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Work · September 21, 2011

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Check out the 23" Android 'tablet' I made for $600

I'd like to introduce to you a project I've been hacking on for the last few weeks - a prototype of a product I think will become a mainstre...

Check out the 23" Android 'tablet' I made for $600 launched on September 21, 2011 with 160 votes, #9 of 306 launches that month and more than 95% of that year's launches. The site was still online in September 2026, 15 years on.

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A creator built a 23-inch Android tablet prototype for approximately $600 as an experimental project. The device runs Android on a large touchscreen and is designed to explore whether oversized tablets could become mainstream devices. The project demonstrates custom hardware assembly using open-source Android software, though questions remain about its practical applications compared to existing input methods and whether connecting Android phones to external displays might offer more flexibility.

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Is there any chance that you publish how you built it? Or do you plan to bring this device into production "Android was used because its openness" Right... Which version of Android did you say it was running? Was it the one specifically made to handle larger touchscreens, or the one that everyone else has to use? Also, Fruit Ninja looks really clumsy at that size. I don't think large touchscreens will displace the Wiimote and Kinect anytime soon... I actually think if you could connect your Android phone to a Monitor or a TV for instance would achieve a more flexible effect. You always have the phone with you and when you do have a nice big screen to take advantage of, you can just plug it…from martin.drashkov.com

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