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PocketCHIP Handheld Computer Reviewed

posted by martyb on Thursday September 01 2016, @04:19AM   Printer-friendly
from the CHIPs-Ahoy! dept.

butthurt writes:

Several sites have articles about the PocketCHIP, a handheld computer that was funded through Kickstarter. It seems to have shipped to its sponsors, or at least to review sites, but the company's Web site displays "Estimated Shipping October 2016" for the rest of us.

The device is built around the CHIP computer, which has a 1 GHz ARM Cortex-R8 processor, Mali 400 GPU, 4 GB of flash, 512 MB of RAM, Wi-Fi, Bluetooth 4, and USB 3.0. The PocketCHIP adds a plastic case, keyboard, lithium polymer battery and 480-by-272-pixel touch screen. It comes with Debian Linux and the PICO-8 software suite, which allows one to create and play video games.

The PocketCHIP is being sold for $69 ($49 for those who sponsored it), and the CHIP for $9.

Accessories are also offered to add VGA or HDMI output to the CHIP. It appears that owners of the PocketCHIP would have to take it apart to use those.

Articles:

Further information:
  manufacturer's blog

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  • (Score: 2) by DeathMonkey on Thursday September 01 2016, @05:19PM

    by DeathMonkey (1380) on Thursday September 01 2016, @05:19PM (#396273) Journal

    For Science!

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  • (Score: 2) by Yog-Yogguth on Saturday September 03 2016, @09:48PM

    by Yog-Yogguth (1862) Subscriber Badge on Saturday September 03 2016, @09:48PM (#397148) Journal

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