Over the past few months a number of companies have put out tiny Android TV sticks featuring low power processors such as the Rockchip RK3066 dual core CPU. But the J&W MINIX Neo G4 stands out from the crowd thanks to sturdy build quality, good power management, and the best WiFi performance of any mini PC I’ve tested so far.
The folks behind this little Android computer sent me a demo unit to check out recently… and now that I’ve done that, it’s time to let someone else have a chance.
The MINIX Neo G4 sells for  about $80, but you we’re giving one away as part of our Liliputing 2012 Holiday giveaway.
The MINIX Nego G4 has 1 GB of RAM, 8GB of storage, 802.11n WiFi, and quad-core ARM Mali 400 graphics.
It runs Google Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich and offers a choice of a standard Android app launcher or a custom launcher designed for big-screen displays. The device also comes with the Google Play Store pre-installed, making it easy to download third party apps.
There’s an HDMI port and USB port which makes it easy to hook up a TV or monitor and a keyboard or mouse. MINIX also includes a tiny remote control which works reasonably well — as long as you have a direct line of sight between the remote and the Neo G4.
How to win: Leave a comment by 5:00AM, 12/20/2012
Leave a comment below by the time the contest closes and you’re automatically entered in the contest. Please make sure I have a way to contact you — if your Disqus account is associated with an email address or if you sign in with Facebook, Twitter, or Google+ that should do the trick.
Here are the rules:
- This contest is open to residents of the continental United States.
- Please leave only one comment on this post. If you try to enter multiple times, I’ll discard your entries.
- Winners will be randomly chosen from all valid entries.
- Once a winner is notified, that person has 48 hours to respond. If we don’t hear back, we’ll pick another winner.
- If you’ve won something else from Liliputing in the last 30 days, it’s someone else’s turn. Please don’t bother entering. We’ll just toss out your entry.
Thanks again to MINIX for sending us this NEO G4 TV stick.
OK, i was too late now?
Hope it’s not too late…
would be a perfect give for me 😀
please, me!
Winning.
Wow
very nice!
Sweet, I want one!
YOU LUCKY DEVIIL
I’d love one of these!
Would be nice to win this for the holidays!!! [email protected]
i want one!!!
I hope this is the start of a new wave of portable computing….
An entry.
One of these days. BANG. ZOOM.
yep
Wow, these guys know how to tap into my nostalgia. Minix was the first Unix-like OS I used, and the Neo G4 part reminds me of the awesome Neo Geo video game hardware I lusted over in the early 90s.
Try again, again.
Will this do?
I would love to try one of these things with a dual core rock chip in it and see how the performance is increased.
Looks like a cool device.
Diibbs on this….
This is very neat. Much better than the other TV sticks I’ve seen. Is there root for it?
I hope to win (even though I never do XD). I love your site!
I am already picturing the alternative uses for this device. cool
This looks like a pretty awesome little device! It’s so small it almost seems like the kind of thing James Bond would carry around.
Count me in
I think Robots stole my luggage……
Let’s do this!
these mini pc’s are the future!! it’s taking everything with you where ever you go and not hassling with a regular notebook. also, i would love to win one!!!
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Yesssss, gonna win me a MINIX.
Leaving comment to win and enjoy 😉
let it be me!
Would like to have this one…..Please put my name in the hat. Thank you
This would make my Christmas perfect.
I’d love to get one of these pcs-on-a-stick
Love this site!
Leave a comment, checked. By 5:00AM checked, 12/20/2012 checked. Now can I win this thing finally?
I want to try it.
TY. Need one.
rolls dice again…
I want to win this!
In it to win it!
I could make us of this.
This looks pretty cool
My daughter will love this we both love android games and it’s other features.
Gotta be in it to win it!
I have been wanting one of these sticks to work on, I’m a kernel developer always on the lookout for cool embedded technology.
Yes please
I needs one of these so bad
I’d love to win this one for my TV!!!
Count me in!
I would love to have this for my TV. It would be so amazing to run all kinds of OS’s with this.
pick me.
yes please
Under the tree it goes
The remote control is the critical factor for the success of this kind of product!
-> Unfortunately this TV stick doesn’t have a good remote control!
Thanks
I would really like to win this for my little brother. He has Downs and my mom could set him up with this device to get online. He can use android,but has to have people push the keyboard buttons for him. With this he could work on his own. I’m 29 and know mom has looked for and bought so many windows devices that were disappointments. I hope I win this for him, just to see him have some independence. This would also be great for people who truly can’t afford a computer or android device or especially an apple overpriced product. Good luck to all, but I still hope I win for my little bro.Thanks
Aching to give one of these android mini PCs a test drive.
