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FCC Fridays: April 13, 2012

Brad Molen — Fri, 13 Apr 2012 15:39:00 EST

We here at Engadget tend to spend a lot of way too much time poring over the latest FCC filings, be it on the net or directly on the ol' Federal Communications Commission's site. Since we couldn't possibly (want to) cover all the stuff that goes down there individually, we've gathered up an exhaustive listing of every phone and / or tablet getting the stamp of approval over the last week. Enjoy!

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Coby's budget-minded Ice Cream Sandwich tablets go on sale

Donald Melanson — Tue, 27 Mar 2012 15:44:00 EST

Eager to get a taste of Ice Cream Sandwich while you wait for an update on your phone? Then you now have another option to do so relatively cheaply if you don't mind venturing into Coby's bargain bin of tablets. It's begun rolling out no less than six new slates to retail stores today (most of which we saw at CES in January), which pack screens ranging in size from seven to ten inches and each run Android 4.0. Specs are otherwise fairly identical across the board, with each boasting the same single-core 1GHz Cortex A8 processor, microSD card slot, front-facing cameras, HDMI out and either 4GB or 8GB of storage. Unfortunately, they all also come with one key drawback common to budget Android tablets: there's no official access to Google Play. If that's not too much of a deterrent, you can pick these up for between $179 and $279.

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Coby unveils its family of Ice Cream Sandwich slates, we go hands-on (video)

Mat Smith — Mon, 16 Jan 2012 09:57:00 EST

It's hard to tell whether CES 2012 beat out last years show for tablet numbers, but there were plenty of slabs less likely to throttle your wallet in 2012. Coby has leapt onto that very bandwagon, with a whole slew of tablets. Several, but not all, made their first appearance at this year's CES and we were itching to see how they would stack up against some very price-savvy devices. We were informed (several times) that these were still prototypes, but user experience differed substantially between models. Budget tablet fans can check out our impressions and a brief video summary of the Coby clan right after the break.

Gallery: Coby Ice Cream Sandwich tablet family hands-on at CES 2012

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Coby to intro five Ice Cream Sandwich slates at CES, satiate your budget tablet cravings

Sean Buckley — Sat, 10 Dec 2011 04:39:00 EST

Not prepared to pony up for the ICS-ready Transformer Prime? No worries, Coby has five alternative flavors, each offering its own helping of Android 4.0. The quintet of tablets bear the same model number format as the outfit's Kyros tablets, and all share the same 1GHz ARM Cortex A8 CPU. Coby plans to debut the slates at CES 2012, making them available to consumers within the first quarter. The slabs range between seven and ten inches, and will offer up to 1GB of RAM with up to 32GB of expandable memory -- WiFi radio and HDMI-out come standard. Want to see the official details? Hit the break, we've got a good 'ol fashion press release just waiting for your peepers.

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FCC Fridays: December 2, 2011

Brad Molen — Fri, 02 Dec 2011 11:20:00 EST

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Coby Kyros MID7012 tablet gets an FCC teardown, flaunts a roomy case

Sean Buckley — Sun, 23 Oct 2011 03:35:00 EST

Coby's latest in budget slates hit the federal testing tables on Friday, getting the customary teardown and tell-all photo shoot. The Coby Kyros MID7012 comfortably fits a 800Mhz processor, 256MB of RAM, 4GB of internal memory, WiFi and a microSD card slot into its case. The seven-inch Gingerbread tablet hasn't landed on Coby's US website yet, but nimble fingered Googlers can find the slab for about $100.

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FCC Fridays: October 21, 2011

Brad Molen — Fri, 21 Oct 2011 10:17:00 EST

We here at Engadget Mobile tend to spend ~~a lot of~~ way too much time poring over the latest FCC filings, be it on the net or directly on the ol' Federal Communications Commission's site. Since we couldn't possibly (want to) cover all the stuff that goes down there, we've gathered up all the raw info you may want (but probably don't need). Enjoy!

Phones

Read - Fujitsu F03D
Read - Motorola RAZR
Read - NEC Casio XGU3296
Read - Samsung GT-I8350
Read - Samsung GT-S5368
Read - Samsung SGH-T679M
Read - Samsung SHV-E120S
Read - Sharp 101SH
Read - Sony Ericsson SOY05 (KDDI)
Read - ZTE GS516
Read - ZTE Movistar One

Tablets and peripherals

Read - Coby Kyros MID1125
Read - Huawei MediaPad 301W
Read - Motorola wireless keyboard

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Coby Kyros MID7022 tablet gets teardown and thumbs up from FCC

Brian Heater — Thu, 28 Jul 2011 04:04:00 EST

That's the latest tablet from budget manufacturer Coby lounging around a blue velvety backdrop. The Kyros MID7022 got the customary FCC teardown treatment from the agency in exchange for a little approval. The seven-inch Gingerbread slate sports a microSD slot, HDMI port, WiFi, 4GB of built-in memory, and should be headed to the Home Shopping Network in no time.

