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Home > News > There’s Always Room for Raspberry Pi, the Pocketable Computer
Raspberry Pi computer

There’s Always Room for Raspberry Pi, the Pocketable Computer

May 6, 2011 by giovanni

Raspberry Pi computerWe’ve been saying for a while now that computers are “getting smaller and smaller”. While it’s not nano tech, this little computer on a single circuit board is certainly bringing bare bones computing to a new level.

The Raspberry Pi is about the size of a USB flash drive but contains all the guts of a fully functional computer (less input and output devices). It runs a 700Mhz ARM11 processor and 128MB of SDRAM. One end of the board has a USB connector, the other an HDMI port. It also has composite video output and an SD/MMC/SDIO card slot. It’s designed to run open source software and an OS like Ubuntu, with a target price of $25. The goal is to put this in the hands of children for educational purposes at a price that can be met by schools in the developing world. What are your thoughts on a cheap computer that can be carried in a pocket? Let us know in the comments.

(via CrunchGear and BBC)

Filed Under: News Tagged With: computers, education, USB

About giovanni

giovanni is an ad age, emmy, telly, & webby award-winning search engine optimization and social media strategist from texas who works with brands in entertainment, fashion, food & beverage, sports, and technology.

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Comments

  1. Ted says

    May 13, 2011 at 9:16 pm

    What are the possibilities for a small donation to get the plans to make your own? Using the money generated to help further your project and it that also as an open source idea? People could them input ideas for the Raspberry Pi project? Or just make some for public sale.. I know there would be tons of people that would be willing to buy one, even to help support the cause. Awesome concept!

  2. hassan voyeau says

    May 6, 2011 at 9:17 pm

    I like the idea.

  3. Pepe says

    May 6, 2011 at 11:50 am

    Add a wifi card that can do injection and you’ll have a winning combo

  4. TerminusVox says

    May 6, 2011 at 11:21 am

    Yes, please!

  5. Curiosity63 says

    May 6, 2011 at 11:01 am

    Hello Dave,
    thank you for this great find in subject.

    Finally a computer that can be closing the gap between the rich and the poor in education in this world.
    I hope the privileged people pay for this computer so that the people in poverty can get their hands on this and the world becomes more equal finally.

    Take care,
    nick

  6. Shaun Shere-Massey says

    May 6, 2011 at 10:59 am

    Brilliant concept, I’m looking forward to seeing the finished product when it goes on sale.

  7. veritanuda says

    May 6, 2011 at 10:55 am

    Ooooo that is sweet.. and if it is really $25 I’ll grab myself some and play. 🙂

  8. Craig Bakkala says

    May 6, 2011 at 10:52 am

    Only one question… Where can I get one!!!

  9. Seth Forgosh says

    May 6, 2011 at 10:51 am

    This might make a nice cheap Virtual Desktop client.

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