Norwegian company FXI Technologies has
been showing a USB stick-sized portable computer prototype, featuring
with a dual-core 1.2-GHz CPU, 802.11n Wi-Fi, Bluetooth, HDMI-out and a
microSD card slot for memory.
Codenamed Cotton Candy because
its 21 gram weight is the same as a bag of the confection, the tiny PC
enables what its inventor calls “Any Screen Computing,” the ability to
turn any TV, laptop, phone, tablet, or set-top box into a dumb terminal
for its Android operating system.
The Cotton Candy has a USB 2.0
connector on one end and an HDMI jack on the other. When connected to an
HDTV, it uses the HDMI port for video, the USB for power, and Bluetooth
to connect to a keyboard, mouse, or tablet for controlling the
operating system. The device can output up to 1080p so even a full HD
screen can display the Candy’s preloaded Android 2.3 operating system at
its native resolution. The dual core CPU can even play local 1080p
video or stream HD clips from the internet.
The idea behind it is similar to that
of FXI’s Cotton Candy, in the sense that you will need to boot Android
from a USB stick. Alternatively you could use an SD card as well.
They’ve managed to get just about everything up and running, including
Android Market, but it seems that the majority of users who managed to
get this running successfully have been owners of ASUS branded PCs,
although we can’t be sure of the reason behind that particular
phenomenon.
For more information about the
Android-x86 project, or if you’re looking for a way to load up Android’s
Honeycomb 3.2 onto your laptop or PC, head on down to Android-x86’s
website for the details. In the meantime you can check out this guy who
managed to load Honeycomb 3.2 onto his ASUS Eee PC.
From developers to students to
mobile workers, there are a number of groups that could find innovative
ways to use a computer the size of a USB stick. However, you won’t see a
consumer product shipping anytime soon from FXI. The company plans to
sell the Cotton Candy to developers and let OEMs license the technology
and turn it into something that can appeal to a wide audience.
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