What is Project Ophelia?
“Project Ophelia” is thumb-size PC, newly
introduced by Dell. It is alternative to PCs and looks much like a USB stick. It
can turn any screen or display with an HDMI port into a PC, gaming machine, or
streaming media player. This thumb PC runs on the Android OS and once it is plugged
into an HDMI port, users can run applications, play games, watch streaming
movies or access files stored in the cloud.
What can you do with Ophelia?
Project Ophelia can turn any compatible
display into a virtual PC. It can be
plugged into any HDMI port, transforming the screen into a gaming device or a
computer. It runs on Android OS and allows the user to access information on
the cloud in order to stream media, play games, or access files. So anyone can
easily run applications, play games, watch streaming movies or access files
stored in the cloud by using this thumb-PC.
Features of Project Ophelia
Project Ophelia a relatively
inexpensive way to create a computer anywhere the stick can connect to a
network via Wi-Fi or
Bluetooth.
Feature of its;
1. Bluetooth
and Wi-Fi wireless connectivity options
2. Able
to plugs into the HDMI port of any HDTV or monitor, turning it into a makeshift
Android-based PC
3. Stick-sized
PC is a SoC with two Cortex-A9 cores clocked at 1.6 GHz
4. 8
GB of internal storage and a microSD card slot for adding more
5. Android
4.1.2 "Jelly Bean
6. Running
on 19-inch and 55-inch screens
7. Lightweight
PC
8. Able
to run Android games or stream movies from Hulu or Netflix
9. Capable
to even download apps, movies and TV shows from the Google Play store
10. Ability
to access files stored in the cloud
How much it cost?
Priced at about $100, Dell
hopes Ophelia will be an inexpensive alternative to PCs, whose shipments are
falling with the growing adoption of tablets and SmartPhones.
