Asus
Vivo Stick
Asus
appears to have announced the world’s smallest Windows 10 computer at the IFA
show here in Berlin. The Asus Vivo Stick appears to be what Asus previously
called the “Pen Stick,” a prototype that it showed off at the Computex show in
Taiwan. Two things stand out: first, it is perhaps the first compute stick to
use Intel’s latest Cherry Trail Atom processor, and second, it runs Windows 10.
The
Asus Vivo Stick jumps up to the next Atom iteration (dubbed Cherry Trail), runs
Windows 10, and even costs less than what Intel offered: US$ 129. Otherwise,
the Vivo Stick appears to be somewhat comparable to the Compute Stick: it
boasts 2 GB of memory and 32 GB of eMMC flash storage. But Asus has somehow
squeezed both a USB 2.0 and a USB 3.0 connector onto it, plus a microUSB
connector for power. There’s even an audio jack. Inside, Asus has included
802.11b/g/n and Bluetooth 4.0. And, of course, it’s all mounted on a dongle
that plugs into your HDMI port on your TV.
