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2 x VIA mini Android on Linux PC boards for $98, includes shipping

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2 x VIA mini Android on Linux PC boards for $98, includes shipping
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http://liliputing.com/2012/12/via-apc-mini-computer-sale-buy-2-for-98-get-free-international-shipping.html
http://apc.io/

Various other distros are planned/running on the board.
http://forum.apc.io/categories/other-distributions

It does not have direct connector for SATA, but with its 4 x USB, you should be able to
tag on a USB external HD to sort that.

I think this ARM device like all other ARM SoC devices is also suffering
from NDAs that prevent open source developers developing
any deep understanding of the chip or help write any software
for it. Its stuck in Android 2.3. Because it is all NDA'd, there is
no open source video codecs or anything else that might make
the product interesting and increase wider product adoption
and more developers making gadgets with it.

So sad.

Still, its an opportunity for EU to make their own ARM like
chip with emphasis on EU manufacturing
without encumbering it with NDA, and making all the registers
have names and bit fields in names in a single header file
so that all variants of the device could have softwar written for it
without duplication of effort every time a new variant comes out.
It will sweep the world with a new chip for the age of Internet of Things.
IoT is not happening with ARM no matter how many statements its
board make in public about it. :-)
Its a terrible mistake they make letting their empire get built on sand
and its going to cost them their whole empire when a contender finally
emerges to challenge ARM.

Such a EU made chip would probably sweep the ARM world away because there are no
significant number of developers out there with deep understanding
of ARM SoCs and Linux to make a credible commercial alternative.

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