With as many products that show up at trade events like CES, it’s inevitable that some will resemble others to an extent. Of course, there are devices that have a thing or two in common, and then there are those that veer much closer to outright copycat territory, a situation we looked at earlier today after Oppo started speaking out about the Polaroid Selfie phone and its unmistakably N1-clone of a design. We find ourselves back in look-alike territory this evening as we hear about the Remix “ultra-tablet” from Jide Technology, an Android tablet that might look more at home in Microsoft’s Surface lineup.The Remix was created by a team of former Google engineers, and runs a custom Android build being called Remix OS. The KitKat-based OS was crafted with the idea of keyboard and mouse input in mind, and hopes to bring users a more laptop-like experience than they may get with pure Android tablets.The hardware includes a pop-out kickstand, just like on a Surface tablet, as well as a magnetically-connecting keyboard cover. While the tablet doesn’t accept full-sized USB connections directly, a bundled OTG adapter is intended to give users the flexibility of working with their existing PC accessories.Full hardware details aren’t yet available, but we know that the Remix will get a 1080p 11.6-inch display, 2GB of RAM, and be powered by an NVIDIA Tegra SoC – the precise chip hasn’t been named. The manufacturer has its aim on bringing the Remix to the US later this year for about $250 – that’s for a 16GB model. Of course, this is assuming Microsoft doesn’t make with some injunction action first .
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