The Gamestick project closes his Kickstarter campaign was successful and the originally scheduled crowdfunding amount to take over about a 6-fold. Geeks Mobile also has participated as a backer and get one of the 50 beta testers platforms!

I love Kickstarter, because it supports not only my “hardware is the new black” – thesis (see my interview with t3n) but brings exciting startups and inventors with parallel financing straightforward and free market research. Does your idea on Kickstarter and its users to not really, you know, at least once before that there’s something wrong with your project.

For the guys and girls from Gamestick project obviously was all true, because the originally planned financing round of $ 100 000 finally ended with a total of over $ 647 000 and that the team can get started right now times.

The Gamestick consists of a HDMI stick and a controller. Stick packed into the HDMI jack of a TV or monitor, controller plays into the hand and already you can current Android Games on the big screen. A very simple but effective idea that inspired me immediately.

Gamestick Specifications

Processor – Amlogic 8726-MX
Memory – 1GB DDR3 / 8GB FLASH
Content Download Manager w / cloud storage for games.
WiFi – 802.11 b / g / n
Bluetooth – LE 4.0
O / S – Android Jelly Bean
Controller – Bluetooth, 3 mode controller: gamepad, mouse and keyboard with support for up to 4 controllers.
Full 1080p HD video decoding
Support for XBMC & DLNA from Sept via optional firmware update.
Support for iOS and Android mobile devices to be used as controllers.