These mini PCs are really dope. Would love to get my hands on one *sigh*
This would be the Perfect device for my 11 year old son. He has downs syndrome and lacks the fine motor dexterity to use a keyboard. I have purchased a head pointing device for him and a large screen monitor with USB ports. We had been using a windows based computer,but it was too complicated for him. We bought a less expensive tablet with android 2.3 and he could do so much more,but still the keyboard was a problem,and the tablet would not connect to the monitor. I was online today in search of SOMETHING to help him as he is so bright,it seemed unfair his finger movements were all that was keeping him from the android apps and internet use that he loves. Today I believe I have found the perfect device.He can control it by remote or his pointing device,it is android based ,easy to use ,and inexpensive. I would love to win this for him, but even if I don’t I want to thank liliputing for the article and video educating us all about this wonderful device. It may just be a cool thing to a lot of people, but imagine the miracle it is to the disabled and even to the financially disadvantaged as well. Happy Holidays to all and good luck to everyone.Again,thank you for this great contest and this wonderful article.
that would be nice for the living room
It would be great to win this. [email protected]
This one looks like a fun device.
This would be awesome. Thank you.
Oh man I want that!
I could find a use for one of those…
a message…
count me in pls 🙂
This would be a cool stocking stuffer.
This would also be great for my new TV 😀
This would be a dream come true right now. 🙂
I had a dream….. Please make it come true
Pick Me!
Perfect x-mas present. Hope i win!
In for one!
Count me in
been wanting to try one of these here doo-hickies
Merry Christmas!!
Nice set-up with the remote.
This would be useful…
I’ll take it!
Waiting to be picked. Hopefully.
Here’s my comment
+1
Me!! Me! Pleeeeeeeease?
hokay
Even willing to pay for the shipping 🙂 Can’t pass up the opportunity to win something. Thanks.
Still trying to get one of the gifts before the end of the world. THANKS…
I’ve been thinking about getting one of these…
looks sweet, i’m in!
Howdy.
always interested in Android based Mini-PC’s
Christmas greetings from Norway!
-piet
I’d like to play around with this!
Nice, I like the presence of a dedicated ‘off’ feature. This makes me
wonder if certain Linux distro’s can be used as with the Rikomagic MK802
series? I’d love to win this unit please!
Here is another entry as always….:-(
Looks great, can I have one please? 🙂
Count me in.
hi mom! hope i win! pls pls pls pls. things worth 80 bones anyway
i want one of these really bad
I can’t wait to try it, assuming I win.
I’m over due for some good luck. Pick me pick me
there can be only one
MEEE!
Great specs for a mini pc. Happy Holidays To All !!!
I want this quad core one,
womp womp
Love this little device. I wish HBO Go supported HDMI out on it, though…
Love to have this under my tree.Merry x-mas
hoorday for another giveaway!
E-mail: [email protected]
Thanks!
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A comment.
Would be nice…
Looks like someone from middle east will win
I want one!!!
Looks great, I want.
Even the name harkens back to earliest Linus Torvalds days.
Interesting gadget
Nice little PC stick. Better than the raspberry pi??
I want it 🙂
I like it and I want it 🙂
Sign me up please
I’m in 🙂 [email protected]
Pick me!
just what i wanted
I want this sample too
me, me, me, me, me, me, me, me, me and did I say -me !!!
Why not me?
I am serious about this little gem. Sure wish I had a stick like this.
That would be cool to have.
Gimme Gimme Gimme!
Very cool little guy, I would love to add it to my gadget collection. Thanks.
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Sweet! Thanks so much! [email protected]
Cool device!
Neo G4 or Zeus? Which would you prefer?
I want one
yesyes
I haven’t ever won anything from Liliputing. Please put me in the running for the MINIX NEO G4 TV stick
Pick me
I hope I could win this. The tablet giveaways are very elusive. 🙂
Just go ahead and mail it on to me, or keep drawing till you hit my name, either way!
Another nice givaway. Thanks!
I definitely would love wining this!
Ooh this looks neat.
I’d love to get me some Minix.
Today is a good day to win.
Cool
Please let me win i’m 0for10
I would love to have this tiny computer.
I’m in for this one too
I want to win this!
Wow 1% battery here we go!
Came here looking into Raspberry Pi ideas. This looks just as great! Best of luck to everyone.
I would love a mini pc
Oh man it’s awesome!
It even has remote. I need a remote!
Was always wanting one of these. Pick me.
Great reviews on great little machines. Playing with one of these babies might help me forget that my mother in law is in town.
I’ve been interested in these android computers for a while now, hope to win!
I want to win
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That’s a lot of nuts!
Looks like fun to me.
Lucky number 135.
This is the one ill win
Oh man, this is the one I bookmarked as the ONE I WANT based on your review of a few weeks ago. (I want and need one of these little Android sticks for when I travel….) Little did I know it is literally the one I want?!
