The Smart Q5 is the most cheap yet powerful Mobile Internet Device you can buy.
Mobile Internet Devices are becoming quite common these days as people become more and more dependent on several online services. In my case i need to be in constant online contact with my clients in order to keep my internet business up and running. These kind of devices have become my best friends in when maintaining my online connectivity everywhere i go.
Today I’ll be talking about a Chinese Mobile Internet device I discovered some time ago and that I find a very resourceful and powerful device with a very low price when compared to it’s potential.
I’m talking about the SmartQ5 a MID device produced by Smardevices a Chinese Company devoted to create Smart and Intelligent devices that can improve and change their clients way of life. And well thay have changed mine! I bought one of these some months ago and i am really impressed with it’s power and flexibility. And I really mean Flexibility because this device can now run many different operative systems. It was designed to run an Ubuntu based Linux OS but it soon became supported by Windows CE, Mer Linux and recently by Google Android.
Ya! You can order the SmartQ5 in three different flavors: SmartQ5 with Linux OS, SmartQ5 with Windows OS and SmartQ5 with Android OS. It is now being sold by many online Chinese devices stores.
Let’s see some Specs
Appearance
Color: Black
Size: 120mm(length), 74mm(width) and 14mm(depth)
Weight: About 160g
Hardware
Processor: ARM11 Samsung Processor running at 667MHz
Internal Storage: 1 GB Internal Flash Memory (256MB available to users)
External Storage: Support for SD/SDHC card with a maximum capacity of 32GB
Battery: 2000mAH Built-in Li-poly battery
Screen
16 million color Touch Screen
4.3 inches Screen Size
WVGA Screen Supporting 800×480 Maximum Resolution
Connectivity
Built-in 802.11b/g WiFi network card
Built-in Bluetooth 2.0 Support (with EDR)
USB 2.0 HighSpeed OTG Port
Other Interesting Features
It as support for 3G USB Modem Cards, such as HuaWei ET128, E1750, E180 and EC1260 – ZTE MU350, MF637 and AC560 – Samsung SGH-H128 – Aircard 901 and probably many more.
Google Android is now running on SmartQ5 as an alternative to the defaults Linux and Windows OS’s.
It has support for external USB Mass Storage Devices so you can connect USB Pen Drives or USB Hard Drives to your SmartQ5.