Monday, November 21st 2011
FXI Puts A Powerful Cloud Client in Your Pocket with Cotton Candy
Norwegian company FXI aims to grab some attention with its latest creation, the Cotton Candy. Simply put, this is a thumb drive-sized device that either plugs into a PC/notebook using USB, or a TV/display using HDMI, and works as a cloud-client computer. In its tiny form of 8 x 2.5 cm (L x W), this cloud-client packs an ARM Cortex-A9 1.20 GHz dual-core processor, 1 GB of RAM, ARM Mali-400MP quad-core GPU, a micro-SDHC card reader, and connectivity that includes Bluetooth 2.1 EDR, WiFi b/g/n, and USB; stuff high-end smartphones are made of.
You can simply plug this to your HDTV, connect wireless keyboard and mouse that support Bluetooth or WiFi, and end up with a cloud-ready desktop powered by either Android or Ubuntu. You can even connect your Android smartphone to it and use its touchscreen as an input device. With your more powerful desktop or notebook, you can simply plug Cotton Candy to a USB port and boot from it (like you'd boot from a flash drive). The OS loads up, and you have your cloud desktop ready to go. Besides its compact form, Cotton Candy weighs as little as 21 grams. It is expected to be priced under US $200.
Source:
Hexus.net
You can simply plug this to your HDTV, connect wireless keyboard and mouse that support Bluetooth or WiFi, and end up with a cloud-ready desktop powered by either Android or Ubuntu. You can even connect your Android smartphone to it and use its touchscreen as an input device. With your more powerful desktop or notebook, you can simply plug Cotton Candy to a USB port and boot from it (like you'd boot from a flash drive). The OS loads up, and you have your cloud desktop ready to go. Besides its compact form, Cotton Candy weighs as little as 21 grams. It is expected to be priced under US $200.
27 Comments on FXI Puts A Powerful Cloud Client in Your Pocket with Cotton Candy
10-15 years from now.
BUT CAN IT PLAY DOOM?!!!
The question you should be asking is "can it run Quake 3 Arena?". The answer is tilting in favour of yes.
koti.mbnet.fi/hinkka/Download.html
I had a Sandisk Sansa E280 with rockbox installed that could play doom - or at least wolfenstein3D.
good times.
NEED ONE NOW!!! :laugh:
In any event, this is way cool. I suspect that Apple TV will be something along the same lines, but a complete solution, including an overpriced TV.
Not sure if anyone tried quake3 arena should run the same.
Just google for " webgl quake3 " and get the firefox4+ and nokia webcl files webcl.nokiaresearch.com/ , you might then want to re-test peacekeeper browser test again to see your new 1000+ score.
Damn nice idea and size FXI, price is a bit high but should come down to (cost + profit) total retail of USD$38.00. I wonder why they did not use the quad core with mali 8core gpu for this FXI expensive sales prices.
You can get this all in a dual core, quad band mobile phone with dual sim and tv tuner included for $78 to $128 "iPhone 7" replacement delivered to your door so this FXI prices is too high.
Not sure how many of these you can plug into the limited usb slots on a laptop , maybe more on a desktop and then do DrQueue then it would make sense ie: 2x xeon EVGA sr-2/3 quad sli + 8 FXI that should do something for number crunching and save on electricity vs 12 pc's doing something similar.
...the cloud
Now, since it has $27.36 worth of parts, the price should be lowered to $50 bucks.
I wanna know which version of android it will run...
You should also be able to mod the boot loader and dual boot to some on board storage and load ubuntu from there if not default os or any other linux or remote storage using the kernel cmd line option.
Ah see the micro sd card slot, should be the same as on our phones and dual booting.
and yes everything is in the clould now .,.. i even invented a chair where i can play mw3 and when i poop or pee it does in the cloud!