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Android PC $49, Raspberry Style

Taji Abdullah   /  May 22, 2012
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A Raspberry Pi like pc running Android has arrived, called APC(Android PC). Developed with the idea that high powered CPU’s arnt nessicarry, this things power consumption is minimal at best. Ok, lets talk specs….

APC Specs:

Model: APC 8750
Software: Android 2.3 (PC System)
Chip: VIA 800MHz Processor
Memory: DDR3 512MB Memory, 2GB NAND Flash
Graphics: Built-in 2D/3D Graphic Resolution up to 720p
Input/Output:

  • HDMI
  • VGA
  • USB 2.0 (x4)
  • Audio out / Mic in
  • microSD Slot

Network: 10/100 Ethernet
Size: 170 x 85mm (W x H) Neo-ITX Standard*

APC is expected to begin shipping in early July, so if you want to get in on this you should get your pre-orders in.

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By Taji Abdullah
Involved with Android since the Cupcake days, Taji (B.K.A. Screw Muggz in G+ circles) is a developer and Android obsessed fanatic. If not somewhere deep in code or flashing a new ROM, he likes to shame owners of lesser devices for their poor choice of purchase. Highly elusive, but you can catch him on Google+ or track his latest known movements on Twitter.

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  • http://twitter.com/explodingwalrus Carl Draper

    I’m struggling to think of a use case apart from a small low powered desktop, what can I use it for to justify buying it?

    • Julian Maytum

      This could be used by schools to provide low cost computing to students. It could be used by parents to provide systems to young children that can easily and cheaply replace them if they break them. Just takes a little thinking :) Lots of uses for these devices!

    • Zebelhão Cabeção

      You just have to use your imagination: Appart from learning on a cheap basis, you can use it as a Media Streaming Server, as a house automation device, as a securitymonitoring appliance. Check the Raspberry Pi projects that people are posting to the web, and for sure you’ll find something usefull andor funny for you to do with it! In my case it’s usefull to learnteach Linux to Windows people, without the need to use a more powerfull PC or virtual machines :)

      • Robert Buchan-Terrey

        house automation and other such R-pi projects are a lot HARDER with this pc as it has no GPIO ports so everything would interface through USB