[roadcat]

Nice! I’ll be buying some of these. Reminds of when early CPU chips (8008, 8080, 6502 etc.) became cheaply available in the early 1970s and sparked a personal computer revolution. This may foster a new round of personalized computing gear. Mini-robots, specialized headgear, computers built into cheap 3D printers, etc.

[fireman15]

Devices with similar specs have been available on Amazon or EBay for a while now, that you plug into the HDMI port of a HDTV but they usually cost at least $40. I like that this one comes with a lot more RAM than a typical tablet which is the most comparable device that most of us are used to.

[mrsmith]

Everybody knows 64 bits is only 8 dollars...

[Bobalu]

Looks to me like the 19 dollar version with 1GB ram is the sweetspot...it’s worth 4$ more IMO.

[bunkerhill7]

Serial feed input is still way too slow. 32 and 64 bit parallel input ports are faster and you can flip them...

[fireman15]

I was looking over Amazon which is similar to the 2GB version which they are taking orders for $29 + $7 shipping is selling with free prime shipping and a wireless keyboard with touchpad for $49. It is a little different animal but it would arrive in a couple days and has good reviews.

http://www.amazon.com/EASYTONE-Rockchip-Miracast-Bluetooth-Wireless/dp/B017SAMFXE/ref=sr_1_6?ie=UTF8&qid=1454302125&sr=8-6&keywords=android+computer+stick

[stylin19a]

yikes...15 buck version currently sold out.

[Texas Eagle]

Okay. Talk to me as if I'm a 53 year old Luddite.

What could I do with this?

[martin_fierro]

Raspberry Pine?

[Billthedrill]

Just built a NUC. Posting from it now. Tiny computers are the way to go...

[Swordmaker]

Ping for the Android Ping list.

[TChad]

Doesn’t that 1.2 GHz CPU require at least a heat sink for cooling?

[Irishguy]

well not quite 15 dollars but i have a raspberry pi 2 at home that was around $60 all in (case, cables, hard drive (aka sd card) etc)..i used it as a 1080p htpc upstairs running kodi and linux. absolutely amazing piece of kit..and runs on a usb phone charger...just this weekend started to repurpose it as a live tv server...

so i understand what they are trying to do, but its a fairly crowded market already out there...

[ShadowAce]

[Redleg Duke]

I have on order. 2 gig unit. It is going to be a significant breakthrough.

[zeugma]

I got in on the kickstarter for this. They had a rather amazing campaign. It’s going to be a pretty cool toy.

[ThunderSleeps]

Hmm, Android apps on a $15 system? - ANDROID PING!
Android Ping! If you want on or off the Android Ping List, Freepmail me.

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I will admit it - I'm a tech guy (aka geek). This is one of those things I want to buy and fool with even though I cannot think of a good reason or use for it - right now. Kind of like Raspberry Pi's, old Android phones... So much potential. The funny thing is, if you bought this and a good quality HDMI cable of 6 ft or so to connect it to your TV the cable would probably cost more than the computer...