Since the launch of the Raspberry Pi in 2012, the hobbyist community centered on low-cost, open-source, ARM-based computers has exploded dramatically. Every year, these small, hackable devices get ...

When we initially reported on the PocketCHIP back in May we perhaps got a little carried away in comparing this cheap and cheerful Linux-based handheld with Nintendo's classic Game Boy. On paper at ...

If you’ve been intrigued by the idea of messing about with a $9 PC but had no idea what you’d do with it, Next Thing Co.’s PocketCHIP turns its tiny computer into a portable gaming machine, music ...

Conferences these days can be tricky places to be at – especially hardware and hacker cons. If you aren’t the one doing the hacking, then you can be sure your devices are being probed, pinged and ...

I’ve had a PocketChip in my possession for over a month, and I still don’t know what I say about it. I can’t really recommend anyone buy this thing, and yet I wish everyone owned one. Does that make ...

Next Thing’s CHIP is a $9 computer — kind of like a Raspberry Pi, but even cheaper. Well, not as cheap as the $5 Raspberry Pi Zero, which was launched after CHIP blew up Kickstarter, but cheaper than ...

Next Thing Co’s PocketCHIP is a $69 handheld computer built around the company’s $9 CHIP. The extra money pays for all the things that make the PocketCHIP a mobile Linux device, including the display, ...

The CHIP is a tiny computer with a tiny price tag. Launched in 2015 through a Kickstarter campaign, the single-board PC has a 1 GHzAllwinner R8 processor, 512MB of RAM, 4GB of storage, 802.11b/g/n ...

From Arduino-powered sewing machines to racing drones, the Bay Area Maker Faire held in the Event Center in San Mateo, CA is the place to be for makers of all walks of life. And if you did as much as ...

Next Thing has this week announced that their new PocketCHIP will be shipping out to those that have already pre-ordered the handheld mini PC later this month and is now available to purchase priced ...

Portable, pocket-sized computer. Runs Linux. Has a good battery life. Bonus points for a physical keyboard, and full-size USB port. Double bonus points for being cheap. That’s sort of my ideal “carry ...