Chinese company is working on a mini PC for Android apps that will cost $ 30

The Chinese developers who released a Surface clone for Android apps at the beginning of this year are now coming with a mini PC with support for Google’s mobile operating system. They have raised amply the necessary capital through Kickstarter this month.

The mini computer, the Remix Mini, went on sale for about $20 on Kickstarter, but is now available for $30. The creators hoped for a starting capital of 50,000 dollars and they achieved it with ease. At the time of writing, they have raised nearly a million dollars. That amounts to more than 911,000 euros.

The Remix Mini is 8.8 by 12.4 by 2.6 centimeters in size and has a quad-core processor with a Cortex A53 core at 1.2 GHz. The mini computer is available in two models: one with 8GB and one with 16GB storage memory. The two variants also have 1GB or 2GB of RAM on board, respectively.

The Mini has two USB 2.0 ports, an HDMI 1.4 port, an Ethernet connection and an audio jack for plugging in earphones, for example. According to the inventors, the computer offers the standard H265 codec, which allows the user to play 4k videos, among other things.

The mini computer, which can be turned on and off with a touch-sensitive button, runs on the proprietary Remix OS, which can also be used to run Android apps. Remix OS includes a custom file manager, email client, and calendar optimized for large screens, among others.

The creators of the Remix Mini, former employees of Google, are no strangers. Earlier this year, they released the Remix tablet, which resembles Microsoft’s Surface tablet. They released the tablet under their company name Jide.