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Despite its 60 x 40 mm, its features make it a full-fledged computer. The Californian company created the Next Thing Co. and wait it out to the market in early 2016.
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At the price of two pints of beer in London, metro tickets for 15 days in Mexico City or five kilos of rice in Argentina, a computer could be yours.
That is, at least , promising California-based Next Thing Co., creator of CHIP, the computer 60 x 40 mm it intends to sell to US $ 9.
Despite having the size of a credit card, its features make it a full-fledged computer. with a 1GHz processor, 512MB of RAM and 4GB of storage
The small device has a USB port and a mini USB, so that It can be connected to conventional computer screens and simply. And it has video output.
“As an application ready for use, CHIP can be connected to video. So you can use an old TV or a small screen you have,” says Dabe Rauchwerg member of Next Thing Co., in a video for Make , a digital medium specializing in new technologies .
In addition, its integrated Wi-Fi and Bluetooth connectivity series enables your almost completely wireless use.
Although his most skeptical critics say that with that processor and the memory will not be possible to work with it from a desktop to use.
However, it also becomes on a laptop after you insert PocketC.HIP, an accessory designed by the same company that will sell for US $ 49.
It has a touch screen of 4.3 inches and 470 x 272 pixels resolution, a miniature keyboard and Mini Battery 3000 mAH to ensure that offers a battery life of 5 hours.
The Assembly reminds the BlackBerry smartphone Passport.
The invention is not out yet market, although its developers hope to put it on sale in early 2016.
To that end, they launched a campaign to collect funds on Kickstarter platform.
So far raised US $ 645,000, and the company says it lacks US $ 50,000 to reach its goal.
The 13,000 people who supported the initiative and receive a CHIP at home, and who put more money also get housing, PocketC.HIP
Of these, besides the financial contribution, the company expects to help you finish developing the product.
And the device runs on Free. Debian GNU / Linux
And when he finally does, its main competitor is the Raspberry Pi, market leader of miniPC today.
Although the latest version of the invention Eben Upton, founder of Raspberry Pi Foundation, has more memory, USB ports, more powerful processor, etc., does not have Wi-Fi and Bluetooth connectivity.
So that would be the main advantage of the minicomputer from Next Thing Co.
That, in addition to price, since the Raspberry Pi costs US $ 35.
Of course, experts warn that $ 9 can only be purchased the basic version of the device.
In this line, the specialist Gareth Halfacree wrote in the digital environment Bit-Tech that the creators of CHIP sacrificed “a few features” in their desire to make a smaller and cheaper computer.
According to him, reinforce it so that your graphics capabilities reach the the Raspberry Pi will equal to this cost.
But, either way, is a computer at the price of a few drinks.
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