Motorola announces Android-powered desktop system with 18.5-inch touchscreen
Motorola has just launched a really interesting Android-powered pseudo-computers that hosts all sorts of home entertainment content. The HMC3260 has an 18.5-inch LED touchscreen that can play TV shows, movies, play games, browse the web, and otherwise run Android apps. Motorola partnered up with a cloud service provider called WASU to load this thing up with content. Here are the specs.
*Freescale i.MX53 ARM Cortex A8 1GHz
*Memory: 1 GB DDR RAM, 4 GB NAND flash memory.
*18.5-inch LED display (1366x768 @ 60Hz, 16:9 widescreen)
*Android 2.3.4 operating system, customized Android Launcher with rich *desktop experience
*TV and video client and integration
*Broadband internet access through EuroDOCSIS and LAN (PPPoE / DHCP +, etc.)
While Android is certainly no stranger to dipping its toes in the desktop computer world, it's not often we see big-name manufacturers create an all-out desktop device complete with a mouse and keyboard. It's still running Android 2.3 Gingerbread, so don't expect a whole lot from the Motorola HMC3260, but the concept sure is interesting.
Motorola has just launched a really interesting Android-powered pseudo-computers that hosts all sorts of home entertainment content. The HMC3260 has an 18.5-inch LED touchscreen that can play TV shows, movies, play games, browse the web, and otherwise run Android apps. Motorola partnered up with a cloud service provider called WASU to load this thing up with content. Here are the specs.
*Freescale i.MX53 ARM Cortex A8 1GHz
*Memory: 1 GB DDR RAM, 4 GB NAND flash memory.
*18.5-inch LED display (1366x768 @ 60Hz, 16:9 widescreen)
*Android 2.3.4 operating system, customized Android Launcher with rich *desktop experience
*TV and video client and integration
*Broadband internet access through EuroDOCSIS and LAN (PPPoE / DHCP +, etc.)
While Android is certainly no stranger to dipping its toes in the desktop computer world, it's not often we see big-name manufacturers create an all-out desktop device complete with a mouse and keyboard. It's still running Android 2.3 Gingerbread, so don't expect a whole lot from the Motorola HMC3260, but the concept sure is interesting.
