« on: June 07, 2011, 12:21:19 AM »
This looks cool it was on BBC click the other day maybe we can use it for aros
product is about the size of a USB key, 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
* 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
* Open software (Ubuntu, Iceweasel, KOffice, Python)
http://www.raspberrypi.org/
Personally, I'd spend more and get something based on the Cortex A9. The ARM11 is a fairly weak performer and 256MB of memory is pretty slim.
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