http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/03/coby-85-smartbook-feels-like-a-hundred-bucks-hands-on/ Engadget Comments for http://www.engadget.com/media/feedlogo.gif http://www.engadget.com en-us Copyright 2012 Weblogs, Inc. The contents of this feed are available for non-commercial use only. Blogsmith http://www.blogsmith.com/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/03/coby-85-smartbook-feels-like-a-hundred-bucks-hands-on/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/03/coby-85-smartbook-feels-like-a-hundred-bucks-hands-on/Looks terrible lol.]]>Mar 3rd 2010 10:02AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/03/coby-85-smartbook-feels-like-a-hundred-bucks-hands-on/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/03/coby-85-smartbook-feels-like-a-hundred-bucks-hands-on/Mar 3rd 2010 10:04AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/03/coby-85-smartbook-feels-like-a-hundred-bucks-hands-on/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/03/coby-85-smartbook-feels-like-a-hundred-bucks-hands-on/
maybe to fit the smaller screen to lower costs... im not sure >.]]>Mar 3rd 2010 10:04AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/03/coby-85-smartbook-feels-like-a-hundred-bucks-hands-on/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/03/coby-85-smartbook-feels-like-a-hundred-bucks-hands-on/Mar 3rd 2010 10:13AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/03/coby-85-smartbook-feels-like-a-hundred-bucks-hands-on/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/03/coby-85-smartbook-feels-like-a-hundred-bucks-hands-on/Mar 3rd 2010 10:27AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/03/coby-85-smartbook-feels-like-a-hundred-bucks-hands-on/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/03/coby-85-smartbook-feels-like-a-hundred-bucks-hands-on/I think it more has to do with making the top match the bottom (keyboard and trackpad surface area, etc.)]]>Mar 3rd 2010 10:44AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/03/coby-85-smartbook-feels-like-a-hundred-bucks-hands-on/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/03/coby-85-smartbook-feels-like-a-hundred-bucks-hands-on/
A smaller keyboard and less bezel would also have lowered the price and made it more attractive]]>Mar 3rd 2010 11:00AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/03/coby-85-smartbook-feels-like-a-hundred-bucks-hands-on/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/03/coby-85-smartbook-feels-like-a-hundred-bucks-hands-on/
A smaller base and keyboard and less bezel would also have lowered the price and made it more attractive]]>Mar 3rd 2010 11:02AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/03/coby-85-smartbook-feels-like-a-hundred-bucks-hands-on/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/03/coby-85-smartbook-feels-like-a-hundred-bucks-hands-on/
Holy Bezel, Batman!]]>Mar 3rd 2010 12:11PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/03/coby-85-smartbook-feels-like-a-hundred-bucks-hands-on/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/03/coby-85-smartbook-feels-like-a-hundred-bucks-hands-on/Mar 3rd 2010 1:04PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/03/coby-85-smartbook-feels-like-a-hundred-bucks-hands-on/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/03/coby-85-smartbook-feels-like-a-hundred-bucks-hands-on/
But boyfriends/husbands/whipped puppies alike should still be exempt from having to pick it up.]]>Mar 3rd 2010 2:00PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/03/coby-85-smartbook-feels-like-a-hundred-bucks-hands-on/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/03/coby-85-smartbook-feels-like-a-hundred-bucks-hands-on/Mar 3rd 2010 2:31PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/03/coby-85-smartbook-feels-like-a-hundred-bucks-hands-on/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/03/coby-85-smartbook-feels-like-a-hundred-bucks-hands-on/
Oh stop your pissin' and moanin'! Its an $85 smartbook.

Some people are just impossible to please.]]>Mar 3rd 2010 3:23PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/03/coby-85-smartbook-feels-like-a-hundred-bucks-hands-on/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/03/coby-85-smartbook-feels-like-a-hundred-bucks-hands-on/I'll moan and piss over\on anything I want...TY.]]>Mar 3rd 2010 3:27PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/03/coby-85-smartbook-feels-like-a-hundred-bucks-hands-on/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/03/coby-85-smartbook-feels-like-a-hundred-bucks-hands-on/Mar 3rd 2010 3:41PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/03/coby-85-smartbook-feels-like-a-hundred-bucks-hands-on/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/03/coby-85-smartbook-feels-like-a-hundred-bucks-hands-on/
well personally i prefer this version over that bezel disaster
http://www.cobysz.com/newEbiz1/EbizPortalFG/portal/html/ProductInfoExhibit.html?ProductInfoExhibit_ProductID=c373e91fae986b548fea6cf251e6dcb6&ProductInfoExhibit_isRefreshParent=false

