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butthurt [soylentnews.org] writes:

[corrected availability, added detail about processor, corrected information about video output]

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 [wikipedia.org] 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 [lexaloffle.com] 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 [getchip.com] 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:

• The Inquirer [theinquirer.net]
• PC World [pcworld.com]
• The Verge [theverge.com]
• hackerboards.com [hackerboards.com] (alternate link) [archive.is]

further information:
  manufacturer's blog [nextthing.co]

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