Remix OS is a custom version of Android designed to make Google’s mobile operating system behave like a desktop OS. It has a taskbar, a desktop, and a start menu. More importantly, it allows you to run most Android apps in resizable windows that you can position anywhere on the screen, making it easy to […]
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Jide talks plans for 2016 (Remix OS for any PC, custom ROM for the Pixel C, and more)
14 Comments on Jide talks plans for 2016 (Remix OS for any PC, custom ROM for the Pixel C, and more)It’s been about a year since Jide unveiled a desktop-friendly version of Android called Remix OS, and in that time the company has run two successful Kickstarter campaigns, launched a tablet and a inexpensive mini desktop, and worked with a number of device makers to load Remix OS on their devices. Now Jide is taking a […]
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Install Remix OS on any PC to run Android as a desktop operating system
Jide’s Remix OS is a custom version of Android designed to make Google’s mobile operating system feel like a desktop OS. And it pretty much works. The developers of Remix OS have released two devices that ship with the software, a tablet and a mini desktop computer, and they’ve also made the software available to […]
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Remix Mini Android PC giveaway
The Jide Remix Mini is a tiny, low-power desktop computer that runs a custom version of Android called Remix OS. You can download and run just about any app available from the Google Play Store on the Remix Mini, but the operating system has been tweaked to look and feel like a desktop OS. There’s […]
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Remix Mini review: A $70 Android desktop PC
Google Android may have started out as an operating system for smartphones, but these days you can buy tablets, Android TV boxes, smartwatches, and other products powered by the OS. But for the most part Android is still very much optimized for touchscreen devices. Jide has been working to change that. Earlier this year the […]
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Jide Remix Mini Android PC is now available for $70
The Jide Remix Mini is a small, pebble-shaped computer that runs a custom version of Google Android called Remix OS. It’s from the same folks who brought us the Jide Remix Ultra tablet earlier this year, but the Remix Mini presents a much more affordable way to try out Remix OS. When the company launched […]
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Jide Remix Ultra tablet giveaway
Want a tablet that can run just about any Android app, but which has a Windows-like taskbar and support for viewing more than one app at a time? Jide’s Remix Ultra tablet with an 11.6 inch display, a built-in kickstand, and a keyboard dock that let you use the tablet like a notebook. But what really […]
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Cube i10 Remix tablet coming soon for about $110
Chinese tablet maker Cube is getting ready to launch another device running Jide’s Remix OS software. The Cube i10 Remix is a low-cost tablet with a 10.6 inch display, 2GB of RAM, 32GB of storage, and an estimated price of 699 yuan, or about $110. That makes it one of the most affordable tablets to […]
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Jide Remix Mini Android PC to ship in October
Google Android is an operating system that was originally designed for smartphones, but these days it also supports tablets, TVs, smartwatches, and more. It’s not really designed to replace a desktop operating system like Windows or Ubuntu, but there have been a number of attempts to modify the open source Android operating system to make […]
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Remix Mini Android PC raises over $1 million on Kickstarter
What if Android was designed as an operating system for laptop and desktop computers rather than for smartphones and tablets? Then it would probably look a lot like Remix OS. This custom version of Android was developed by Chinese startup Jide, a company founded by former Google employees. Earlier this year they launched a tablet […]