<div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_extra"><div class="gmail_quote">On 13 January 2014 23:00, geoffrey mendelson <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:geoffreymendelson@gmail.com" target="_blank">geoffreymendelson@gmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br>
<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div class="im">On 1/13/2014 1:45 PM, Amos Shapira wrote:<br>
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So what's the advantage of this "Chinese Tablet"? It's limited to old Android (I found them on eBay too now, they all list Android 4.2 or 4.0), can it run a Bittorent client properly? No HDMI cable etc. So why?<br>
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It's not really a tablet, it has no screen. The screen is your monitor/TV connected via an HDMI port (obviously you looked at a different device than I did). It identifies as a tablet, so that's why I called it that.<br>
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A link would help:<br>
<a href="http://www.ebay.com/itm/Android-4-2-SATA-HDD-Media-Player-HD-TV-Quad-Core-Bluetooth-DLNA-WiFi-Streamer-5-/151207460031?pt=US_Internet_Media_Streamers&hash=item2334aabcbf" target="_blank">http://www.ebay.com/itm/<u></u>Android-4-2-SATA-HDD-Media-<u></u>Player-HD-TV-Quad-Core-<u></u>Bluetooth-DLNA-WiFi-Streamer-<u></u>5-/151207460031?pt=US_<u></u>Internet_Media_Streamers&hash=<u></u>item2334aabcbf</a><br>
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<a href="https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.utorrent.client&hl=en" target="_blank">https://play.google.com/store/<u></u>apps/details?id=com.utorrent.<u></u>client&hl=en</a><br>
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The main reasons is that it cost $100 (US) for the unit, and it includes a quad core ARM chip. This will give you enough CPU power to run BitTorrent, watch TV shows, etc and not run up the electrical bill that a real computer would. If you download to a USB memory stick instead of a disk drive, it will be silent.<br>
</blockquote><div><br></div><div>Wouldn't I get the same power benefits with the Cubox? Silent drive can be achieved with a <$200 multi-GB eternal SSD drive.</div><div><br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">
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As for Android being old, the current divide is Android 4 (any version). Older versions than 4 won't run modern Apps.</blockquote><div><br></div><div>I've been using Android for the past 5 years. There is a big lag between latest releses and back-porting to none-standard hardware (that's why I bought the Nexus 5 and intend to stick to Nexus hardware for phones/tablet).</div>
<div><br></div><div>The attraction I see in Cubox is the ability to run standard Linux on it. Isn't it better than android-only on some hardware from China?</div><div><br></div></div>
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