[Arm-netbook] Mele doing updates of the A1000 with A20 (Dual-Core) and A31 (Quad-Core)

[Jean-Luc Aufranc]

On Friday, April 12, 2013 12:30 AM, luke.leighton wrote:
> well, a nice surprise: someone from mele contacted me, because they
> were surprised i think by the large interest shown in the A1000, so
> they'd like to build on that and so would like to offer engineering
> types the opportunity to buy the A20-based and A31-based versions of
> the same product.
>
> as with all these things the spec needs lots of clarification :)  the
> A31 version definitely has SATA in the spec, i've a query outstanding
> about the A20 version.  yes to the RJ45 on both.  yes to built-in
> 802.11n WIFI on both.  yes to SD/MMC Card reader on both.  the A31
> version has 2gb RAM and 8gb NAND, 3 USB2s and 1 USB-OTG, as well as an
> SATA Dock.  the A20 version is listed as 1GB RAM, 4GB NAND and 1 USB2
> - no mention of SATA yet.
>
> i'll try and push them on the SATA for the A20 version.
>
> so.
>
> question!
>
> please spread the word: who would be interested to buy early versions
> of these as developer systems?
>
> l.
>
Let's try to "recruit" a few more people then: 
http://www.cnx-software.com/2013/04/12/mele-a1000g-quad-set-top-box-features-allwinner-a31-soc/

It's about $140 on Aliexpress with shipping, hopefully, they can provide 
a discount to developers.