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January 10th, 2010, 00:05
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Surely you remember the Coby MP836 (http://www.engadget.com/2009/01/08/cobys-mp836-hands-on-when-not-quite-ready-for-primetime-is-a/), the first touchscreen PMP from the low-end company that we had a bit of trouble with at last year's CES (http://www.dcemu.co.uk//scribefire/content/editor/engadget.com/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 (http://www.engadget.com/photos/coby-mp837-hands-on/)
http://www.blogcdn.com/www.engadget.com/media/2010/01/2010-01-08-mp837-2_thumbnail.jpg (http://www.engadget.com/photos/coby-mp837-hands-on/2603347/)http://www.blogcdn.com/www.engadget.com/media/2010/01/2010-01-08-mp837-8_thumbnail.jpg (http://www.engadget.com/photos/coby-mp837-hands-on/2603353/)http://www.blogcdn.com/www.engadget.com/media/2010/01/2010-01-08-mp837-4_thumbnail.jpg (http://www.engadget.com/photos/coby-mp837-hands-on/2603349/)http://www.blogcdn.com/www.engadget.com/media/2010/01/2010-01-08-mp837-5_thumbnail.jpg (http://www.engadget.com/photos/coby-mp837-hands-on/2603350/)http://www.blogcdn.com/www.engadget.com/media/2010/01/2010-01-08-mp837-6_thumbnail.jpg (http://www.engadget.com/photos/coby-mp837-hands-on/2603351/)
Continue reading Coby's MP837 thankfully doesn't pick up where the MP836 left off (video) (http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/09/cobys-mp837-thankfully-doesnt-pick-up-where-the-mp836-left-off/)
Coby's MP837 thankfully doesn't pick up where the MP836 left off (video) (http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/09/cobys-mp837-thankfully-doesnt-pick-up-where-the-mp836-left-off/) originally appeared on Engadget (http://www.engadget.com) on Sat, 09 Jan 2010 19:04:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds (http://www.weblogsinc.com/feed-terms/).
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Surely you remember the Coby MP836 (http://www.engadget.com/2009/01/08/cobys-mp836-hands-on-when-not-quite-ready-for-primetime-is-a/), the first touchscreen PMP from the low-end company that we had a bit of trouble with at last year's CES (http://www.dcemu.co.uk//scribefire/content/editor/engadget.com/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 (http://www.engadget.com/photos/coby-mp837-hands-on/)
http://www.blogcdn.com/www.engadget.com/media/2010/01/2010-01-08-mp837-2_thumbnail.jpg (http://www.engadget.com/photos/coby-mp837-hands-on/2603347/)http://www.blogcdn.com/www.engadget.com/media/2010/01/2010-01-08-mp837-8_thumbnail.jpg (http://www.engadget.com/photos/coby-mp837-hands-on/2603353/)http://www.blogcdn.com/www.engadget.com/media/2010/01/2010-01-08-mp837-4_thumbnail.jpg (http://www.engadget.com/photos/coby-mp837-hands-on/2603349/)http://www.blogcdn.com/www.engadget.com/media/2010/01/2010-01-08-mp837-5_thumbnail.jpg (http://www.engadget.com/photos/coby-mp837-hands-on/2603350/)http://www.blogcdn.com/www.engadget.com/media/2010/01/2010-01-08-mp837-6_thumbnail.jpg (http://www.engadget.com/photos/coby-mp837-hands-on/2603351/)
Continue reading Coby's MP837 thankfully doesn't pick up where the MP836 left off (video) (http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/09/cobys-mp837-thankfully-doesnt-pick-up-where-the-mp836-left-off/)
Coby's MP837 thankfully doesn't pick up where the MP836 left off (video) (http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/09/cobys-mp837-thankfully-doesnt-pick-up-where-the-mp836-left-off/) originally appeared on Engadget (http://www.engadget.com) on Sat, 09 Jan 2010 19:04:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds (http://www.weblogsinc.com/feed-terms/).
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