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Originally Posted by VegasGuy
This topic got me thinking about a radio that was based on the Android platform. In other words, a dashboard tablet running Android with wifi and bluetooth with a built in radio tuner. This way you could choose from among whatever navigation and music apps that were to your liking. You could link it to your phone via bluetooth and it would have full Internet access. Plus, you could run Torque with an ODB2 reader and get instant feedback on all of your H2's sensors. There are a ton of possibilities.
It seems that are radios like this starting to show up at trade shows, but nothing from one of the big name manufacturers that I can find with the one exception:
http://www.talkandroid.com/102620-cl...de-car-stereo/ |
Here's another:
http://www.mp3car.com/blogs/tags/dvd/.
I like the concept of these units, especially the latter since you can remove the tablet from the head unit to guard against theft, but the large manufacturers just are there yet. They may not even be in a hurry to get there given that more and more vehicles are coming equipped with sophisticated nav/entertainment systems already. Couple that with the fact that some automobile manufacturers blend the nav/radio controls into the dash in a way that makes replacement a nightmare and you may see how the market for aftermarket equipment such as this could be dwindling.