While I was musing about lack of mini PC sticks based on Samsung Octo, or Tegra 4, or Snapdragon 800, or any ARM Cortex-A15 SoCs in previous article about that UNUIGA, there's this another interesting contender in quad core Cortex-A9 field: CloudnetGo USB/HDMI stick based on quad core RK3188 chip:
SoC – Rockchip RK3188 quad core Cortex A9 @ 1.8Ghz + Mali-400MP4 GPU System Memory – 2GB DDR3 Storage – 8 to 16GB internal flash + micro SD slot (up to 32GB) Connectivity – Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g/n Video Output – HDMI (male) up to 2160p Video Codecs – VP8, AVS, MJPEG, RV8/9/10, H.263, H.264, VC-1, MPEG-2, MPEG-4, DIVX Video Container Formats – AVI, RM, RMVB, PMP, FLV, MP4, M4V, VOB, WMV, 3GP, MKV, ASF, 3G2M4V. Audio Codecs/Formats – MP1/2/3, WMA, OGG, AAC, M4A, FLAC, APE, AMR, RA, WAV. USB – 1x USB Host 2.0, 1x micro USB for power
Read more: http://www.cnx-software.com/2013/03/08/cloudnetgo-cr9-is-an-hdmi-tv-stick-based-on-rockchip-rk3188-quad-core-soc/#ixzz2My6DZ0cp
Source for quoted CNX-Soft article gives a tidbit more data:
While the stick is not released to the masses of tinkerers yet, its Chinese manufacturer teases with comparisons like this one:
Well, to beat or be equal to Tegra 3 in Nexus 7 it might take just a $166 Hyundai T7 tablet that is based on Samsung Exynos 4412. Apparently, RK3188 won't compare much to Tegra 4 in unnumbered Vizio prototype demoed at the last MWC:
But among the mini PC sticks, this CloudnetGo toy is apparently a reigning king for now, as it may beat that Allwinner A31 based Unuiga I wrote earlier. Price is not announced yet, but it would be a big surprise if it would be significantly more than $100. Moreover, there is a competition for CloudnetGo stick: this Tronsmart T428 contraption the Geekbuying guys got to play without case:
There are claims of similar sticks called Pipo Max M9, so the price will certainly go down pretty soon. In other words, if somebody decides to get some *802, *808 stick for $50...$80, don't do it.
For those who are not inclined to use this or Tronsmart or Pipo stick with just TV, or in a project with Motorola Lapdock, there's this RK3188 based Cube U30GT2 tablet for about $300.
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