Coby MID8125-4G 8" Kyros Android tab

This is the Coby Kyros 8125-4G; (The 4G is for 4GB Storage, not 4G wireless, unfortunately).
Coby is a little unknown company from the USA.

Out of the box, this thing is a piece of shit, a literal clay tablet, but you can make it magnificent with
a little nerd power, but you do need that nerd power.

We had no market access, to any market. android market wouldnt install, amazon market said
no compatability "so get lost" and getjar kept bitchin at us. When we finished with it, we had all 3
markets running fine.

There is no GPS, no eCompass, and no accelerometer, by the gryo "tilting" worked fine.

The screens display was very crisp and clear, however it was a single touch resistive display and
it wasnt responsive out of box "we fixed this too, but it will always be a single touch"

The camera works, but is in a spot that gets easily covered when you hold it in portrait mode, placement
isnt the best, but easy to get used to, the overall design is actually very slim, sleek and sexy.
Although its not a great tablet, youll feel good being seen with this one; if thats your thing.
This is because at just $200, it looks like it costs $400; just dont let onlookers actually try to use it hahaha.

It plays game as you would expect on a resistive screen, nothing with virtual controllers will work
but angry birds will work fine. Netflix worked well and so did skype. (With custom rom)

This ends our review "since we review out of box tablets"; and this will only truly shine when
rooted with a custom rom "and boy, it does shine!"

This unit has HDMI, and it worked fine out of the box at 720p with stutter at 1080p
Our test model was sold to be a dedicated TV Top netflix box; so it does have use :)


So. its time to get down in the nitty gritty of this clay, errrr techie tablet.

CPU                                  Cortex A8 1GHz                                 
RAM                                 512MB
HDD                                 4GB
MEMORY                         microSD up to 32gb
O/S                                    Android 2.3
FLASH                             10.2
SCREEN SIZE                 8"  800x600 SVGA  4:3
SCREEN TYPE               Single Touch Resistive
Dimentions                       15.8x20.6x1.4 cm
Weight                              521g
CAMERAS                      1.2mp
Rooted/Rootable               yes and highly recommended
MARKET                        GetJar out of box
SENSORS                        Gyro
MIC/Speaker                    yes, stereo
CONNECTORS               microSD, microHDMI, 3.5mm microUSB
BATTERIES                     liPoly 4000mAh
NETWORKING               WiFi b/g