14
2011
Android OS Plans On Breaking Out Of Its Mobile Boundaries
An article by admin
Google has done nothing but shine light on their plans for Android. Tablets and Smartphones are only one piece of the puzzle – the search giant intends on getting Android everywhere possible. A new USB device created by FXI Technologies will perhaps allow a great stride for Google in its goals. This device was designed to host a super-miniature computer inside of a small USB stick. This USB stick can be put into any device that supports USB storage, and it should be recognized as a USB drive. From that point, a user can run the Android OS in a secure environment, such as their very own desktop computer. “Cotton Candy” being the name of this device, creates a virtualized window for Android when you stick it into your desktop. This USB device also features an HDMI connector, allowing you to connect this stick to your TV and use android on the big screen, pretty exciting. Cotton Candy is not just simply Android on a stick how ever – inside is a 1.2GHz ARM Cortex A9-based processor, which is the same basic processor architecture found in the fastest chips from NVIDIA and Apple. The device also has an ARM quad-core Mali GPU alongside 1GB of RAM. A very impressive list of specs for such a tiny gadget.
Just about any piece of consumer electronics that can be thought of is capable of utilizing the Cotton Candy USB stick, but it’s still only a taste of what Android could one day be.
