Microsoft Surface with Android: the clone created by three former Google
Surface tablet is probably the most inspired of the current generation is on design than on structural. And this is what has probably pushed three Google engineers realize what looks like a clone of Microsoft’s tablet, but with Android.
From Google Maps, Search and AdWords to the tablet market, the step was short for Jeremy Zhou, David Ko and Ben Luk. The three have created a startup and built an Android tablet featured and design very similar to those of Microsoft Surface Pro, with a radical customization of Android that takes in a clear some parts of the operating system from Redmond.
The ex-Google engineers have created Jide Technology in 2014 with the aim of giving birth Remix Ultra Tablet device with keyboard attached magnetically and support on the rear bodywork, features that make it quite similar to the product of Microsoft.
Even on the software side, Remix OS is a variant of Android with graphic characteristics very similar to Windows 8 and 10: are obvious similarities of the bottom bar and the design of many native applications.
On the front hardware, we find an IPS LCD display with a diagonal of 11.6″ at Full HD resolution (1,920 x 1,080) and a SoC NVIDIA Tegra 4 to 1.8 GHz, supported by 2 GB of RAM LPDDR3 and a storage 16 or 64 GB.
AndroidCentral, that has got to try the tablet at CES 2015 in Las Vegas, wrote that supported an interesting multi-window mode, which makes the customization of Android even more in line with the specifications of the operating system from Redmond.
Remix Ultra Tablet is directly approachable on virtually every aspect of the Microsoft Surface Pro, we believe that it is not accidental similarities. What has made Jide Technology is a kind of clone of Surface Pro with Android, with all the advantages and disadvantages of a case, ideal for those who love design and the basic concept of the tablet from Microsoft, but they prefer a later operating system streamlined and optimized for mobile use.
Remix Ultra Tablet is currently in the final stages of production and will be sold in China, and is expected to reach the US and the UK in the second or third quarter of 2015. Very interesting prices: the two variants of 16 and 64GB will be sold respectively to $349 and $449, in the colors ” bright red ” and ” clean silver “. More information on the tablet on this page, on the official website.
