Topic: Android powered mini pc

So iv been quiet intrigued with these mini pcs I was think of getting a cheap one from amazon can find for like 50 usd but if any one has one seen em, have an opinion on them shoot it out there

I recently bought iPhone and I miss playing on the android system even thought I have come to absolutely love my iPhone I was looking at tablets but I honestly have enough expensive electronics and my next major purchase is a home stereo receiver. But even an expensive one of these mini pcs is 200

http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Android_Mini_PC_MK802 here's a little info on them

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Re: Android powered mini pc

looks like it needs to be plugged into a PC

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We'll you plug it into a tv via hdmi cable runs android

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looked further into it.

I'd hardly call it a "PC", the best I can see it do is turn your TV into a net book with less storage.

same thing could be done with a tablet or phone. and a video cable.

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yea i have it

takes sometime getting used to the mini keyboard

good for ummm ...watching youtube on TV (although some videos will say "video is not made available for phone users" )

smile and tv shows online ... again if u have patience with a damn keyboard smile

anything else u can do on it ? i donno

Rchie

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Robert Heinlein wrote "The Door into Summer" in 1956.  In this story, sort of as an afterthought, the hero uses advanced vaccuum tube circuits to "record" the actions a mobile robot workstation would have to use, to load a dishwasher, mop a floor, and dust a living room.  Then he copies the ciruit into a new vaccuum tube and plugs it into a different robot, who now "remembers" how to do all those chores.  This enables the inventor to create a marketable household service robot.

With PC on a stick we may be able to duplicate this technology.  It may become practicable for the home and small-scale fabricator to build a computer to match his personal inventory of machines, drills, welders and printers so he can have the efficiencies of automation in his workshop.   It's been done in heavy factories for 30 years but only they have been able to afford to custom-build computers and proprietary softwares necessary.

Now it could be done with an augmented USB flashdrive and Linux.  And just as robot automation benefited the Asian Tigers more than existing industrial economies in the 1980s, this new wave will be a bigger deal for the 3rd world.

When somebody tried to patent the waterbed, they were denied because Heinlein described the idea so completely in his novels that the applicant couldn't prove they added anything to his ideas.  They were just copying it.  The tech Heinlein described was legally "open source".

The core joke of Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy is that of course no civilization would develop personal computers with instant remote database recovery, and then waste this technology to find good drinks.
Steve Jobs has ruined this joke.

Re: Android powered mini pc

So rchie it still registers as a Mobil phone

iknow that you can change ur preferences in browser to choose weather the site pulls up mobile or full sites.

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Yea registers as mobile device

But can be changed probably

Only problem with youtube

Rchie

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How about the Ouya?  Its an android based gaming console.

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how about a raspberry pi?

thats what Im getting

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Re: Android powered mini pc

I have an ouya got it free from a buddy it's okay it's not a ps4 or even ps3 but I do like the time it kills.

I dunno what rasberry pi is unless u speak of the pie you eat

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