HDMI Dongle: Portable set-top box runs Android 4

Written By
Web Webster
Web Webster
Jan 12, 2012

[ Thanks to finid
for this link. ]

“HDMI Dongle is an Open Source, USB-sized set-top box from
Always Innovating, a technology outfit based in San Francisco, CA
USA. A TV on a stick, it is designed to turn any TV with USB and
HDMI ports into a connected TV running Android 4. Like the Cotton
Candy, it has an HDMI and a USB port. The magic comes via the HDMI
port, while the USB port is to power the device from the TV it is
attached to.

“The hardware specs of the device are: Texas Instruments
Cortex-A9 OMAP 4 processor (1.0 GHz to 1.8 GHz), 1 GB RAM, a
microSD slot, and Wi-Fi and Bluetooth modules. It comes with a
simple remote control that has voice control and Near Field
Communication (NFC) capabilities. On the software side, it ‘can run
Android Ice Scream Sandwich and is technically compatible with
Google TV.'”


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