7:07 PM
Cotton Candy, a computer that looks like an USB thumb drive which runs Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich or Ubuntu for ARM is now available for pre-order at a price of $199 plus tax and shipping (the delivery is expected in March). It's a lot more expensive than
Raspberry Pi, but it also has better hardware as well as Wifi and Bluetooth:
- Dual Core ARM Cortex A9@1.2GHz CPU
- Quad Core ARM Mali-400MP Graphics Processing Unit
- 1GB DRAM
- Up to 64GB memory local storage (microSD)
- 480p/720p/1080p decode of MPEG4-SP/H.263/H.264 AVC/MPEG-2/VC1
- USB 2.0 male connector for power and connection to devices that supports USB mass storage
- MicroUSB
- HDMI 1.3 Connector with audio
- Wifi 802.11b/g/n
- Bluetooth 2.1 + EDR
Cotton Candy can run either as a completely functional computer when connected to a monitor or you can plug it into a computer and run it inside your current OS thanks to a virtualization client embedded in the device.
You can pre-order Cotton Candy @ store.cstick.com
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1:29 PM
Raspberry Pi, the credit-card sized computers running Linux, are finally available for purchase. For now, only Model B, which costs $35 is on sale and the number of available units is limited to 10.000, so if you want one, hurry!
Also, today's sales are limited to one per customer but you should be able to buy as many as you want in about a month or so.
For those not familiar with Raspberry Pi, here are the system specs:
- CPU ARM1176JZF-S 700 MHz
- Storage capacity SD Card Slot (SD or SDHC card)
- Memory: 256 MiB (it was announced today that both will have 256 MiB)
- Graphics: Broadcom VideoCore IV, OpenGL ES 2.0 , 1080p30 H.264 high-profile decode
The main difference between Model A and B is that B includes an Ethernet port and 2 USB ports.
To buy the Raspberry Pi, head over to
Premier Farnell or
RS Components and search for Raspberry Pi. Unfortunately both websites are pretty slow / unreachable right now because apparently, everybody wants a Raspberry Pi.
Update: Raspberry Pi has confirmed on Twitter that the Farnell stock has been sold out and apparently, RS Components is only taking pre-orders for now.
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