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Coby rolls out $250 Kyros MID7015 Android tablet

Donald Melanson — Wed, 01 Dec 2010 10:17:00 EST

Coby's been selling an Android tablet on the Home Shopping Network for a couple of months now, but it's just released another model that's now available at retailers across the US. That comes in the form of the Kyros MID7015, which is just about exactly what you'd expect a $250 Android tablet from Coby to be. That means you'll get a 7-inch resistive touchscreen, Android 2.1 (with apps from the AppsLib marketplace, not Android Market), 4GB of built-in memory, a microSD card slot for expansion and, somewhat notably, an HDMI port that promises to let you output full 1080p video. Hit up the source link below for the complete specs.

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Coby introduces streamlined, puzzling MP570 MP3 player

Donald Melanson — Mon, 29 Mar 2010 08:39:00 EST

Coby may not always produce the sleekest of devices, but the company has certainly come through on that count with its new MP570 MP3 player, which is bound to turn a few heads. Questionably functional design aside, however, this one is about as basic as can be, with it packing just 2GB of flash storage and no memory card slot, support for only MP3 and WMA formats, and a built-in rechargeable battery that promises just five hours of audio playback -- but, hey, it sure is shiny. No word on pricing or availability just yet, nor is there any indication of how you're actually supposed to use it.

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Coby intros Snapp pocket camcorders, for those with small pockets

Sean Hollister — Tue, 09 Mar 2010 01:17:00 EST

In a world full of stylish pocket camcorders, there are few reasons to recommend Coby's ho-hum Snapp series, which has only just now managed the transition from cheap plastic junk to tasteful Flip knockoff with today's introduction of the CAM3001, CAM4505 and CAM5001 Snapp HD. Recording 640 x 480 footage over MJPEG, the cheaper two models are still not much better than your average VGA webcam, and with only megabytes of internal storage, all three will require a sizeable memory card to capture any real content. But when you consider the price of these things -- Amazon shows preorder prices of $30 and $50 for the budget cams and $80 for the 720p CAM5001 HD -- you might yet find yourself combing desk drawers for that spare SDHC card.

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Coby $85 smartbook feels like a hundred bucks (hands-on)

Joanna Stern — Wed, 03 Mar 2010 09:58:00 EST

Funny how our tune on smartbooks totally changes when one's got an $85 price tag. We happened upon Coby's booth at CeBIT this morning and of all the fairly cheap feeling laptops the company had on display it was its 7-inch NBPC722 smartbook that cozied right up to us. Okay, so it isn't as thin or attractive as the $499 Lenovo's Skylight, but again let us remind you that it costs about as much as a couple of new printer ink cartridges. Inside the little guy packs a 624MHz Marvell PXA303 processor, 2GB of flash storage and runs Windows CE which all should be good enough for some light Web browsing and e-mail writing. There was actually a YouTube shortcut on the desktop, but the NBPC722 wasn't connected to try it out. Apparently this inexpensive laptop should be making its way stateside this spring, but until the flowers start blooming you've got the video below.

Gallery: Coby NBPC722 smartbook

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Coby's MP837 thankfully doesn't pick up where the MP836 left off (video)

Jacob Schulman — Sat, 09 Jan 2010 19:04:00 EST

Surely you remember the Coby MP836, the first touchscreen PMP from the low-end company that we had a bit of trouble with at last year's CES. Well, this year they're back at it again -- this time pimping the MP837, which really deserves more than a one digit jump. We're glad to report that they've made quite a bit of progress over the year, and that they've addressed many of the problems from the first one. It has a 3-inch touchscreen with haptic feedback, and it actually registered input this time (though we couldn't confirm that it's capacitive). The software was also a lot more polished, as was the demo we got from a PR rep on the floor. See for yourself after the break.

