Remix Mini, a PC on the custom version of Android, raised over $ 1 million on Kickstarter

Crowdfunding is a very good solution for many projects. At the same time, some projects, being launched on Kickstarter or Indiegogo, show simply record results. One of these champion projects is a miniature PC on Android, called Remix Mini.

As the operating system installed custom version Adnroid, created by Chinese startup Jide. By the way, this company was founded by an ex-employee of Google. A feature of the customized version of Android, called Remix OS, is the presence of a taskbar, support for working simultaneously with several applications (multi-window), plus a large number of other nice features.


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Interestingly, in addition to the PC, the same company launched a project to raise funds for the Remix Ultra tablet, in many respects similar to Microsoft Surface. The project of the tablet collected about $ 210 thousand, but Remix Mini has already received more than $ 1 million , instead of $ 50 thousand. The project supported 14 thousand Kickstarter users! This is one of the most successful projects to raise funds for the "iron" project. Of course, the Pebble Time record with its $ 20 + million is far, but to collect a million dollars on Kickstarter is not a trivial task.

One of the factors that influenced the success of the project is the price. So, the "early birds" will receive a PC for only $ 20. Now these positions are already closed, there are options for $ 30 (or $ 40, with the best characteristics).

PC capabilities are not suitable for "heavy" applications, but with most office tasks and working with media content, the PC handles it. Inside - 1.2 GHz Allwinner H64 ARM Cortex-A53 processor, up to 2 GB of RAM, up to 16 GB of ROM, wireless modules Wi-Fi and Bluetooth 4.0, Ethernet, HDMI ports. The size is 4.9 ″ x 3.5 ″ x 1 ″.

Remix OS, if desired, can be downloaded separately. So, now there is a version for Nexus 9 and Nexus 10 . Now work on the system continues, in July, the developers released Remix OS 1.5.



And here is a Remix 2.0 demonstration, with a lot of new products.