its the same, but with a bigger screen and looks better]]>Mar 3rd 2010 4:31PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/03/coby-85-smartbook-feels-like-a-hundred-bucks-hands-on/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/03/coby-85-smartbook-feels-like-a-hundred-bucks-hands-on/By Apple? Coby should expect a lawsuit soon.]]>Mar 3rd 2010 6:48PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/03/coby-85-smartbook-feels-like-a-hundred-bucks-hands-on/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/03/coby-85-smartbook-feels-like-a-hundred-bucks-hands-on/Mar 3rd 2010 10:04AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/03/coby-85-smartbook-feels-like-a-hundred-bucks-hands-on/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/03/coby-85-smartbook-feels-like-a-hundred-bucks-hands-on/
I was going to say that you could do all that on a smartphone but then I though of the price difference between a $80 netbook and a $550 smartphone haha xD]]>Mar 3rd 2010 10:11AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/03/coby-85-smartbook-feels-like-a-hundred-bucks-hands-on/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/03/coby-85-smartbook-feels-like-a-hundred-bucks-hands-on/
Indeed... and that's not counting the required data plan... even for a phone i buy at full price and bring to a network...]]>Mar 3rd 2010 10:17AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/03/coby-85-smartbook-feels-like-a-hundred-bucks-hands-on/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/03/coby-85-smartbook-feels-like-a-hundred-bucks-hands-on/Mar 3rd 2010 11:45AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/03/coby-85-smartbook-feels-like-a-hundred-bucks-hands-on/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/03/coby-85-smartbook-feels-like-a-hundred-bucks-hands-on/
Which, more than anything, begs the question: Why does a smartphone cost $550?

The answer, of course, is because the cell service providers (AT&T and Verizon, with Sprint and T-Mobile simply following suit) want to lock you into a contract. But why would anyone willingly lock themselves into a two-year contract? Oh, because they want that nice, high-end phone. So why not just buy the phone outright?

Why not indeed. Because the cell service providers want to lock you into a contract. And since they're the ones that have the channel for selling you the device, they tell the phone manufacturers to inflate the MSRP for the device (because...what do they care, they make the same amount of money either way, it's just a fake number), and then the benevolent service providers "cut you a deal" on the price of the phone...if you're willing to sign their contract. Want to break that contract? No problem...but you pay the balance of the subsidy (which, until the last year or so, was not even prorated).

This is one of the biggest scams in America. Back to the point, look how cheap this thing is. Look how cheap entry-level netbooks are. Look how cheap an iPod Touch is (which is basically an iPhone with the cell and camera chipsets removed, saving about $30-40 total cost). If the service providers were prohibited from selling devices, and Apple, HTC, Nokia, Samsung, LG, Motorola, RiM, etc. had to start selling their devices in Wal-Mart and Best Buy, and on Amazon, you'd see within a quarter or two that the "price" of smartphones is actually about half of what the service companies are foisting upon us.]]>Mar 3rd 2010 1:33PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/03/coby-85-smartbook-feels-like-a-hundred-bucks-hands-on/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/03/coby-85-smartbook-feels-like-a-hundred-bucks-hands-on/Mar 4th 2010 6:52AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/03/coby-85-smartbook-feels-like-a-hundred-bucks-hands-on/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/03/coby-85-smartbook-feels-like-a-hundred-bucks-hands-on/Mar 4th 2010 6:57AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/03/coby-85-smartbook-feels-like-a-hundred-bucks-hands-on/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/03/coby-85-smartbook-feels-like-a-hundred-bucks-hands-on/Mar 4th 2010 10:46AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/03/coby-85-smartbook-feels-like-a-hundred-bucks-hands-on/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/03/coby-85-smartbook-feels-like-a-hundred-bucks-hands-on/Apr 23rd 2010 5:38PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/03/coby-85-smartbook-feels-like-a-hundred-bucks-hands-on/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/03/coby-85-smartbook-feels-like-a-hundred-bucks-hands-on/Mar 3rd 2010 10:05AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/03/coby-85-smartbook-feels-like-a-hundred-bucks-hands-on/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/03/coby-85-smartbook-feels-like-a-hundred-bucks-hands-on/Mar 3rd 2010 2:09PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/03/coby-85-smartbook-feels-like-a-hundred-bucks-hands-on/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/03/coby-85-smartbook-feels-like-a-hundred-bucks-hands-on/Mar 3rd 2010 10:09AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/03/coby-85-smartbook-feels-like-a-hundred-bucks-hands-on/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/03/coby-85-smartbook-feels-like-a-hundred-bucks-hands-on/Mar 3rd 2010 10:13AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/03/coby-85-smartbook-feels-like-a-hundred-bucks-hands-on/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/03/coby-85-smartbook-feels-like-a-hundred-bucks-hands-on/HAHA yeah it probably is, at least it can run more than one application at the same time.]]>Mar 3rd 2010 10:14AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/03/coby-85-smartbook-feels-like-a-hundred-bucks-hands-on/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/03/coby-85-smartbook-feels-like-a-hundred-bucks-hands-on/Mar 3rd 2010 10:19AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/03/coby-85-smartbook-feels-like-a-hundred-bucks-hands-on/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/03/coby-85-smartbook-feels-like-a-hundred-bucks-hands-on/
lol though i guess its just as powerful as our old windows 98 computers (pre pentium 4 era atleast)...

