[geeks] VIA $49 "Neo-ITX"

Joshua D. Boyd jdboyd at jdboyd.net
Thu May 24 23:13:07 CDT 2012


On 5/24/2012 1:45 AM, Jonathan Groll wrote:
> Seems that VIA is going to sell a $49 SBC (to compete with the raspberry
> pi?):
>
> http://www.tweaktown.com/news/24233/via_introduces_amazing_49_apc_android_computer_we_go_hands_on/index.html
>
>
> "The APC computer is a $49 Android system based on the brand new
> Neo-ITX form factor which measures in at roughly half the size of
> standard Mini-ITX based motherboards. It features an 800MHz ARM SOC
> (VIA WonderMedia ARM 11 SoC) with 512MB of DDR3 memory and 2GB of
> onboard flash memory for storage. 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. "

I wonder what people would do with these things running Android?

Alternatively, if not Android, what would you do with them?


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