In the meantime, they are asking the agency to update its 510(k) database to reflect which new devices have been cleared despite being based on a model that was later found to be defective.

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's television white spaces database system, which may provide service to devices beginning January 26, 2012.

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The company has already done this with 1, 700 available Android devices, so it has a massive comparative database to form an even clearer picture of the strengths and weaknesses of a new device.

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