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$70 ARM PC Can Run Android and Ubuntu Linux

19.04.2012
There's been a great deal of excitement this year about tiny, cheap computers such as Cotton Candy and , and no wonder: Linux-powered devices like these are nothing short of a , both for the way they make technology more accessible to those who wouldn't otherwise be able to afford it, and for lowering the cost of innovation and experimentation for everyone.

Now, there's yet another example.

Currently available for , the Mele A1000 is a small ARM device that runs Android but can apparently be configured to run as well.

Bootable from the SD Card

The Mele 1000 is powered by the ARM-based chip, a 400-pin, 1.2GHz Cortex A8 ARM core with a MALI400MP OpenGL ES 2.0 GPU.

The A10 chip also boasts 2160p hardware-accelerated video playback and a NAND Flash controller capable of eight-way concurrent direct memory access.