AOPEN has announced a new Chrome OS powered tablet, the Chromebase Mini. The 10.1″ tablet does indeed look like a mini Chromebase and is aimed at the enterprise and retail markets but with a price point consumers can afford. If you haven’t heard of AOPEN, they have been working with Chrome OS for a long time. Most of their work has been around digital signage that runs on the platform but they have also had commercial grade Chromebox devices for a while.
The Chromebase Mini has a 10.1″ display that renders in 1280 x 800, has multi-touch support and is powered by a quad-core Cortex A17 processor running at 1.8GHz. It has 4GB of RAM and 16GB of storage build it along with a Full HD Webcam that shoots at 2MP.
Here are the complete specs for the Chromebase Mini:
- Panel: 10.1″ 1280 x 800 250nits AHVA
AOPEN Chromebase Mini
- Touch: 10 point multi-touch; pinch to zoom
- CPU: Quad-Core Cortex-A17, up to 1.8GHz
- DRAM: LPDDR3 Dual Channel 4GB
- Storage: EMMC 5.0 16GB
- FHD Webcam (2M)
- Built-in Dual Digital MIC and Stereo Speaker
- WIFI+ BT4.0: 802.11 b/g/n/ac + BT4.0 x 1
There is no official word on the price point of this new device but it is likely to be in the $300 range given its target market.