Gallery: Coby MP837 hands-on

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Coby's netbooks seemingly real, taking pre-orders

Laura June — Thu, 27 Aug 2009 18:51:00 EST

Sure -- we haven't seen or heard anything about Coby's netbook line since way back in January at CES, but that didn't stop them from showing up for pre-order, did it? Color us a little surprised, but here they are. Two models have appeared on Amazon for pre-order. The 12.1-inch Coby NMPC1220XPBLK apparently boasts a 1024 x 800 resolution, a 1.6GHz Intel Atom N270 CPU, 1GB of RAM, and a 160GB hard drive, while the NBPC1022XPBLK is a 10.1-incher with identical specs. The first runs $423, while the 10.1-inch model is $318. So tell us: will you be ordering one?

[Via Liliputing]

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Coby outs trio of LCD HDTVs, perfect for your guest room

Darren Murph — Mon, 19 Jan 2009 17:35:00 EST

Most of Coby's gear at CES was a little lacking in the quality department, but if you're looking for something that'll only need to be turned on every now and then, the outfit's latest trifecta may just fit the bill. From smallest to largest, we've got the 15.4-inch TFTV1524, which offers a 1,280 x 800 native resolution, dual ATSC / NTSC tuners, an HDMI port, VGA socket and a set of stereo speakers. Next up is the TFTV1923, a 19-incher with a 1,440 x 900 resolution and pretty much everything else remaining similar. Finally, the 22-inch TFTV2224 ups the resolution to 1,680 x 1,050 but doesn't add anything else. There's no mention of pricing / availability, but we'd guess they'll be available soon for not-so-much.

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Coby's MP836 hands-on

Jacob Schulman — Thu, 08 Jan 2009 21:24:00 EST

It looks like the plush gray carpet in the Coby booth at CES isn't the only thing that might make you stumble. Coby's flagship PMP here at CES is the MP836, and it's safe to say it rubbed us the wrong way. The device itself wasn't that horrible to look at, but the interface and general aesthetics were both major turnoffs. It'll be available in 4, 8, and 16GB variations when it does eventually hit the marketplace, but we couldn't get a solid MSRP from the booth staff. Be sure to check out our vids of the device in action and the gallery as well.

Update: Coby called to let us know that the MP836 we saw was actually a pre-production model, and the hardware and software were still being tweaked, which likely explains the glitching we see in those videos.

Gallery: Coby's MP836 hands-on: when 'not quite ready for primetime' is a gross understatement

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Coby's sub-$200 netbooks handled at CES

Jacob Schulman — Thu, 08 Jan 2009 21:21:00 EST

Remember those sub-$100 Coby netbooks that we deemed a hoax? Well, it looks like they might not be as hoax-y as we originally thought. Here at CES, Coby has a bunch of base models on the show floor in a myriad of color combos. The rep who showed us around made it clear that this was a "market research project" but that the 'books would ring in at under $200. There were a bunch of different configurations, but nothing too different from the usual Atom setup. The six color offerings might pique your interest, but after playing with them for a few minutes, we don't know how eager we'd be to run out and pick one up -- they felt pretty low-end. However, the only way to differentiate oneself in the crowded netbook market is with price, and Coby certainly has that working for it. We'll see if these ever make it to market, and reserve final judgment until then. Check out the non-junky gallery below.

Gallery: Coby's sub-$200 netbooks handled at CES

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Coby prepping sub-$100 7- / 9-inch PoqetMate netbooks UPDATE: It's a hoax

Darren Murph — Thu, 04 Dec 2008 03:28:00 EST

We'd argue that 7-inches is bordering on UMPC / MID territory, but given that Coby's PoqetMate-7 is expected to boast a full QWERTY keyboard and a chassis like that of most traditional laptops, we suppose it'll pass. Reportedly, the company is looking to enter the increasingly crowded netbook market next March with the aforementioned PoqetMate-7 and PoqetMate-9, with the youngin' checking in at just $99.95. So, what will a nickle under a Benjamin buy you? A miniaturized laptop with a Chinese-sourced Loongson processor, though specifications outside of that are still under wraps.

Update: Our pal Ross Rubin noticed that his quote was two years old and did some digging -- yeah, this looks like a hoax through and through. So much for that.

[Via thegadgetsite]

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Coby rolls out HDR-650, HDR-700 HD Radios

Donald Melanson — Mon, 21 Jul 2008 12:40:00 EST

Your HD Radio options are hardly as limited as they once were, but if you're still shopping around for one, you may want to take a gander at Coby's latest offerings, which promise the usual better-than-FM sound for a decent enough price. On the lower end, $100 will get you the HDR-650 component radio, which includes some standard RCA connectors to let you hook it up to your existing home audio system, as well as a headphone jack if you want to use it on its own. The $150 HDR-700, on the other hand, is a fully standalone unit, and includes an integrated rechargeable battery to let you take it outdoors, an SD card slot, and a line-in jack to accommodate the portable audio device of your choice. Look for the pair of 'em to hit stores sometime in August.

