The Dell Wyse Cloud Connect: PC features in a device as small as a thumb drive

Hyderabad: They’re not calling it a computer on a USB stick — but that is what the Dell Wyse Cloud Connect device is. Connect it to a PC monitor or a TV and you have a fully functioning Android- based computing system. If your screen is not a Touch device, you can always use a keyboard and mouse.

The Cloud Connect is not a device aimed at the aam janatha. Rather, says Santosh K. Pandey, Country Manager of the Dell company, Wyse Technology Sales and Marketing India, it is aimed at enterprises which plan on riding the wave called Bring Your Own Device (BYOD), by letting staff seamlessly access their work in office or at home. Many employees are hassled by having to carry a heavy laptop to and from their work place, and on tours. And, you can carry it inside a purse or a pocket.

The ‘pen drive’ can be connected to a display or TV or you can use your smart phone as a display, with HDMI or MHL (Mobile Hi-Definition Link) port. The device is powered by a Dual-core Cortex-A9 ARM System-on-Chip (SoC) with 1GB of RAM and 8GB of on-board flash storage, which is similar to any good Tablet. You can expand the storage to an extra 72GB, with a plug-in Micro SD Card. The operating system is Android 4.1 Jellybean.

The strength of the device for corporate use is that employers can tailor it to work with Citrix, VMWare, Microsoft or other cloud-based enterprise virtual PC systems. This means the user will stay within the secure office network, no matter where he or she is working. It is available globally for $149.

Source: IndiaTechOnline