BigGQWesty Posted June 9, 2012 Report Posted June 9, 2012 Very cool ray.. But a but unsure on what it's good for.. I mean to use it you need a small screen.. But then it's basically a small desk top.. Cool thinking.. But I can't really see it taking off..
Ray! Posted June 9, 2012 Author Report Posted June 9, 2012 Very cool ray.. But a but unsure on what it's good for.. I mean to use it you need a small screen.. But then it's basically a small desk top.. Cool thinking.. But I can't really see it taking off.. I think the idea is that you can take it anywhere and effectively have your own PC wherever you go, as long as you can plug it into a screen, TV or whatever. This is one of those things where people start to create stuff that it can be used for, rather than having an end purpose outright. Cheers Ray
KMsMK Posted June 9, 2012 Report Posted June 9, 2012 Would it be any good for having a computer in the dash? Get a 7'' touch screen and use the micro computer to run gps, music, etc. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk
Ray! Posted June 9, 2012 Author Report Posted June 9, 2012 You'd have to work out whether it's powerful enough to properly run an Android navigation program. It has a micro-SD card slot, so you certainly have enough memory for maps. The only thing you'd really have to work out is running the screen. You can get independent LCD screens that run off a USB connection, so it's quite possible to do a fair bit with such a device. Cheers Ray
KMsMK Posted June 28, 2012 Report Posted June 28, 2012 hey Ray, have you ordered a nexus 7 yet. looks promising with gps, Bluetooth, etc. but I wonder what google was thinking with only 16 GB. good price too. Sent from my iPad using Tapatalk HD
Ray! Posted June 28, 2012 Author Report Posted June 28, 2012 hey Ray, have you ordered a nexus 7 yet. looks promising with gps, Bluetooth, etc. but I wonder what google was thinking with only 16 GB. good price too. Sent from my iPad using Tapatalk HD I have this ambivalence towards Google products like I do towards Apple; I'd rather own none of them. I'm more than happy with my Gigabyte Windows 7 tablet and if I didn't have that, I'd probably wait for the upcoming Microsoft Surface tablet. Also, I don't really see the need for a 7" tablet, as that's no bigger than the screen on my head unit. Cheers Ray
dronus4x4 Posted June 29, 2012 Report Posted June 29, 2012 Just had the invitation and placed my order for the raspberry pi... its on its way! Sent from my Galaxy Nexus using Tapatalk 2
admin Posted July 2, 2012 Report Posted July 2, 2012 I think a raspberry pi and a nice high quality HDMI touchscreen and some tricky software would make an awsome car stereo. Currently there are some software front ends for Windows based PC's - but these are impracticle for car use, to big and clunky. Somthing needs to be built from the ground up on hardware like this.
Ray! Posted July 14, 2012 Author Report Posted July 14, 2012 But wait! http://www.gizmodo.com.au/2012/07/who-wants-a-quad-core-computer-for-130/ Cheers Ray
Rumcajs Posted July 14, 2012 Report Posted July 14, 2012 (edited) ............................................. And then... need to port the ecutalk software to android.... that would be cool. .................................. Sent from my Galaxy Nexus using Tapatalk 2 Oh yeah, can't wait for that. I wish Peter would loosened up a bit and share the code if he's not willing to do it himself, I'd happily pay for that piece of code. Cheers Edited July 14, 2012 by Rumcajs
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