Update: Coby has informed us that these radios are, in fact, the result of a co-branding effort between it and Revo, which accounts for the striking similarity between them and Revo's Pico and Mondo radios.

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Coby MP-835 touchscreen PMP almost puts those horrible boomboxes out of mind

Paul Miller — Thu, 14 Feb 2008 17:33:00 EST

In what can only be seen as further evidence of Coby employing to totally different design teams for its PMPs and its fiery boombox product lines, the MP-835 doesn't look half bad. The 10mm thick touchscreen player has a 3-inch, 480 x 272 LCD, and while the 2GB or 4GB storage options are pretty weak, you can augment that with microSD. MP3, WMA, OGG, AVI and WMV are supported, but we'd like to see some AAC and some better video codecs -- but hey, it's Coby, let's not get ahead of ourselves. No word on price, but the player does apparently have FCC certification, so we might be seeing it in the States before long.

[Via PMP Today]

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Coby recalls 12,000 DVD boomboxes due to fire hazard

Nilay Patel — Sat, 10 Nov 2007 03:35:00 EST

We've all broken down and done a little late-night discount pharmacy gadget shopping, so we promise not to judge -- but if you've got a Coby DVD boombox stashed away in your place, you might want to run and unplug it real quick. Coby's just issued a recall of 12,000 TF-DVD170 and TF-DVD176 DVD boomboxes sold between May 2006 and October 2007 because they have the unfortunate habit of overheating and starting fires. This isn't the first time we've mentioned the words "Coby," "overheat," "fire" and "recall" all in one post -- looks like 2006 was a bad year to be a Coby fanboy.

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Memup's 30GB Orizon PMP looks oh-so-sleek

Darren Murph — Mon, 02 Jul 2007 08:41:00 EST

Mmm, nothing like a sleek, glossy black PMP to get your juices flowin'. If you tend to agree with that sentiment, Memup's Orizon should suit your fancy quite well, as the 30GB unit comes in an ebony outfit, sports a 4.3-inch 480 x 272 resolution display, and even includes an SD / MMC card slot to watch media clips stored on your flash memory. You'll also find a text viewer and built-in FM tuner to complement the obligatory MP3, WMA, MPEG4, JPEG, BMP, and GIF file support, but the ability to play nice with Motion JPEG and XviD are welcome extras. Unfortunately, you're going to have to love the looks some kind of fierce in order to find value in the purported $378 pricetag. [Warning: PDF read link]

[Via AnythingButiPod]

UPDATE: Looks like this creature may actually be a straight up rip of another. Check out Coby's PMP4330 to see for yourself.

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Coby recalls boomboxes due to potential fire hazard, crappiness

Nilay Patel — Wed, 25 Apr 2007 01:15:00 EST

Coby's quest to become more than the de facto house brand of street vendors and pharmacies worldwide by shipping semi-respectable PMPs and DAPs has always been held back by the company's insistence on making chinzty little boomboxes and CD players, and now it looks like it's paying the price: Coby is being forced to recall nearly 15,000 MP-CD475 boomboxes because they ~~sound like tin cans~~ pose a fire hazard. You may remember the MP-CD475 as the legendary unit that redefined the dual-voltage AM/FM/CD/MP3/USB boombox market with its iconic design featuring the word DIGITAL on the top in huge letters. If you were desperate in a Walgreen's, um, we mean lucky enough to buy one of these between August and December of 2006, Coby says you should unplug it immediately and call them to arrange a refund. Hit up the read link for contact info and a list of affected serial numbers.

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Coby highlights lanyard rings with its new pendant DAPs

Evan Blass — Fri, 16 Mar 2007 09:50:00 EST

The first thing you notice about Coby's new MP-C8xx and MP-C6xx series of flash-based DAPs is the big honkin' lanyard ring wrapping pronouncedly around the bottom of each model -- if nothing else, we bet your keys would stay attached to these things for like a million years. We actually have to give Coby credit for trying to pull off a bit of an unconventional and decidedly un-iPod-like look with these DAPs, although it's sort of a necessity as the company tries to move a little more upmarket. The devices themselves are nothing out of the ordinary, offering numerous configs with respect to capacity (256MB to 2GB) and screen (regular LCD or backlit, high-contrast one), along with the standard bells and whistles package of FM radio, voice recorder, SD slot, blah blah blah. The really important info -- pricing and availability -- isn't even clear yet, so we'll wait to see if we hear anything more before we get too attached to these scrappy young players.