All I want for Christmas is my smart tv stick, my smart tv stick…
Good stuff. Thanks again!
Another futile effort to win something.
I can’t think of anything to comment on.
Thx in advance 😉
One of these sticks that has a proper tv UI finally
Not bad.
thanks.
looks neat.. I want one
I know this is the one for me…
i hope I’m the lucky one
Thanks for doing this!
looks good
I’ll take it!
Nice!
I’d like to try it out.
Definitely getting in on this contest…
LiliSanta give it to me!
I think these things are pretty cool. Not going to buy one yet though. Waiting for the Ouya to hit the market in March 2013.
That’s pretty nifty.
I hope I get it!
Pessimism 101 – Expect nothing, receive nothing in abundance. Don’t bother picking me to win, chance never makes eye contact with me. And, if I’m wrong, at least I’ll be pleasantly surprised. /)
Count me in
Awesome, this device looks pretty cool, than other smart tv sticks. Hope to be the lucky one this time :P. Charming voice Brad!
Merry Christmas to me, thanks Liliputing!
Mark
Hello
Maybe the 3rd time willbe a charm….
Is Santa real?
If only Jedi mind tricks worked over text.
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I’d like to win!
Thanks for the opportunity
good luck to everyone
Pick me! Pick me!
Merry Christmas
Meeeeeeeee
all ways up for trying to win some thing free.
Mike
thanks!
Thanks for posting
Thanks
Minix hmm
Hey, I’d like one of those, if it’s not too much trouble. Thanks for considering me.
Me me
I am going to win it this time, Come on Santa, do some magic 🙂
Please please please 🙂
Haven’t won any of the contests posted. Maybe this one for the jolly fa la la la?
Please Santa, I’ve been good (well mostly!) I would really like one of these!
LOve it!
Looks pretty cool!
Let’s there!
Thank you, sir. Can I have another? Oh, wait. I haven’t gotten one yet.
Ho ho ho!
Thanks
Any word on Jelly Bean for these RK3066 devices?
Sure!
Here we go again hahaha…
Please, let me win first time in my life 🙂
Pick me!
OOOH OOOH OOOOOOH! Pick Me! Pick Me!
win
These little computers are ridiculously small and inexpensive!
Thanks for doing this great giveaway!
Please consider me. Please?
Agreed! I would very much appreciate this.
Hello, let’s try again !
This would be lotsa fun to play with
yeah
I want one please!!!
Been looking into getting one of these and reading all your reviews. Please!
Been waiting on this one. Good Luck To Me!!
thanks would love it
I’ll be taking this.
I have not won yet, maybe this time
Here’s my entry 🙂
Yes please.
wow — how many different varieties o these small Android computers can they make?
Yeah, more fun toys… I’ll give it a good home!
My modded (original) xbox needs an upgrade :D. It can’t handle HD video as well as this puppy could!
Count me in one more time.
Thanks.
Please pick me 🙂
onward
239th
Once again into the fray!
Here we go!
I would like to enter the drawing for this giveaway, please. Thanks.
My MK802 could use a big brother.
ho ho ho merry christmas, yo!c
This is one of the nicer sticks I’ve seen.
I’m in!
This is the winning comment!
Would love to get this
This would be an awesome christmas present.
Thank you.
pretty please with a cherry on top
take a try again 🙂
The G4 looks pretty nifty! Would love to win one of these
Would love to have this thing hooked up to my TV.
I never win these contests…
Count me in.
This one looks nice.
Perfect to use with my Motorola lapdock.
Want. Please and Thank You
I’ve been looking in to one of these. Would love to win one. 🙂
o/
entering contest
Me, plz…
Aye thanks again. Love the look of these little babys. 🙂
Pick me, please.
Eh, I wonder if 7 months is too long for me to return my raspberry pi 🙂
I’m so glad to see so many shenzen mini PC’s crop up, these things are wonderful for home automation, the brains for a NAS, a low power server, torrent client, robotics, etc.
merry christmas
Netflix! Woo hoo!
My TV wants this.
Entering yet another contest that I will not win
pick me
Getting disillusioned by my inability to ever win a contest like this. Liliputing, give me hope. 🙂
Sounds very good
Yes please!
I can haz lapdock upgraid?
I never win anything
I need a TV stick! Please?
Ok.. Will give it another try.
Me!
WE need THIS!!!! …I THINK…
Thanks I’ll take that if you don’t mind.
la la la me please :3
Please please please
Count me in. Thanks, Brad 🙂
tes i like it
If at first you don’t succeed…
Ok Here we go again……one more time….
I’d love to own it…
Thanks again for an opportunity to win one of these fantastic products.