[Arm-netbook] Oh, the AllWinner A10S STB is only $33

[joem]

On Mon, 2013-06-24 at 17:03 +0100, luke.leighton wrote:
> On Mon, Jun 24, 2013 at 4:43 PM, Jacky Lau <i90091e at gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> > Are there any plan to develop a ultra low cost EOMA (cf?) module based
> > on A10S?
> 
>  does it have SATA?  if not, then adding a USB Hub ($1.50 of
> components) and a USB-to-SATA converter ($1.00 of components) entirely
> defeats the object of "ultra low cost" :)
> 
>  when comparing SoCs it's necessary to compare the *entire* BOM not
> just the SoC's cost.  PMIC, support ICs, DRAM, NAND, connectors -
> everything.

Inevitable someone will do cut down version of EOMA.
It wrecks interchangeability.
But as its inevitable, you might as well recommend
something for its infrastructure into the EOMA fold such as naming
derivatives e.g. EOMA68-Sata which reads EOMA68 minus Sata.
A plastic EOMA68+Wifi is possible.

Hopefully no one will make the jump and call it an EOMA69 and market
the EOMA68 as something lesser for the self employed.