Received the Mini MK802 today. I attached power supply, USB dongle for a keyboard/mouse, HDMI cable attached to a flat screen and plugged it in. Booted right up, I clicked on settings, found my router and it attached first try. Documentation booklet is weak, but has basics. I've been running this non-stop for 6 hours no real issues found. It's a little difficult to use my mini keyboard/mouse for some functions, as my experiance with android is on a tablet only. It takes some getting used to doing similar swipe functions.Unit does NOT have an ON/OFF switch. You must unplug to power off, but it does accept Ctrl-Alt-Del to reboot.
Previous reviews indicate the unit runs hot. That is NOT my case after 6+ hours of constant use.
So far so good.
UPDATE: 11/28/2012
After playing with the unit for a couple of days, I mounted it behind my 47" Vizio that's on the wall. My biggest concern was that this device would be running constantly 24/7 as I started to fish a power cord through the wall to supply power to the unit. Then a light bulb went off in my head. I took the supplied mini to full USB cable, plugged the mini side in the unit and the full side in my TV's USB port.
Now when my TV's is turned on the unit gets it power and boots up. When I turn the power to my TV off, the unit powers down. No need for the power supply.
After thumbing through the included manual, I plugged it in to my Samsung 27" TV and powered it up. In less than two minutes, I was at an Android 4.0 desktop home screen (running in 1920x1080 resolution). It connected to my WiFi AP on the first try and seems to pull decent speeds even though my router is on the other side of my house and most devices only get ~50% signal in this room.
Overall, the OS looks like it has some tweaks. It's configured as a tablet with the status/notification bar at the bottom of the screen. Volume up/down buttons have been added to the bar in addition to the default back/home/switcher icons that 4.0 comes with by default. It seems to want to lag out occasionally when opening new windows or tabs in a browser (tried stock browser and Firefox beta so far both work decent).
I would highly recommend this device to anybody who likes to tinker with Android hardware. It appears to have massive potential as a low-cost internet TV device and I cannot wait to dive into the software to start customizing it.
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I really wish this thing was designed better, because its a decent concept. I had a lot of hope for it but unfortunately it had to be returned. It overheats, reboots, freezes, video comes in and goes out, apps don't work right. It's underdeveloped and badly engineered. I have tried two of these so far and the results were the same both times. I thought maybe I had a bad one the first time, but nope. They're just not ready for the real world yet. Maybe some day when someone steps in and makes it better.The idea of the product is great. But the device has a temperature problem. It overheats!!!It works great for a couple of minutes and then it just power off by himself!!!
I do not recommend this product.
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im not sure if the advertisement is wrong, but this is not a 1.5 ghz chip...! i could hex edit a binary file to make it look like it is a 1.5ghz, and i think thats what happened here. not saying the seller is misleading, but the product is definitely a 1ghz chip.i know alot about androids. this isnt a bad deal, i actually got mine and ordered 3 more the next day!! i also Flashed my software, cause when i got it, it was android version 4.03, there is an update 4.0.4, the stock software needs to get uninstalled cause its all chinese. you can get cyanogenmod for it if you know anything about androids its really nice software. and cyanogenmod will allow you to run bluetooth.
*IF* you accidentially brick the device, install the drivers for this thing on your computer/laptop, and get a toothpick/paperclip PUSH THE BUTTON IN THE HOLE IN AND HOLD IT IN, THEN PLUG INTO COMPUTER, the device will go into firmware flash mode.. I almost flipped out when i thought i wasted my money and broke it, this device is not like many other androids, i have owned a lot and it took me over 18 hours of playing with this thing to understand it entirely. it does have a safety restore mode... :D
its not a bad deal, im gonna keep it til i decide to upgrade to the 3rd generation dual core, which i should have paid the extra cash for strait up. but for now its pretty awesome!
i went to the local electronics shop, and had to buy 3 keyboards to find 1 that worked, but i now have a keyboard and mouse that works plug and play. i bought a pixxo keyboard and mouse combo, and it has extra buttons on the keyboard, like home key, volume, back button, email button works, search button works, all the media buttons work too.
i really love the device, rating is cause there is a little mis-info in the product. and would have been nice comming with all updated software. and i think the biggest problem this device has is overheating... BUT I DEVELOPED A SOULUTION FOR THAT!!!
**Heat Solution**: cut a small hole in the bottom of the box the mk802 was shipped in, and stick a fan in the bottom, so air blows up to the top.. put the mk802 on top of the fan, then... put a heatsink on top... works perfect, would be nice if they could put a $2 heat sink and fan, with power input into the box and just make it convertable... this idea worked perfect for me..
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