Meet Kangaroo, Intel Atom x5-Z8500 Cherry Trail

[trebor]

Had to check this one out

As an Aussie I had to see what has someone done now.

Intel Atom x5-Z8500 Cherry Trail processor, 2GB of RAM and 32GB of storage, microSD card reader.
A removable dock that adds an HDMI port, two USB ports, and a DC power connector.
Also has a fingerprint reader so you can secure your login to Windows 10 using biometrics.

A very interesting concept with the Plugin dock.

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A little more from here

This is a Kangaroo

Cheers

[Zahir]

Nice one, mate.

[RISCy Dude]

This device ought to be hopping-fast.

That is one cool kangaroo pictured. Looks like an entry for the contest to replace the Playboy bunny mascot.

[trebor]

They just lay around the yard,
Chillaxing waiting for the next big thing if they can be bothered,

[bluesmanuk]

It's an interesting looking box and for the money, is cheap.

The feature to use Windows 10 on any iOS device seems unique.

The only thing that I can't get my head around is exactly what the separate dock seeks to achieve as a separate item.

I was going to order one to try it but not available for delivery to us pommy barstewards.

I'll have to settle for a pound of Kangaroo meat for burgers instead.

[RISCy Dude]

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Ditto!

[trebor]

We can hope the concept may spread to other manafactures with other options like ether, optical.
Drop the finger print and more Ram.
Cheers

[trebor]

Aimed at a market that may want a portable sercure divices at a guess, no dock, if found nothiing will work.

[bluesmanuk]

microSDXC support up to 128Gb also make it a potentially attractive proposition.

[ProsjektX]

We're getting closer... now, if someone can please match the Z8500 with 4GiB of RAM... Then you'd have a reasonably fast Win10/Linux computer that you can actually do work on.

[bluesmanuk]

We're getting closer... now, if someone can please match the Z8500 with 4GiB of RAM... Then you'd have a reasonably fast Win10/Linux computer that you can actually do work on.

Yes i think that they are coming along nicely and that we will see more powerful models that can do more.

The potential issue that I see is how much they will cost as some may start to cross into NUC territory that may make them seem less attractive.

Apparently, from some discussions that I had yesterday, whilst Intel state that the Z8300 can only support 2Gb RAM, it is possible to use 4, so that may be one way to go in order to keep costs down.

Up to now I think that the Microsoft Surface tablets have pretty much been the only devices to use the Z8700 SOC and we know how expensive they are.

[trebor]

The Kangaroo X5 Z5088 V's X5 Z8300 @CNXSoft





Cheers

[bluesmanuk]

Another interesting comparison between the 2 SOCs mentioned in the comments.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a03ftrNGCik

[trebor]

Slightly O/T
X98 is a beast of a unit..
Issues we had with heat problems with PIPO's are minor compared to X98 pro.
Slowly getting the beat under control with doing the heat spreader mod...Yet.
Cheers

[bluesmanuk]

What it did highlight was the difficulty in making accurate comparisons at any one moment in time, so there could be many variables during actual use of a typical device.