Early review (from an Intel employee, so keep in mind it's going to be biased in favor):
http://blog.dimitridiakopoulos.com/2014/09/10/hands-on-intel-edison/The take away is that it's an x86 processor with built-in Bluetooth and Wifi, running about 2X the Raspberry Pi.
"Based on empiric observations during the validation project, Edison provided enough cycles to accomplish audio-rate FFT..."
Could it be a possible candidate for the "White box" digital HT?