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http://www.zdnet.com.au/raspberry-pi-us35-mini-system-starts-shipping-339336071.htm
Raspberry Pi US$35 mini system starts shipping
The system is smaller than most smartphones, and comes with Ethernet, HDMI, two USB ports and an SD card slot, and it runs off a 700MHz ARM chip with 256MB of RAM.
If you missed the first wave, RS Components is still taking registrations to get in line for the next batch.
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http://www.engadget.com/2012/06/01/raspberry-pi-impressions-the-35-linux-computer-and-tinker-toy/
If there's one place the Pi has been an unquestionable success, it's been on cost. The $10 laptop? Never materialized. The $35 tablet? It cost closer to $60. And OLPC's $100 laptop? It was pushing $200 by the time it started shipping. The Raspberry Pi, on the other hand, never drew a line in the sand, so, the fact that it clocks in at a measly $35 for the advanced model is all the more impressive.
While some crafty devs have managed to get Quake III up and running...
In the end, it's important to remember that the Raspberry Pi's goals are not to be an everyday PC or a media player, but more like a tinker toy. It's supposed to be a low cost computer for developing apps or a flexible and powerful option
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Raspberry_Pi
AUSTRALIANS who registered an interest in the tiny $US35 ($35.25) Raspberry Pi computer could be waiting months for delivery due to a manufacturing backlog.
Global supplier RS Components says only 58 Pis have been delivered in Australia and New Zealand since expressions of interest were taken at the end of February.
http://hackaday.com/tag/raspberry-pi/
Raspberry Pi hacks
https://www.zdnet.com/news/raspberry-pi-delivers-cheap-windows-for-smbs/6364035
A Raspberry Pi enthusiast has managed to get Windows 7 on the cheap Linux computer using Citrix XenDesktop.
A video posted to YouTube shows a recently shipped Raspberry Pi running a Windows 7 virtual desktop, using Citrix XenDesktop 5.6 on a VMware ESXi 5 hypervisor
Google has announced a partnership with a UK charity that will see it provide computer science teachers for under-privileged schools
https://mashable.com/2012/05/18/raspberry-pi/
By far the cheapest computer on the market, the creator of Raspberry Pi hopes to get the gadget in the hands of children all over the world.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-18163419
Raspberry Pi faces challenge from Android-based rivals
Powered by a WonderMedia ARM processor, the APC offers an alternative to the Raspberry Pi
The Raspberry Pi computer faces fresh competition from two Asian micro-PC rivals.
Taiwan's Via Technologies has announced plans to sell the APC. Like the Pi it comes with its motherboard exposed and is designed to be connected to a TV or monitor.
It follows the MK802 - an enclosed PC-on-a-stick from China's Rikomagic - which went on sale last week.
Both new devices use Android, while the Pi runs GNU/Linux system software.
Pocket PCs
Via says the APC will be sold for $49 (£31) when it begins shipping in July.
It features 2GB of flash memory storage and runs an "optimised" version of Android 2.3. It measures 17cm by 8.5cm (6.7in by 3.3in)
The firm boasts that it only consumes up to 13.5 watts of power, a tenth of that consumed by a standard PC system.
Mikomagic MK802 Rikomagic's MK802 comes enclosed in a case and offers higher specifications than its rivals
By contrast, the MK802 is being advertised for $79, but offers higher specifications with 4GB of storage - upgradable to 32GB, as well as built-in wireless connectivity and the newer Android 4.0 system.
It measures 8.8cm by 3.5cm and is described as "the smallest volume Google TV player".
New market
The Raspberry Pi - which is advertised for $25 - remains the cheapest option. That reflects the fact that it is a not-for-profit project by a charitable foundation, as well as its reliance on separate SD cards for storage.
Others outside Asia are also trying to break into the nascent market.
Norway's FXI Technologies plans to release the USB-stick sized Cotton Candy PC later this year, while Intel plans to launch a new budget platform called "Next Unit of Computing" in the second half of the year.
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