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[Hilton]

This looks like a fun little device.  Similar spec to the Intel stick in a very slim form factor with 3000mah battery. $110 US

I think I'll have to get one to play with.

http://www.aliexpress.com/item/2015-Newest-Vsmart-M1-Intel-Quad-Core-CPU-TV-BOX-2GB-32GB-Windows-8-1-OS/32265985089.html

[astromo]

This looks like a fun little device.  Similar spec to the Intel stick in a very slim form factor with 3000mah battery. $110 US

I think I'll have to get one to play with.

Of course you do. You've got my blessing. Looks seriously ... 

Interested if you have a better experience than jmone with the Intel stick that he played with:
https://yabb.jriver.com/interact/index.php?topic=94788.0

[Hilton]

Well it's got a leg up on the stick in 2 departments I can see from the spec.
2 USB ports
Broadcom 5Ghz wireless n + BT4

[jmone]

Here are some reviews at Amazon, a few considerations seem to crop up:
1) Poor WiFi
2) No option to turn on after power restore (eg if you are getting the power from a TV USB that powers down you have to manually turn on the unit when the TV Powers Up
3) Can not run headless

[jmone]

Also I'm thinking of turning my Stick into a MAME device for a old fashioned cocktail style DYI project. 

[Hilton]

Did a bit more research on hardware devices and tablets this afternoon.

The new Atom x3,x5,x7 processors should be hitting the Chinese suppliers soon so it maybe worth holding out for one or even a $100 7" tablet with an Atom X3 or X5.
The GPU performance is more than double the old Atom, CPU performance is the same or there about, and thermal performance is said to be better even though its TDP is still only 2W vs 2.2W of the old Atom. (allowing less thermal throttling and fanless designs)

Intel aren't doing a new PC stick based on cherry trail and are instead skipping it for the next Gen Broxton architecture due in Q1 2016, though Asus have just announce a fanless Pen stick based on Cherry Trail.

http://liliputing.com/2015/06/asus-pen-stick-is-a-windows-10-cherry-trail-pc-on-a-stick.html

My guess is the next Intel stick will be powered directly from the HDMI port as that was one of the design goals for the Intel Stick.

[mwillems]

My guess is the next Intel stick will be powered directly from the HDMI port as that was one of the design goals for the Intel Stick.

This is confirmed, the next two planned compute sticks will be HDMI powered: http://liliputing.com/2015/06/intel-compute-stick-roadmap-core-m-and-64gb-model-in-2015-broxton-models-in-2016.html

In the same article they note that there will also be a Core M intel compute stick version later this year, which is great news.  The Core M's not only have a more muscular CPU, they also have the decent integrated graphics (unlike the Atoms).  The leaked roadmap also suggests that the core M version will have AC Wifi, and internal sata storage (at that form-factor it would almost have to be M.2). Which is basically everything the current compute stick is missing.

So that's probably the one to watch (although I'd expect the price to be in the high $200, low $300 range).