At ~70GBP its twice the price of similar spec devices that lack the AV port and the (likely totally useless) webcam so its a bit of a risky purchase for me until someone confirms that the AV port works with regular ALSA.
Should the temptation to get one of these overcome anyone, please let me know how you get on with the AV out under Picuntu (or whatever non-Android Linux distro you may install on it). If it works I suspect I won't be able to resist the novelty factor.