Jide’s Remix Ultra Tablet is an 11.6 inch tablet with an NVIDIA Tegra 4 processor, a full HD display, and a few special features including a keyboard cover, a built-in kickstand, and a magnetic charger that snaps into place.
But the most unusual thing about the tablet is probably it’s operating system: Remix OS is a custom version of Google Android which includes a taskbar and support for running many apps in either full-screen or phone modes. You can fit multiple apps on the screen in phone mode.
Want to try Remix OS, but don’t want to pledge $349 on Kickstarter to get your own Remix Ultra Tablet? No problem. Jide has opened up a new pledge level: For $1 you can get early access to a custom ROM that should work with Nexus 9 and Nexus 10 tablets.
Note that Jide will provide guidelines for flashing the ROM on Nexus tablets. There’s no support for other devices (although there’s also nothing stopping folks who know what they’re doing from porting the ROM to run on other devices… if they’re willing to take the risk).
Jide also notes that while it will offer some support to backers of the Kickstarter campaign as they attempt to flash the ROM, the company takes no responsibility if you lose data or run into other trouble. So it’s probably a good idea to backup your data before getting started.
Already donated to the Kickstarter campaign? Anyone who’s already pledged at a higher level will also get access to the ROM.
Jide says it’ll release the Remix OS ROM to backers of its crowdfunding campaign in May.
The move makes sense for a company that’s trying to grow a community around its software and hardware platforms — Jide raised a lot of attention for the project by offering a limited number of tablets as rewards at the $39 and $199 pledge levels. But now that the cheap tablet rewards are all accounted for, it’s probably a good idea to offer potential backers a cheaper option than a $349 tablet.
linux or windows
Come on Jide, no Nexus 7?
Their target market is 9″ or above tablets. 7″ screen isn’t large enough for their product to showoff their real strength.
HP Touchpad?
thas what i want to know lol
This ROM needs to be made as a Linux Distro. Remix OS is what chrome OS was suppose to be!
Can someone build a ROM for the Asus memo pad fhd 10 LTE (me302kl) one day? This device doesn’t even have a custom recovery.
i’d love to see this on a phone to be activated when the screen is casted
Wish I could install this on my Acer 13 chromebook
I want to see this OS on a Surface RT! How interesting would that be?
Remix OS does look an awful lot like Windows 10 to me for some reason, so it will blend in.