Globalscale's DreamPlug looks to have the build-quality of a $5 card-reader from your local dime-store, total with ill-fitting cosmetic panels and 1980s utility-chic color-scheme. But who cares? This is a minuscule Personal Computer that is not as big than the median wall-wart, and sups only 5 watts of power – the same as a USB dock supplies.
The DreamPlug packs a 1.2GHz Marvell Sheeva CPU, 512MB RAM (and 2MB storage, upgradeable by a microSD slot). You moreover obtain a span of Gigabit Ethernet ports, two USB-ports, an eSATA port, Bluetooth 2.1 EDR and even Wi-Fi (b and g).
Wait, there's more: 48K/44.1 KHz audio (in and out), a 16-bit DAC, a headphone jack and an S/PDIF visual port.
Not bad, right? And here's the price: $150. The DreamPlug comes with Ubuntu or Debian Linux, but you could may do whatever you similar to with it. Like erect a plug-in RSS-enabled BitTorrent box, or a notice system, or a media-server. At his price, you could obtain a only to tinker with.
One more thing: It's tiny, but it gets even tinier. The segment you see with the two power-plug prongs protruding? That's removable, so you can fist this inside other box and run a line to the mains.
The DreamPlug is existing now. All your cheap, plasticky nerd-dreams can advance true.
DreamPlug product page [Glabalscale around DVICE ]
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