Minix NEO X5 Android 4 Mini PC

J&W have launched a new Android Mini PC this week, which has been created to try and make Android computing a little more mainstream and provides a small form factor Mini PC for just €99.

The new J&W Minix Neo X5 Android mini PC is powered by a Rockchip Dual Core Cortex A9 CPU, supported by 1GB of DDR3 memory and graphics provided by a Quad Core Mali 400 GPU.

Out of the box the Minix Neo X5 runs Google’s Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich (ICS) operating system, but its not been mentioned if an upgrade to Google’s latest Android 4.1 Jelly Bean operating system is currently in the works.

Other features of the Minix Neo X5 include 3 x USB 2.0 ports, 1 X HDMI, 1 x SD Card Reader, 1 x Ethernet and wireless connectivity via 802.11 a/b/g/n. A stick version of the Android mini PC is also available for €75.

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VIA $49 APC Android Mini PC

Via Technologies only put its new APC Android PC system up for pre-order in the last 24 hours and its already sold out. Just three weeks ago Via took the wraps off their new barebones Android mini PC

Which is capable of running Google’s latest Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich (ICS) operating system, and just like the popular Raspberry Pi mini computer, has now sold out in the first day of being available.

Equipped with a VIA WonderMedia ARM 11 SoC at 800 MHz processor., the mini PC system supports 720p HD video with hardware acceleration, and includes 2 GB of flash storage, with 512 MB of integrated DDR3 SDRAM.

Other features include a microSD card slot on the back panel for storage expansion, VGA out, HDMI out, four USB 2.0 ports, audio outputs, and Ethernet.

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CuBox Pro World's Smallest Opensource PC

A new open source mini computer has been created and unveiled this week called the CuBox Pro. Which has been created using a 800-megahertz dual-issue ARM PJ4 Marvell Armada 510 SoC (system on a chip) processor, supported by 1GB or RAM.

The CuBox Pro mini PC has no fan and measures just 2 inches square and weighs 3.2 ounces, but is capable of displaying full high definition video and will sell for around $159 when it launches later this month.

“We are proud to add the CuBox Pro to our product line,” says Kossay Omary, chief executive of SolidRun. “We believe many of our customers will benefit from the extra memory size regardless of what application they use their CuBox Pro for. Our customers will also notice that the power consumption of the new design is not impacted at all, which was a very important target for us.”

Other features of the tiny CuBox Pro Open Source Mini PC include infra-red receiver, gigabit ethernet port, two USB 2.0 ports and a micro-SD slot. SolidRun expects to start shipping the CuBox Pro mini PCs before the end of this month.

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