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Switched On: A tube for toting your tunes

Ross Rubin — Wed, 31 Jan 2007 15:44:00 EST

Each week Ross Rubin contributes Switched On, a column about technology, multimedia, and digital entertainment:

Here's to the frugal ones -- the discounters, the copycats, the bean counters, the followers who knock off established flagships, the ones who do things cheaply. They're not fond of design patents and they have no respect for the sine qua non. You can mock them, ridicule their brands, deride their usability or quality. But the only thing you can't do is lowball them. Because they sell things. They push the average price downward. And while some may see in them the parasitic blight of top-tier corporations, we see the efficiency of low overhead and outsourced manufacturing. Because the ones who are bold enough to try selling commoditized products for less are the ones who do.

Before the iPod overtook the Hampton Jitney as New Yorkers' favored way to escape New York, a far less expensive portable music device graced many a Manhattan neck. Popular at closeout havens like the defunct Odd-Job and still sold in drug store chains, the Coby Mini AM-FM Radio with Neck Strap -- well-represented by model CX-7 -- delivered low-tech downmarket chic. Coby and its ilk have thrived offering aging portable audio formats. Among its extensive line of 12 CD boomboxes are models that resemble bygone designs from Sony and JVC. And that's just a warmup. The company's Web site lists a mind-boggling 43 models of portable CD players. It seems that some Coby products take longer to retire than the Rolling Stones.

Over the past few years, though, Coby -- which now boasts the lofty tagline "Innovations for Every Lifestyle" -- has dabbled in hipper products such as LCD televisions, two 20GB portable MP3 players (one even with a color screen and touch controls) and even a trio of portable video players, one of which has a 40 GB hard drive and 7-inch screen! Yet, I was quite surprised when I saw something at Coby's 2005 CES booth that actually came to the the US market in late 2006 -- a smal, inexpensive, flash-based boombox/alarm clock. The unambiguously named MP-C341 Portable MP3 Boom Box with 256MB of built-in flash memory and an SD card slot includes an AC adapter and removeable carry rope, although removing it makes it look like the product has a single earring. This is an obvious marketing ploy for the pirate market.

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Coby MP-C951 spotted at J&R in New York

Cyrus Farivar — Tue, 10 Oct 2006 04:40:00 EST

It wasn't so long ago that we caught a glimpse of Coby's new media player, the PMP4320. But what we'd really like to get our hands on is Coby's apparent competitor to the GoGear SA9100 and SA9200, the MP-C951. Although it too was first demoed at CES, Coby has been saying on its site that the player would be "coming soon - Summer '06" for the last few months. According to Coby, this little MP3 player has a 20GB drive, plays MP3 / WMA / OGG files, supports USB 2.0, packs an FM tuner, a voice recorder, and a line-in jack. However, no one had actually seen one of these players in the wild until today, when DAPreview spotted one today at electronics retailer J&R in New York. The site found after holding and playing with the MP-C951 for a few minutes that it had a "solid build," remarking on its touch-sensitive d-pad, noticing that the buttons seemed a bit too sensitive and observing that it had two mini USB jacks on the bottom (one probably for USB On-The-Go. The MP-C951 has an MSRP of $300, but sells at J&R and Amazon for $210. Be sure to catch an additional hands-on pic of the interface on the next page.

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Coby's 20GB PMP4320 previewed

Donald Melanson — Mon, 09 Oct 2006 11:23:00 EST

The folks at CNET recently got a chance to look at a pre-production unit of Coby's new PMP4320 portable media player and, while they're reserving final judgment until they get their hands on a finished device, they don't seem to have been all that impressed. Specs-wise, the PMP4320 treads along the low-end of the PMP spectrum, with a glossy 4.3-inch, 320x240 TFT display, 20GB of storage, SD expansion, FM tuner, and audio/video recording capabilities -- not bad, though you may expect a bit more for the $350 list price. Unfortunately, it looks like the PMP4320 has more problems than just price, with CNET finding the interface and thumbstick control decidedly lacking and the build quality sub-par, though that could well be due to its pre-production nature. On the plus side, it is compatible with a wide range of formats and has a built-in kickstand, which wouldn't be all that notable if not for the fact that some manufacturers seem to continuously overlook it. We should have word on how the real deal stacks up soon enough, with the PMP4320 set to launch later this month.

[Via Digital Media Thoughts]

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