AV Magazine AV Magazine As reported in Laptop Magazine, the device is tentatively called Cotton Candy because its weight (21g) is similar to a bag of sweets. The tiny PC has the ability to turn any TV, laptop, phone, tablet, or set-top box into a dumb terminal for the Android OS.
The Cotton Candy has a USB 2.0 connector on one end and an HDMI jack on the other. When connected to an HDTV, it uses the HDMI port for video, the USB for power, and Bluetooth to connect to a keyboard, mouse, or tablet for controlling the operating system. The device can output up to 1080p so even a full HD screen can display the Candy’s preloaded Android 2.3 operating system at its native resolution. The dual core CPU can even play local 1080p video or stream HD clips from the internet.
The device is preloaded with Android 2.3 OS
When the Cotton Candy is plugged into a Mac or PC, the Windows or OS X operating system recognizes it as a USB drive. The software can then be launched and run on the Cotton Candy’s Android environment in a secure window while using the desktop OS outside the window. Files can be transferred between a notebook’s native OS and the Cotton Candy’s Android environment by dragging them off or on the USB stick’s memory.
FXI plans to sell the Cotton Candy to developers and let OEMs license the technology and turn it into something that can appeal to a wide audience. The company hasn’t set pricing yet for the Cotton Candy, but expects it to cost considerably less than $200 per unit.
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