There has been quite a bit of interest over the years in our Sunlight Readable Lilliput 629 monitor. Now one can purchase one for the incredibly low price of $529. See details here. This is a limited time offer that expires December 18, 2009.

It is sad to see, but now my XOHM hardware is in the trash. On October 5, 2008 mp3Car.com reported that XOHM service was online a week before the launch party. We also did a mobile drive test and used in other cities before their networks were officially active. Those blog posts were syndicated in news stories around the country. Our test equipment sat on the shelf until today when I decided I was fed up with terrible service from Comcast and Verizon. Out came the Xohm equipment again - but guess what? After a year and a few days, Xohm wimax has turned off ALL new accounts. What does this mean?

• 4 days ago they froze activation of new accounts on the xohm network to pave the way for a transition to Clearwire technology
• There is no hope to get your Xohm hardware activated
• We tried to reactive hardware on two old accounts
• We tried to active two pieces of hardware on one currently active account
• We tried to active online through the website and the Xohm network
• Phone reps refuse to activate devices
• Managers refuse to activate devices
• Phone reps suggested returning the device to the vendor if you can.
• Current customers with subscriptions active as of 4 days ago will get free upgrades to clear wire equipment at the beginning of the year.
• Current customers with inactive hardware appear to be screwed.

The return to your vendor advice is great advice except refunds are only available on the hardware if it was bought within the last 7 days. Furthermore, "Xohm equipment might be compatible with the new Clearwire network but probably not."We are waiting to get comments back from Xohm or Clearwire representatives. This certainly isn't a great way to treat early adopters or to build out confidence in a new network or new technology. Do you know more about this? We would love to hear from you in our mobile wimax forums.Previous posts on this topic include: In car / Computer based vehicle test in Baltimore, Vehicle testing Xohm in Boston Suburbs 10-9-2008, Bench Testing Xohm in Boston 10-10-2008

Stephen Jensen and Robert Wray pack up and head west for Las Vegas and SEMA 2009. Check out our ghost themed video blog post in the spirit of Halloween.

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Mp3Car is pleased to announce the initial release of our mobile power supply comparison chart. The chart is available here in our Wiki and here in PDF format. Individuals and businesses should find it useful for finding the perfect PSU for a given application. Of course, document modification is always encouraged in our Wiki. Additional information relevant to existing power supplies and new power supplies specifications can be added as the information becomes available.

mp3Car forum members Greg Planthaber(profile), Tom Berry(profile), Will Meyer(profile)(blog), and Silvio Fiorito (profile) are highlighted by Peter Wayner in today's NY Times. The article is a follow up to Peter Wayner's visit to the mp3car AFKFest in Baltimore.

For an in-depth tour of Greg's car computer set-up take a look at the video shot at the AFKFest.

If you are new to car computing, watch some videos or read our faq on how to get started.
Will Meyer's video from AFKfest is also here:

Mitch Solomon gives us a tour of his lab car at AFKfest 2009. You can see Mitch's gadgets in the store.

If you have never heard of crowd sourced maps, checkout our previous blog post here or an example of a growing Philippine map in timelapse.