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    <title><![CDATA[Discussion on The Coby Kyros is the practical tablet of choice for most people ]]></title>
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        <title><![CDATA[Kyros models]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[There are quite a few Kyros models now that are better hardware than the 7015, but still in the realm of &quot;cheap tablet&quot;. The 7022 model is like the 7015 with a capacitative screen and a Cortex A8 CPU and more RAM. I've seen the 7022 go for as low as $160, which is very much worth it.They Kyros Tablet Zone forums do offer the same OS updates for the 7022 as the 7015, albeit with a bit less enthusiasm. They do not support any of the 8-10&quot; larger tablets though.I updated my 7015 to 2.3.3 last night with some speed mods and efficiency configs... the thing runs a lot like the nicer Android phones now, and has full Market access. I love it. ]]></description>
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        <dc:creator><![CDATA[rmongenel@...]]></dc:creator>
        <pubDate>Fri, 14 Oct 2011 08:46:36 -0700</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[Thanks for the link...]]></title>
        <link><![CDATA[http://www.techrepublic.com/forum/discussions/102-348512-3510574]]></link>
        <description><![CDATA[...My 7015 is in storage right now, and I will be glad to 'root &amp; upgrade' it when I get it back.I too thought it a great value.  Sure would like to see it discussed more extensively in TR.]]></description>
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        <dc:creator><![CDATA[jeslurkin]]></dc:creator>
        <pubDate>Thu, 13 Oct 2011 14:35:40 -0700</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[Recently saw]]></title>
        <link><![CDATA[http://www.techrepublic.com/forum/discussions/102-348512-3507117]]></link>
        <description><![CDATA[The Coby 10&quot; tablet in a TA\BP Truckstop driving back from Kentucky. The price was above $300, which is far too expensive for a Coby device - but it was interesting to see the device positioned as an impulse electronics purchase for long-haul truckers, and shows just how pervasive tablet-format technology has become.A quick Google Search shows the device available for under $200 from online retailers. I gave the Coby 7015 to a kid who stayed with us for awhile when his family was moving from Ohio to Chicago. Loaded it up with various eReader apps, books and some music and some games - still rooted, of course. He used the thing daily when he was staying with us, and really seemed to enjoy the device. I actually feel that the Coby screen was more responsive for text input than my ASUS Transformer, in retrospect - a remarkable feat for a non-capacitive display. At the current street price of around $100 or less - the Kyros 7015 is still probably the best low-end tablet I've seen on the market. Build quality and reliability are not very even, and you need to be able to root it and put the Android Market on it to be able to fully leverage the device. Even then, there are a lot of popular apps like Netflix that are unlikely to ever work on the Kyros. If you go into it with eyes-wide-open and you know what you're doing, you could still do a lot worse than the Kyros, especially for the price. I'd warn that my experience is solely with the MID7015. Coby has since released a wide range of tablet devices including redesigned 7&quot; tablets all the way up to capacitive 10&quot; devices. I haven't had any hands on experience with those, so I can't say what they might be like.]]></description>
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        <dc:creator><![CDATA[dcolbert@...]]></dc:creator>
        <pubDate>Tue, 04 Oct 2011 08:11:01 -0700</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[I have one with Gingerbread on it.]]></title>
        <link><![CDATA[http://www.techrepublic.com/forum/discussions/102-348512-3502859]]></link>
        <description><![CDATA[I second the motion to get your device updated to Gingerbread on the Kyros Tablet Zone. The tablet works SO much better. I picked mine up for $100 new, and its great save for the resistive screen.http://kyros-tablet-zone.team-talk.net/Get the device updated and update your review of it!]]></description>
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        <dc:creator><![CDATA[rmongenel@...]]></dc:creator>
        <pubDate>Tue, 27 Sep 2011 10:16:47 -0700</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[they did release a firmware update]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[for the original 7015...but when the 7015a came out they took it off their site. You can still find it a a couple of sites on the internet...I have 2 of the original 7015's and i went to kryos-tablet-zone.team-talk.net and followed the steps on the forums to install Gingerbread on both (sans the Honeycomb mod) and I am very pleased with the performance.Finally I would say rooting this device is kind of a must to get the most out of the system.]]></description>
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        <dc:creator><![CDATA[CR2011]]></dc:creator>
        <pubDate>Fri, 23 Sep 2011 08:18:39 -0700</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[This looks old]]></title>
        <link><![CDATA[http://www.techrepublic.com/forum/discussions/102-348512-3500706]]></link>
        <description><![CDATA[So did COBY ever release any software updates to fix these problems?]]></description>
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        <dc:creator><![CDATA[Slayer_]]></dc:creator>
        <pubDate>Fri, 23 Sep 2011 07:35:15 -0700</pubDate>
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