrated Touchscreen provides for the easy control and high user comfort.

USB haven ensure the connections to the PC and other digital peripheral devices. The LCD possesses a dissolution of 800 x 600 pixels in the 4:3 - format, a contrast relationship of 400:1 and a picture brightness of 200 cd/m2 with a response time of 30 ms.

The AF308 appears with gold motive for wave on jet black interior framework and chrome edge with softly rounded off corners. Owing to the inserted condition foot the framework can be set up alternatively in the high or in the landscape format, whereby the indicated pictures, depending upon taken up format, are indicated always correctly.

8 tariff display in the 4:3 - aspect ratio has a dissolution of 800 x 600 pixels with a contrast relationship of 400:1, a picture brightness of 200 cd/m2 and a response time of 30 ms. The control keys are decent attached on the back.

The AF207 comes in porcelain-white framework with rounded off corners and covers 7 a tariff display in the 16:9 - format. A stepless attitude of the optimal viewing angle grants the removable, inclinable condition foot. The control keys are hidden on the back.

For the slideshow the user from seven transition effects can select. Integrated USB haven ensure fast, uncomplicated connections to the PC and to other digital terminals. The digital photo framework possesses a dissolution of 480 x 234 pikseliä, a contrast relationship of 400:1 and a picture brightness of 280 cd/m2 with a response time of 18 ms.

They are available for the without obligation recommended final customer prices of 99 EUR (AF318), 79 EUR (AF308) and 49 EUR (AF207).

With large Touch display, much memory and an enormous equipment package Cowon with iPod touch the first place our good list makes S9 of Apple contentious. We betray whether the new player can become generally accepted.

At first sight the S9 is a Design object - only when exact looking it shows up that it is also a MP3-Player of the special kind.

More than only Design

The Cowon orders over 16-GByte-Space for music and video. These can be copied simply from attaching to the PC (only with special cable) on the player. If the Cowon with music is fed, he can be availed intuitively and simply by Touchscreen. But you should bring along however for patience, because in the test the display proved as quite slow-acting, besides are some control members too small guessed/advised. S9 nevertheless lies very well in the hand, with its small weight of only 77 gram is noticeable it also in the bag hardly. Which in the case of transport a large advantage is, provided in the hands of our testers however rather for skepticism: The equipment consists completely of plastics and does not feel on not particularly high-quality even if it is very cleanly finished and display as well as housings are scratch insensitive.

A nice Gimmick: If you turn the player, automatically also the screen representation changes owing to force of gravity sensor. In practice this does not function however completely as well as with iPod touch, it lasts simply to for a long time, until the picture adapts.

Persistent and versatile

Apart from the small weight also the long battery life was noticeable positively in the test laboratory: Over 36 hours you can hear without plug socket music. If you look video, S9 must after approximately eleven hours again to electricity mains.

With the signal quality, otherwise actually a top-disciplinary of Cowon, strikes itself the S9 not completely so well expected: We measure the signal signal-to-noise ratio with 83,3 railways, the distortion factor lie with 0,082 prosenttia. Thus the Cowon S9 straight reaches „still well “. In practice it is advisable, the headphone provided by better from the accessory offer to replaced.

Although the S9 with acceleration sensor, Bluetooth, TV-exit and Java support offers a long equipment list, something important is missing according to our opinion: WLAN. iPod touch shows, how well one can to surf with current MP3-Player owing to large display slackly in the Internet. Small reconciliation: They can use the player as dictating machine. The Cowon S9 supports a multiplicity at audio and video formats, like for example MP3, WAV, OGG, WMA, FLAC, WMV or AVI. If music is not enough to you alone, you can look 272 pixels also films on the very good and bright 3,3-Customs-OLED-LCD with a dissolution of 480 x. That makes quite fun, films and pictures looks on its display very naturally.

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The Cowon S9 is a well finished Multimedia player, which is noticeable beside its long battery life also by its bright and good display and many supported audio and video formats. To the class iPod touch it is not enough however near: But seeming of the used materials is simply not well enough and the display is too slow-acting.

Numbers of the market researcher according to ComScore load ever more Smartphone user mobile plays on their equipment. Above all iPhone and Blackberry Curve owner are in the USA responsible for the rising number on play download.

Altogether rose the number of download of mobile plays in the USA in November 2008 mennessä 17 per cent to scarcely 8.5 million. In the period last year there was still 7.2 million of download.

According to Marks Donovan of ComScore downloaded 34 per cent the user mobile plays with a Smartphone. 2007 appeared, thus Donovan, none at most used Smartphones in the Top Ten for Game download used devices. In November 2008 six of ten are represented in the Top Ten.

The most popular platforms for the mobile Gaming are the iPhone and Blackberry Curve. So far mainly the Razr and cheap mobile phone for mobile plays were used. The iPhone user are in the meantime for 14 per cent that of play download responsible in the USA.

32.4 per cent of the iPhone users indicated to download once in the month a play. On the average load in contrast to this 3.8 per cent the Handy user once in the month a play on the mobile phone.

The portion Game download of Smartphones rose on in the comparison of November 2007 to November 2008 mennessä 291 per cent to scarcely 2.9 million. Other mobile phones came in November 2008 on scarcely 5.6 million of download, a minus of 14 per cent in the comparison to the period last year.