according to the official faq, yes it is possible to run Android on it but need some modification in order for Android to run on low memory system.

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Added on March 6, 2012, 6:19 amit has a lot extra ports and on-board NAND storage... but it has slower processor and lesser ram....

Furthermore, we can purchase 4 units of Raspberry Pis with that price.. 4 is always > 1 right

This post has been edited by I<3LYN: Mar 6 2012, 06:19 AM

Uh, but most Linux distro comes precompiled as a ready-to-install OS, with each having a different architecture it can suit itself in. Most of them go for the i386 and amd64 platforms...

If you want to try installing a distro under ARM by compilation, try Gentoo.

compiling linux, from scratch, for another processor, not so simple, even though they already have support for it.
http://www.linuxfromscratch.org/

Now for arm, first you need to setup a cross compilation toolchain on top of what they have on linux from scratch.

Short answer, don't bother, the developers is working on it, let them do it, it will come soon

This post has been edited by sweemeng: Mar 6 2012, 10:36 AM

Guys, someone created the case

http://marcoalici.wordpress.com/2012/02/29...-raspberrypi-2/

WHAT !!!

I really like it

But, where is the HDD, RAM and sound card and others thing ?
This is the main board ?

And where to buy !!! I want !!!

Friend, this is a System-on-chip (SoC) design, much like how your iPhones/Androids etc is built. This is no common PC like you see with a casing complete with all the bulk you would normally think.

Go back to the first post of this thread... AND READ!

Although SoC performance lose to ordinary bulk pc , but it's portable

Want to ask a fundamental question this board can be powered by a microUSB right? Im thinking of purchasing one, then making it to be a lightweight media player for LCD TV (my TV got usb port and hdmi port at the side)., so that I can connect it to LAN, and play those media files tat my internal TV Media player cannot play...

This is definitely a good alternative to WDTV Live-S cuz no external power brick required

Or even better, can be a media transcoder where it can just feed from the switch / NAS's power via USB Port, and stream to other devices like the PS3, phones etc.

This post has been edited by SnoWFisH: Mar 8 2012, 04:32 PM

Yes, it can draw powers from the microUSB port as long as the source can output >= 700mA for model B and >= 300 mA for model A.


I am wondering how much bandwidth required to stream 720p / 1080p video (with acceptable bit rate)?
As I read on the official faq, the Ethernet port is sharing the same USB hub with the usb ports, in such case the available bandwidth is highly limited.

This post has been edited by I<3LYN: Mar 8 2012, 06:56 PM

My colleague jst ordered, E14 has stock in local warehouse in Malaysia! Due to arrive next monday . . At first he doesn't believe the date in the invoice as well and contacted the local sales rep for E14.
RM145 including shipping for B Model.

I don't think bulk order will make the price any cheaper for now, since E14 and RS implemented a MOQ (Max order quantity =.=), of 1 unit per person.

I'll try to get some unboxing pictures

This post has been edited by SnoWFisH: Mar 9 2012, 03:29 PM

That's weird! See the news, how can the stock arrive in Malaysia warehouse as there are some problem on the manufacturing part?

http://www.raspberrypi.org/archives/781

We'll see on Monday!

So the one you get will be the one that has problem one?

I have no idea...i din't order yet...my colleague balik already....I keep you guys posted on Monday

haha that is a very cute small board there but sadly cannot use it 2 play games

I think it is pre-order only...

anyway... i also ordered

This post has been edited by I<3LYN: Mar 10 2012, 01:01 AM

You cannot play windows game, but open source game will be ported, quake 3 can be played,

Still can play cut the rope & angry birds

So what OS can we expect to runs on this system? Windows 8 ARM edition? it'll be a WOW.