You know those gadgets that you can buy at drugstores? Back in the early 2000s it was all portable CD players and PC speakers. Now it’s MP3 players with 2GB of storage and wimpy tablets. And if you’ve ever done last minute Christmas shopping at a Walgreens you know that the brands start to become recognizable for their no-name-ness. Coby was a staple in that lineup until recently. Now a titan of cheap, sometimes questionable electronics has fallen.
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Have you ever heard of the consumer electronics company Coby before? Well, they do churn out budget-oriented devices from time to time, ranging from MP3 players all the way to tablets and TVs, and have been in business for over two decades. Unfortunately, life is a very fickle thing, and it was earlier this summer that the company fell on hard times, which subsequently allowed the Gordon Brothers Group to pick up all of Coby’s assets – and this includes its inventory, name, and intellectual property just a couple of months back in August.
It must be noted, however, that Gordon Brothers did not assume any of Coby’s debt or existing obligations. This might sound like it ain’t such a big deal after all, but it is. After all, that would mean its warranties for products that had already been sold are now void, which has subsequently resulted in folks sending messages to Coby concerning their products requiring a fix or warranty replacement, to be met by nothing but silence. I guess it is just too bad if you picked up something from Coby earlier this year, and now that it is broken and supposedly still under warranty, there really isn’t anything else that you can do about it.
Coby Gets A Change In Management, Existing Warranties Are Now Worthless original content from Ubergizmo. 
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When it comes to electronics, cheaper is sometimes better — expensive tablets, for example, aren’t the best product to hand off to a 5-year-old or take on a backpacking adventure. Such is where the long-existing budget maker Coby comes in. For many years, Coby has been making lower-end inexpensive products, among them being things like […]
You might take the Play Store and other Google apps for granted when shopping around for Android tablets, but for Coby it’s a Big Deal (with a capital “B”). So much so that after releasing its first Google-certified slate back in January, it’s coming out with three more, in 8-, 9- and 10-inch flavors. (A Coby rep told us the idea is to catch as many customers as possible.) Despite the different screen sizes, they all boast the same specs as the 7-inch model we showed you at CES, including a dual-core Amlogic 8226-MX CPU, 1GB of RAM, 8GB of built-in storage, a microSD reader supporting 32GB cards and a 0.3-megapixel webcam up front. They also have modest 2MP cameras ’round back, which the 7-incher doesn’t have.
Design-wise, the 8-inch MID 8065 and 9-inch 9760 have the same plastic construction as the 7-inch one, albeit with higher-res screens. The 10-inch MID 1065, though, has a more premium-feeling metal casing, along with an IPS panel (the pixel count tops out at 1,280 x 800, so don’t get too excited). Indeed, the viewing angles are better than what we saw on the 7-incher, but you’re still going to suffer delays even when you flip the tablet to change screen orientations. So far, we know the 8- and 10-inch models are coming to the US for $180 and $230. As for the 9-inch version, there’s no room for it in the states, apparently, but a Coby rep from Germany told us it’ll go on sale there later this month for around €219. As your lead reviews editor, I can tell you the Magic 8 Ball is turning up an “outlook not good” on a possible review, but we’ve added some hands-on photos below if you’ve just got to get a closer look.
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Remember the Coby MID7065 tablet that was announced at CES 2013 earlier this month? Well, if you’ve been eyeing on the tablet since its debut, you might want to hear that the Android tablet is now available for purchase. The Coby MID7065 tablet is now available via retailers J&R and Adorama at a retail price of $139.99 and $139.00, respectively. The Coby MID7065 tablet is a pretty decent tablet that is budget friendly as well. It is powered by a 1.2 GHz Amlogic AM8726-MX dual core processor and is supported by a 1GB RAM and 8GB of storage with a microSD card slot for expansion. The Coby MID7065 sports a 7-inch display with a 1024 x 600 resolution, and a 0.3-megapixel front-facing camera. Other features include a HDMI out, Wi-Fi, Bluetooth 2.1, a Li-Poly battery, and Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich.
By Ubergizmo. Related articles: Acer Teases Upcoming Low-Budget Android Tablets To Rival Google, Amazon, Microsoft Surface Pro 64GB Will Have 23GB Of Free Disk Space, 
[CES 2013] Three or four CES editions ago when the Android mobile operating system was still rather raw, there were already many small time hardware manufacturers who jumped aboard the Android-powered tablet bandwagon, and since Android has strengthened its position considerably, the slew of Android tablets at CES has not ceased to slow down. Case in point, the Coby MID7065, an Android-powered tablet that features Google Play as well as Google Mobile services. This bad boy will start to ship sometime in the first quarter of the year at $149.99 a pop.
What kind of hardware does it pack underneath the hood? For starters, there will be a dual-core 1.2GHz processor with 1GB RAM, WiFi and Bluetooth 2.1+EDR connectivity, 8GB of internal memory and a microSD memory card slot for expansion purposes, accelerometer and gyroscope sensors, a front-facing VGA camera and a rechargeable Li-Poly battery. Not the best tablet on the block, but considering how little you pay for it, it does seem to be worth every penny as a “beginner’s tablet” if there is such a thing. [Press Release]
By Ubergizmo. Related articles: Polaroid M7 Ready For Spring Debut, Asus Transformer All In One Seen With Android 4.1 Jelly Bean,
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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Two more Android tablet makers will now have to pay Microsoft a royalty on their products or risk winding up in court. Aluratek and Coby Electronics are the latest companies to be added to Microsoft’s ever growing patent-licensing list, with Microsoft saying that it now collects royalties on 70% of Android-based devices.
That amounts to a lot of pocket change for Microsoft, and since Aluratek and Coby would likely find themselves in court if they didn’t join Microsoft’s licensing list, we’re guessing that they won’t complain too much about having to pay Microsoft a fee.
Aluratek is mainly known for its Android tablets and e-readers, with Coby also producing Android tablets as well as netbooks and TVs. Microsoft says that the Android OS and Chrome OS infringe on some of its secretly-held patents, which makes sending an Android or Chrome-based device to market without paying Microsoft some money first a chance that a lot of companies apparently aren’t willing to take.
Which company will be the next to start paying Microsoft a royalty? Time will surely tell, as we’re positive that we haven’t heard the last of Microsoft’s now-infamous licensing list.
[via ZDNet]
Microsoft claims collecting royalties on 70% of all Android devices is written by Eric Abent & originally posted on SlashGear.
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