Does this device exist? Barebones Android PANEL?

[RobKelley]

Hi:

I'm not sure how to ask this question but here goes. We're looking at an installation type where the client (museum, art gallery, restaurant, office space) wants to mount an android screen as a PANEL for users to interact with, but without all the bells and whistles that make up a self-contained mobile tablet. Specifically, it's just in priority order:

* a 10" or larger screen
* good enough processor and internal memory to run stock Android and play video
* power in (preferably over USB)
* sound out (headphone jack)
* a ruggedized casing
* wi-fi

It does NOT have:
* external buttons (user has no control over hardware)
* internal battery (power over USB only)
* 3g telephony
* bluetooth
* GPS
* gyroscope

Yeah, it's barebones, but it's not a consumer device, it's just a Panel. It seems like such a thing could be made more cheaply than a full tablet -- it lacks a lot of the components and what it does have doesn't have to be consumer grade cutting edge.

Does such a device already exist? Any pointers to examples? Is this a custom hardware situation? Any help is appreciated.

Thanks,

Rob

 

[punshkin]

hmm i don't know of this kind of tablet but you can check out Alibaba, a vendor for tons of cheap chinese stuff inkl. Tablets
http://www.alibaba.com/Tablet-PC_pid100005062

if they don't have it and you need a LOT of these displays, maybe chinaforge can produce it for you
http://www.chinaforge.com/

 

[Asianwhocantgetthingsdone]

I dont a device like that could even function correctly. But i think they have panels out there without android.