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Another Raspberry Pi? $49 ARM Single-Board Computer With Android
n7ytd writes "Announced today and running on an 800 MHz VIA core, the 170 x 85mm 'APC' is expected to ship this July. It has 2GB of flash storage and 512MB of DDR3 memory. 'A modified version of Google Android 2.3 uses up most of that 2GB of flash storage, but there are external storage options. On the back I/O is a microSD slot, and of course you could hook in an external USB 2.0 drive. VIA spent a lot of time customizing Android to enable keyboard and mouse support which natively it does not support. ... On the I/O panel you get VGA output, HDMI output (up to 720p playback with hardware acceleration), four USB 2.0 ports, gigabit LAN and audio out and microphone in.' With a 'Neo ITX' form factor, VIA touts the single-board computer as a 'bicycle for your mind.'"
'A computer is a bicycle for your mind' was his line circa 1981. Don't know who he stole it from, but I'm sure he did.
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Except twice the size, more expensive, and runs an outdated operating system with no room for internal storage, that doesn't yet support a mouse or keyboard. Also, it requires a proprietary power supply. But otherwise, just like it.
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The summary says it's an ARM-based device.
Specifically (judging by the photo) it uses a WonderMedia Prizm WM8750 SoC (system on a chip). That bundles the VIA 800Mhz ARM 11 core with some other stuff (click the link to see).
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yeah so instead of obscure sw with more obscure installation you can just hook it up and start playing angry birds or viewing netflix or using your market released android app.
or just hack it to run qt if you want, it's not like there's not ports.. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xtA_7kaB-0g http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VU_zPnQrM6E etc.
it's a much much more practical than pi tbh. but via didn't really need to do that much hard work (there's shitloads of 2.2-2.3 android boxes on dx for sale for 70-100 bucks which work with usb keyboards and mouses).
pi is a toy like altair, with a real os a device like this is more of a normal home computer.
world was created 5 seconds before this post as it is.
You are confused. It can probably DISPLAY 1920x1080, but lacks the power to play full video at speed. Like the computer I have at home.
This thing also lacks sufficient memory. A modern-day browser like Chrome with Flash will not run properly on just 512MB of RAM. I know; I've tried. It's like a snail.
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Answering my own question: It's just speculation, but based on the memory problems they cite in TFS, maybe the device manufacturer has opted to starve it for video memory. Thus, no 1080p, even though the chip's capable of it.
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1920p is not an actual resolution. You're thinking of 1080p, which is 1920x1080 in actual pixel dimensions (assuming 16:9 aspect ratio, which is near-universal for the ___p resolutions). While someone could theoretically make a 3412x1920 display, I do not know of any.
Actually, if that thing gets traction, the interesting thing would be to replace android with a regular Linux, and use it as a home server, a media station... I've got a couple of PCs that could easily replaced by this.
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http://s.dx.com/search/android+tv+box
don't believe the release notes, believe the released machines. many 2.3 flavors support usb host just nicely.
or install android-x86 on your pc. android has pretty much always had mouse and keyboard support.
world was created 5 seconds before this post as it is.
They were aiming for in-expensive which means cutting corners.
The 'Pi can play 1080p h.264. At High Profile level 4.1 too, which means unfettered BluRay streams, not just main-profile low-bitrate transcoded video (as is usually the case with cheap devices advertising 1080p decode support).