Ever since computer was invented the size of it has decreased rapidly, initially the room sized computer was made into a suitcase type and when the revolution came in silicon industry which made size ridiculously less. The latest trend has shifted to Ultra books and Tablet PC’s which have slimness jaw-dropping compared to computers of yesteryear, further miniaturization of devices are in progress where manufactures try to bring function of PC’s in smaller devices, MK802 Android 4.0 Mini PC is one of that kind and as the name tells you it runs Android’s ICS.
Features
The MK802 looks like a USB thumb drive or mostly like size of an Standard AA battery. The dimensions are only 3.5″ (w) x 1″ (d) x 0.5″. There are basically two variants Black body with white head and white body with black head. Front end of this device has the USB port and power inlet just beside it.
To support further connection a mini-USB port is situated on the right. You can connect peripherals directly to this device as both ports supports OTG. A card slot is present in the left which supports up-to 32GB. The audio and video output is taken only from the mini HDMI port which is present at the back of the device, there is no 3.5mm jack port so this port is only way of receiving audio and video from the device. There is no power button present in the device which means as soon as you power the device it will turn ON.
Full Specification
- OS : Android 4.0 (ICS)
- CPU : A10/ 1.5GHz Cortex-A8
- RAM : 512MB DDR3
- ROM : 4GB NandFlash
- GPU : 2D/ 3D/ OpenGL ES2.0(AMD Z430)
- Connectivity : Wireless 802.11b/g, WAPI
- Expansion : Micro TF card, expandable upto 32GB
- Slot : Micro 5pin USB/ USB2.0 with OTG support
- Keyboard Support : virtual keyboard, 2.4G wireless mouse and IR
- Audio : AAC, AAC+, eAAC+, AMR-NB,AMR-WB, QCP, MP3, WMA, WAV, MIDI, M4A
- Video : WMV/ASF/MP4/3GP/3G2M4V/AVI/MJPEG/RV10/DivX/VC-1/MPEG-2/MPEG-4/H.263/H.264/1280*720P HD 30 fps, 1080P/720*480 D1 30fps
- Built-in Android Apps : Youku,Tudou,QQ,Youtube,Twitter,AngryBird,Office,Gmail,Browse,Skype
- Input Power : 5V2A
- Weight : 280.0g
Once you switch on this device it first initializes the 720p video mode and then switches to 1080p if the display supports it, this makes the look awesome, it takes one minute to boot and has classic ICS look.
Video playback is simply awesome with 1080P which runs with no glitch and there is option of Multi-channel audio output. It can access external disks up to 1TB without any problem. You can download applications from Android Play such as Polaris and Kingsoft which will make this device worthy.
Where to Buy?
This device cost is the catch, it costs around 59$ (with free shipping) and the seller can ship this product anywhere in the world you can buy this fromhere.
The bottom line : MK802 Android 4.0 Mini PC is an rare combination of low power consumption and functionality, it cost is very less compared to the work it can do. It plays 1080P videos easily and can work with application downloaded from the Google play, in the bottom line its a cheap equivalent for high cost Streaming devices and media devices, it can turn your Tv into Smart TV within seconds. Interaction is the only problem as it doesn’t support both keyboard and mouse and hence you need to get an device like Logitech MX 3200 to interact with the device. You can also tweak this device to run Linux and Ubuntu.
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