This a uk charity project which aims to give access to everyone to computer programming, an ultra-low-cost computer, tiny for any students, even those who can’t afford a normal pc. I can’t believe nowdays in many countries, students keep going to school using paper books! And some of this books cost more than this little computer! Obviously being so small and economic this computer will have many possible application, i let you imagine which ones. Also note that this mini pc can run Quake 3 game without any problem.
This is a glimpse of the Future!
The first product is about the size of a credit card, and is designed to plug into a TV or be combined with a touch screen for a low cost tablet. The expected price is $25 for a fully-configured system.
Provisional specification
700MHz ARM11
128MB or 256MB of SDRAM
OpenGL ES 2.0
1080p30 H.264 high-profile decode
Composite and HDMI video output
USB 2.0
SD/MMC/SDIO memory card slot
General-purpose I/O
Optional integrated 2-port USB hub and 10/100 Ethernet controller
Open software (Ubuntu, Iceweasel, KOffice, Python)
This looks pretty cool.
Seems ideal to run older games! 🙂
if u mean retrogaming i agree with you but windows95-98-me-etc old games will be difficult since the computer run only on linux.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=17DPJHNVx2Q
I’m still waiting for this to be available. It is taking so long…
eh eh forgot about this one, you really want this tiny usb pen size computer? well ye it s christmas time, it could be a nice gift.
Well they have a few out that have been up for auction.
They reached $2700!
http://www.tomshardware.com/news/eBay-Raspberry-Pi-ARM-Auction-Eben-Upton,14425.html
Prolly coz the Raspberry it s the first of its kind.. i heard that the maker of this tiny computer hope for people hacking and modding it.