Buy cheap Coby Kyros 8-Inch Android 2.3 4 GB Internet Touchscreen Tablet with Stylus MID8120-4G (Black)

Buy cheap Coby Kyros 8-Inch Android 2.3 4 GB Internet Touchscreen Tablet with Stylus MID8120-4G (Black)

 

 

Product Description

Browse the web, watch videos on Youtube , check e-mail, and more on a generous 8.0 inch LCD screen. Intuitive touchscreen controls powered by Android OS 2.3 high-speed 800 MHz processor. Connect to the Internet wirelessly with high-speed networking support (Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g) Download and enjoy popular apps and games from the GetJar marketplace. Plays popular video, music, and photo formats. Connect and enjoy 1080p HD video on your HDTV via HDMI (Requires optional HDMI cable 1080p HD video playback requires a video file encoded at 1080p Streaming video quality will be affected by the source and the quality and condition of your network connection) Download and read thousands of books with the included Aldiko™ E-book reader application,view pages in portrait or landscape with automatic orientation detection. Built-in front-facing camera and microphone and expandable memory with optional microSDHC card. Rechargeable lithium-polymer battery. Accessories Included USB cable, protective pouch, professional stereo earphones, stylus and power adapter

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Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #124 in Personal Computers
• Color: Black
• Brand: Coby
• Model: MID8120-4G
• Number of items: 1
• Dimensions: 6.22" h x 8.11" w x .55" l, 1.18 pounds
• CPU: ARM710
• Memory: 256MB SDRAM
• Processors: 1
• Display size: 8

Features

• Browse the web, watch Youtube videos, check e-mail, and much more with Android 2.3
• 8" LCD 800x600 resistive touch screen
• Connect to the Internet wirelessly with high-speed networking support (Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g)
• HDMI - to connect and enjoy 1080p HD videos on your HDTV (Cable not Included)
• Built-in front-facing camera and microphone

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Customer Reviews

Most helpful customer reviews
55 of 55 people found the following review helpful.
Good for our needs!
By little bad boy
I bought this as a Christmas gift for my wife. Ordered on 12/15, delivered on 12/21.

Our intentions for the unit is to have something portable to store family pictures and videos. The wife also wanted something to hold and play music while at work when connected to speakers. She wants something to occasionally surf the web and check email too. This thing fits all our requirements.

The item is good out of the box! This play mpeg4 files straight from our high def camcorder without the need of any conversion. It runs Angry Birds but the wife won't play it at all. It has a bigger screen than the 7" Cruz Reader she gave me which made her happier. I also bought a tablet holder and with nice speakers on each side it looks great! My wife is having fun with it!

I don't understand what the others are complaining about. Don't expect it to be what it's not. If you want something more, get an ipad or a laptop.
49 of 51 people found the following review helpful.
You have to understand Operating Systems. . .
By imagesinthewind
I've read a bunch of very negative reviews on this and other Coby tablets. These tablets are actually very good for the money! The problem that most reviewers are having has to do with the Gingerbread OS, or Android 2.3. This OS doesn't run the most current programs like Netflix. If you want Netflix, you need to find and download the 1.2.1 version of that program. There is an easy way to get Android Market (see Youtube for it) and Netflix and even Flash on this but one must do some web surfing to find out HOW. There are also some great Android Tablet forums out there with people who do all kinds of great things with the Coby Tablets.

I have 4 Coby Tablets that we got for Christmas, and all of them are running Gingerbread. All have Netflix, Flash and the full Android Market and Amazon Apps Market on them. All the apps we have play perfectly well, even Angry Birds (which does not need flash) You DO get what you pay for. And for the $120 that this tablet costs, you can make it do just about everything that the tablets with Honeycomb (Android 3.2) on them. I watched two movies on Netflix this morning on my 1126.

One must also understand that not all apps that work on your phone will work on the tablet. Some are just not written for tablet. I have several on my phone that will not work on my tablet because of the coding.

Also, one must do some research on the different types of touchscreens. Some are Resistive (use a stylus or fingernail for these, perfect if you have fake nails) and some are Capacitive (the smooth screen and easy swipe type). You have to understand how these work before you decide which touchscreen you get. Resistive is older technology and less expensive, but works great for some (I have fake nails). For others they can only deal with the type of touchscreen as they have on their phone. If this is you, get a Capacitive (Coby Kyros 1125, 1126, 7022, 7127, 8127) as they have the smooth swipe screen.

So, please don't discount the Coby line (especially since they are going to come out with a set of tablets that will have the very newest Android operating system, Ice Cream Sandwich very soon) just because they don't spend the extra money to advertise all over the media. This is a well built, user-friendly, happy line of tablets, and they have something that will fit everyone! Just do some research to get the most out of it. And, no, I'm not a Coby rep, LOL!
Happy New Year to all!!
63 of 78 people found the following review helpful.
Took DAYS to set up!
By RJ'sMom
Same as Coby Kyros 8-Inch Android 2.3 4 GB Internet Touchscreen Tablet - MID8125-4G (Black)

I bought this talet as a learning tool for my 15 month old (and for future use for my 3 month old). I couldn't justify spending $500 on an iPad when there are thousands of free android apps that would be appropriate for toddlers. So I was excited to buy this for $130 on Cyber Monday! It came by Saturday.

This is a nifty little gadget. My son already loves it- there are tons of apps on amazon that will teach letters, numbers, colors, animals, etc. We also love the musical ones like the mini piano and finger drums. I spent a great deal of time searching through the free apps and found 120 of them that seemed worth trying out.

Here's the part I hate about this tablet: it takes FOREVER to get it all set up. Here's what I had to all do:
-set up email account through the device (HINT- if you enter it a million times and it says username/password incorrect, you probably have to change your email settings to enable IMAP)
-go to amazon, choose apps.
-download amazon AppStore
-download each app one at a time. This takes a while.
-install each app once they're downloaded. This also takes a while.
-the internal memory will fill up quickly. So I put in a micro SD card. I then transferred the apps to the card (one at a time).
-continue downloading/installing apps now that there was more memory available.
-eventually the SD card was full. So then I went through the apps that were installed. Mayn didn't work, so I deleted those. Then I was able to download more (and transfer, and check to see if they worked...)

So in general, the PROS would be:
-it's fun, lots of apps to check out
-pretty inexpensive

CONS:
-It is super slow. Probably takes about 1-2 minutes to start up (like a computer; I know iPads are pretty instantaneous).
-It's annoying to have to download everything item by item.
-The information guide is a joke. It just tells what the buttons are (in 3 different languages).

It fulfilled my need as an educational tool for kids, but if you're looking for something hardcore (or if you don't have a weekend to waste setting it up), you might want to keep looking.

***UPDATE*** I'm returning this, and changing my rating to 2 stars. I thought I was willing to deal with its slow speed, but half the apps don't work, it keeps exiting apps on me, and there's hardly any memory space on it, even with a memory card. I think I'll get a kindle fire instead. This tablet is just poorly made, and isn't worth what they're charging for it. Too see the price