This is down into impulse buy-cause-it-looks-cool-even-though-i-own-a-netbook territory. I'll probably take 3.]]>Mar 3rd 2010 10:21AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/03/coby-85-smartbook-feels-like-a-hundred-bucks-hands-on/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/03/coby-85-smartbook-feels-like-a-hundred-bucks-hands-on/
It has 3 USB ports and SD Card slot]]>Mar 3rd 2010 11:27AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/03/coby-85-smartbook-feels-like-a-hundred-bucks-hands-on/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/03/coby-85-smartbook-feels-like-a-hundred-bucks-hands-on/Mar 3rd 2010 10:14AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/03/coby-85-smartbook-feels-like-a-hundred-bucks-hands-on/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/03/coby-85-smartbook-feels-like-a-hundred-bucks-hands-on/
Why do you need a 5 year warranty on an $85 product? If it breaks, buy a new one. If it last less than 6 months, don't buy another one. :P

One problem I have with warranties is the "HP TX1000 Potential"... You pay a ton for an extended warranty on a defective product, and when it breaks and they fix it, they use the same faulty hardware.
]]>Mar 3rd 2010 10:53AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/03/coby-85-smartbook-feels-like-a-hundred-bucks-hands-on/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/03/coby-85-smartbook-feels-like-a-hundred-bucks-hands-on/Mar 3rd 2010 10:17AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/03/coby-85-smartbook-feels-like-a-hundred-bucks-hands-on/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/03/coby-85-smartbook-feels-like-a-hundred-bucks-hands-on/Mar 3rd 2010 11:11AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/03/coby-85-smartbook-feels-like-a-hundred-bucks-hands-on/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/03/coby-85-smartbook-feels-like-a-hundred-bucks-hands-on/Mar 3rd 2010 3:37PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/03/coby-85-smartbook-feels-like-a-hundred-bucks-hands-on/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/03/coby-85-smartbook-feels-like-a-hundred-bucks-hands-on/Mar 3rd 2010 10:19AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/03/coby-85-smartbook-feels-like-a-hundred-bucks-hands-on/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/03/coby-85-smartbook-feels-like-a-hundred-bucks-hands-on/Mar 3rd 2010 10:21AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/03/coby-85-smartbook-feels-like-a-hundred-bucks-hands-on/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/03/coby-85-smartbook-feels-like-a-hundred-bucks-hands-on/Nicholas Negroponte must be PISSED.]]>Mar 3rd 2010 3:39PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/03/coby-85-smartbook-feels-like-a-hundred-bucks-hands-on/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/03/coby-85-smartbook-feels-like-a-hundred-bucks-hands-on/Mar 3rd 2010 10:24AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/03/coby-85-smartbook-feels-like-a-hundred-bucks-hands-on/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/03/coby-85-smartbook-feels-like-a-hundred-bucks-hands-on/Mar 3rd 2010 10:26AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/03/coby-85-smartbook-feels-like-a-hundred-bucks-hands-on/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/03/coby-85-smartbook-feels-like-a-hundred-bucks-hands-on/Hey, it's $85 before it's discounted.

It like the canary, cheeep.]]>Mar 3rd 2010 10:58AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/03/coby-85-smartbook-feels-like-a-hundred-bucks-hands-on/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/03/coby-85-smartbook-feels-like-a-hundred-bucks-hands-on/
Webcam- check
SD slot- check
Keybord- check
USB- check x3
Flash- check]]>Mar 3rd 2010 10:26AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/03/coby-85-smartbook-feels-like-a-hundred-bucks-hands-on/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/03/coby-85-smartbook-feels-like-a-hundred-bucks-hands-on/
Hella Bezel....

Check!

(oh dear, this is rather embarrassing for apple, turns out you can buy just as much bezel for about a 5th of the price)]]>Mar 3rd 2010 1:03PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/03/coby-85-smartbook-feels-like-a-hundred-bucks-hands-on/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/03/coby-85-smartbook-feels-like-a-hundred-bucks-hands-on/Mar 3rd 2010 10:26AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/03/coby-85-smartbook-feels-like-a-hundred-bucks-hands-on/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/03/coby-85-smartbook-feels-like-a-hundred-bucks-hands-on/http://www.microsoft.com/windowsembedded/en-us/products/windowsce/default.mspx Got silverlight, flash, etc. May not be a bad deal. They should take those Windows Phone 7 series themes from a few days ago http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/01/windows-phone-7-series-themes-for-winmo-abound-in-dev-forums/ and tweak it out for what this machine has to offer.]]>Mar 3rd 2010 10:27AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/03/coby-85-smartbook-feels-like-a-hundred-bucks-hands-on/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/03/coby-85-smartbook-feels-like-a-hundred-bucks-hands-on/
Old or new, the real question is why they would go with a non-free OS over a free one? Had they gone with Android, they could have shaved another $10 off the price, or whatever MS is charging for a WinCE license these days.]]>Mar 3rd 2010 11:00AM