OK, for not that much more (well almost double) you will be able to get your hands on next month:
$89 Hiapad Hi802 Android mini PC Based on Freescale i.MX6 Quad Processor
SoC – Freescale i.MX6Q Quad Core Cortex A9 Processor with Vivante GC2000 GPU
System Memory – 1GB RAM
Storage – 16? GB NAND Flash Memory + microSD card slot
Video Output – HDMI
Connectivity – Built-in Wifi 802.11 b/g/n and Bluetooth
USB – USB Host + USB OTG
Heh … I’d expected the amount of these devices to have slowed by now … but they just keep on appearing, and each more powerful than the last
Pity no SATA … isn’t that the chip that definitely DOES support SATA ? … ie. the big brother of the chip used on the Wandboard ?
Yet again … nearly spot on, but not quite.
Pity no SATA .. isn't that the chip that definitely DOES support SATA ? .. ie. the big brother of the chip used on the Wandboard ?Yeah, the same one, except this is aimed at a different audience.
Yeh, I get that … I’m just saying the offerings all seem to be nearly perfect, but non have quite hit the nail squarely on the head yet … they all seem to be missing just one feature.
They missed the opportunity to be spot on … an eSATA would have been the icing on the cake.
I’m sure we’re close though 
What would be your spec / wish list to be spot on?
For me it would be:
Quad processor
1GB ram
4GB Nand
WiFi
Gigabit LAN
2 off SATA
SD card slot
3 USB
VGA out
HDMI out
GPI/O
Ability to boot from SD card
Powered from usb or 5v
I think you should be designing the next one … that’s EXACTLY my wish list, I’d have been happy with a single SATA, but now I want your board 
Oh … GPI/O, tested Linux compatibility, well documented, and a community with lots of devs … but add GPI/O to your board, and I’m sure the rest would quickly follow.
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I’m also sure it would kill off lesser boards (including the Pi), and become the de facto standard.
There, it is fixed now, the only thing left to be done is creating the pcb layout, finding someplace to manufacture it and then build the community. Easy… 8)
Heh … Yeh, that’s the hard bit over, now for the trivial bits :o
It looks like this is also going by the name GK802:
Hmm … after reading that, I hope they sort out the software … the sample sounded like it was all over the place … not confidence inspiring, if they thought it was ready enough to send for review :o
I have not looked at this for some time but it seems that the quad core seems o be the norm nowdays:
AllWinner A31 quad core Cortex A7 + PowerVR SGX544MP2 GPU
and
Rockchip RK3188 quad core Cortex A9 @ 1.8Ghz + Mali-400MP4 GPU
No word on Ubuntu yet…
Are there Linux drivers for PowerVR yet ?
It is rumoured that the linux-sunxi community had received some leaked source code for AllWinner A20 and A31
and they started to clean up the code. This means we should eventually get Linux running on AllWinner A31.
Source
There’s a big difference between getting it to run and getting it to run well, with 3D acceleration … PowerVR have historically been a PITA on Linux … as anyone who’s tried to get Linux running well on a system with Poulsbo graphics will testify
Though Phoronix were hinting at some quasi open(ish) reference drivers from Imagination Technologies:
Can you mine Bitcoins with that GPU?
MarS board:-
http://www.embest-tech.com/shop/product/mars-board.html
Measuring only 65.46mm by 102.04mm, the MarS Board is a low-cost highly-integrated controller board based on Freescale’s i.MX 6Dual ARM Cortex-A9 application processor which encompasses a dual-core platform running up to 1 GHz with 1 MB of L2 cache and 64-bit DDR3 or 2-ch., 32-bit LPDDR2 support. Integrated FlexCAN, MLB busses, PCI Express® and SATA-2 provide excellent connectivity, while integration of LVDS, MIPI display port, MIPI camera port and HDMI v1.4, the i.MX 6Dual provides a scalable solution for consumer, automotive and industrial applications.The MarS Board has 4GByte eMMC, 4256MByte DDR3 SDRAM and 2MByte SPI Flash on board and features 4 USB Host and 1 USB OTG, 10M/100M/1Gbps Ethernet, TF card socket and three display ports on board (HDMI, RGB, LVDS). More other peripheral signals have been brought out from a pair of 2.54mm space 220-pin board-to-board female connectors such as UARTs, CAN, SPI, I2C, PWM, etc.
The MarS Board is a ready-to-run platform with ported Linux 3.0.15 or Android 4.0.4. Additionally, Embest provides the demo for uC/OS-II V2.92.05 for user experience. It is an ideal core processing component for your end devices based on a single hardware design. This will greatly improve the efficiency and agility of design, shorten the circle of developing, and accelerate the products to come into the market.
Embest also provides many add-on options for the MarS Board such as USB WiFi module (Wi-Pi), HDMI-to-VGA conversion module (Pi-View) and 4.3 inch or 7 inch TFT LCD including touch screen.
These modules have further extended more functions for the MarS Board.
