Beijing-based Jide Tech has created a gadget called Remix Mini, an Android based mini-PC that runs on an OS called Remix OS and is heavily customized to serve as the bridge between Android apps and a desktop.
It has a taskbar, can function in multi-windows, and has to be used with a mouse and a keyboard while running on a monitor or a big screen, according to NDTV.
The Remix Mini PC shows how the desktop has evolved in an era of mobile hardware and software. It is designed as an elongated pebble-like device, with no buttons, and is smaller than the Mac mini. Touching the top surface turns on the device. It has two USB ports, a headphone port, a micro SD slot, and an HDMI connector for a monitor, if you do not want to connect monitor via Wi-Fi, according to Venture Beat.
The Android-PC mash-up device is powered by a 64-bit 1.2 GHz quad-core Allwinner CPU and offers RAM and storage of 1 GB/8 GB and 2GB/16GB, Slash Gear reports.
It is intentionally made with low power to maintain its mobile nature, far from the regular resources and power needed by a PC. This means it is practically limited to the very same things that smartphones and tablets can do, only this time you can use your monitor.
