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As Kim and I stand here in New York demonstrating our sweet little Cotton Candy to the world, I realize that we do need to offer an explanation of the name. The reason is that it was the most similar existing object that describes somewhat what it is doing: a stick connecting a cloud to your hand!
Today there are as many screens as there are people on the planet, however, while population growth is declining the number of screens are increasing. With this growth of screens the complexity of the various systems driving them, semi conductors, cables, eco-systems, operating systems, service channels, payment models, etc. also increase.
At the same time we see that we want to use these screens the same way. We want to check our Facebook, post our Tweats, read our e-mail, find the closest restaurant, watch movies, play games and check stock quotes. There is certainly an app for everything, and we want these apps to be everywhere.
But for an App developer to be able to support all these “screens” one need to port to iOS, Android, Mac, Windows, Linux, bunch of proprietary Smart TV and Set-Top-Box OSes and whatnot. And all of these have different APIs, graphics accelerators, memory configurations, CPU performance, media accelerators etc. which makes it impossible to create an App with the same experience on every screen. This fragmentation has plagued developers and consumers alike for as long as there has been computing, and now that computing is going into absolutely everything so does the fragmentation.
Nisse said at 19. November 2011
Hi..
When I found this I just said WOW! I want!
Some questions…
Does It have HDMI-CEC? To send remote control signals from TV to the device..
And will it be able to run other OS, like OpenELEC?
http://openelec.tv/
Counting the days ’till I can buy one of these
When will it be on sale?
/Nisse
RODLU said at 20. November 2011
Excellent, I knew that sooner or later someone or somedbody was going to think and do something about it, i see the concept and its use, very nice… now…
kevin1964 said at 23. November 2011
cant wait for this to hit the market…..i will definitly get one of these.
Matthew Harris said at 15. January 2012
I really love what you guys are doing. Obviously you mentioned support for linux, but will any of your devices ship with linux (ubuntu maybe?)
Also, what specifications are you willing to give away? How much internal memory does it hold? Does it include 3g/4g? You mentioned in your video, that it requires external power via usb, does that mean it doesn’t include an internal power supply? (understandable given the size)
Again, amazing job you guys!
borgar said at 18. January 2012
Matthew. Be sure to visit the product page and download the specifications sheet. Kim
Anthony Kingsman Rafaeserta said at 07. February 2012
One laptop computer could have specifications concerning what styles and how an ideal offer memory space it could use.
borgar said at 11. February 2012
Anthony: Specifications to date are o the product page. Download the specifications sheet. More details to come soon. Also be sure to join our mailing list on the FXI home page. Kim
David said at 23. February 2012
This is a smart blog. I mean it. You have so much kdlwoenge about this issue, and so much passion. You also know how to make people rally behind it, obviously from the responses. Youve got a design here thats not too flashy, but makes a statement as big as what youre saying. Great job, indeed.