Spec:-
Working Temperature: 0°C - 70°C
Humidity Range: 20% - 90%
Dimensions: 65.46mm by 102.04mm
Input Voltage: +5V
Processor
ARM Cortex A9 MPCore™ 2xCPU Processor at 1GHz
1 MB L2 cache
32 KB instruction and data caches
NEON SIMD media accelerator
HD class 1080p encode/decode video engine
2D+3D Hardware Graphics Accelerators (3 GPUs, 200Mtri/s)
Memories
4GByte eMMC
1GByte (4*256MByte) DDR3 SDRAM
2MByte SPI FLASH
Media Interfaces
LVDS interface
HDMI 1.4a interface
Parallel RGB interface
Data Transfer Interfaces
USB Ports:
1 x USB2.0 OTG, micro USB, high-speed, 480Mbps
2 x USB2.0 HOST, Type A, high-speed, 480Mbps
2 x USB2.0 HOST, 2.54mm pitch 10-pin connector, high-speed, 480Mbps
Serial Port: 1 x RS232 Debug serial port, micro USB connector
TF card interface
10M/100M/1Gbps Ethernet Interface (RJ45 jack)
Others
Boot mode configuration interface
1 DC Jack
1 Reset button
Expansion connectors (2.54mm 2*20-pin SMT Female Pin Header) bring out signals below:
- AUDMUX (Digital Audio Multiplexer);
- Two channel CAN;
- ECSPI2 (Enhanced Configurable SPI);
- Two channel I2C;
- Camera/ Parallel, 8bit or 10bit;
- KPP (Keypad Port);
- PWM (Pulse Width Modulation);
- GPMI (General Purpose Memory Interface);
- SPDIF (Sony/Philips Digital Interface);
- Four channel UARTs;
- USDHC1 (Ultra Secured Digital Host Controller)
- ESAI (Enhanced Serial Audio Interface)
That board looks interesting, I seem to recall seeing it going for $99 somewhere.
The Parallella $99 linux supercomputer is getting ready for the masses too, Though the real world performance is remaining to see, I have high hopes for this board.
They even have the Parallella Reference Manual here and you can reserve Your Parallella Board Now
Things seems to have moved on at Cubieboard since last time looked at their site.
They have introduced yet another different PCB model, which is named CubieTruck. Here is the hardware features:
Hardware Features：
1、AllWinnerTech SOC A20，ARM® Cortex™-A7 Dual-Core，ARM® Mali400 MP2 Complies with OpenGL ES 2.0/1.1
2、1GB/2GB DDR3@480MHz
3、HDMI&VGA 1080P display output on-board
4、10M/100M/1G Ethernet
5、Wifi+BT wireless connection with antenna on-board
6、SATA 2.0 interface support 2.5’ HDD，(for 3.5’ HDD, only need another 12V power input)
7、Storage solution：NAND+MicroSD or TSD+ MicroSD or 2*MicroSD
8、2 x USB HOST，1 x OTG，1 x Toslink (SPDIF Optical)，1 x IR，4 x LEDs，1 Headphone，3 x Keys
9、Power：DC5V @ 2.5A with HDD，support Li-battery & RTC
10、54 extended pins including I2S, I2C, SPI, CVBS, LRADC x2,UART, PS2, PWMx2, TS/CSI, IRDA, LINEIN&FMIN&MICIN, TVINx4 with 2.0 pitch connectors
11、PCB size：11cm 8cm1.4mm，very suite for installing a 2.5’ HDD
Finally, one that ticks ALL the boxes … wonders to himself if it will be overpriced ?
Orange Pi Plus
http://www.orangepi.org/orangepiplus/en.html
Hardware specification
CPU - H3 ARM Cortex-A7 quad-core,256 KB L1 cache 1 MB L2 cache
GPU - ·Mali400MP2 GPU @600MHz · Supports OpenGL ES 2.0
Memory (SDRAM) - 1GB DDR3 (shared with GPU)
Onboard Storage - TF card (Max. 64GB) / MMC card slot , up to 2T on 2.5 SATA disk
(an article HERE suggests it will also come with an 8GB eMMC drive onboard)
Onboard Network - 10/100/1000 Ethernet RJ45, WIFI onboard
Video Input - A CSI input connector allows for the connection of a designed camera module
Audio Input - MIC，LINEIN，FMIN
Video Outputs - HDMI, CVBS
Audio Output - 3.5 mm Jack and HDMI
Power Source - USB OTG input，DC input
USB 2.0 Ports - Four USB 2.0 HOST, one USB 2.0 OTG
Buttons - Power button: Next to Reset button
UBoot button (optional): Behind HDMI connector
Low-level peripherals - 40 Pins Header,compatible with Raspberry Pi B+, 28×GPIO, some of which can be used for specific functions including UART, I2C, SPI, PWM, CAN, I2S, SPDIF, LRADC, ADC, LINE-IN,FM-IN,HP-IN.
GPIO(1x3) pin - UART,ground.
LED - Power Key & RJ45
Key - IR input，UBOOT，POWER
Supported OS - Android Lubuntu, Debian, Rasberry Pi Image