The Mp3Car store strives to be the leading online source for cutting edge, low power computing technologies.  The addition of Flux Media’s Centrafuse infotainment and telematics interface is yet another step in offering a diverse selection of products specific to the low power computing market.


  With over 200 products in stock, the Mp3Car store is searching every day for that next innovation, collaborating with leading companies and innovators from around the world.  The Mp3Car store was created to meet the overwhelming demand among hobbyists for products that allow mp3s to be played in the car.  Today the Mp3Car store supplies car computing hobbyists with products that allow them to do far more in the car than just play mp3s.  Hobbyists use their car computers for navigation, infotainment management, and real time engine tuning just to name a few applications – and we are just getting started!


  “Mp3Car has come a long way – growing with the car computing hobby,” says Heather Sarkissian, Mp3Car Manager, “We are really excited to offer Mp3Car customers the opportunity to choose – in this emerging market it will be the choices of customers that define the future of low power computing.   We are pleased to offer Centrafuse as a front end that has been designed with extensive input from the hobbyists on the Mp3Car Forums.”


  And what do the guys from Flux Media/Centrafuse say about joining the Mp3Car store?

 
  “We are very excited for this opportunity to offer Centrafuse as part of the Mp3Car store line-up of cutting edge products. Mp3Car is an ideal distribution partner for us as knowledge leaders in the mobile computing space.” says Reagan Cooper, Director of Channel Sales at Flux Media.


  The Centrafuse Mobile Desktop™ is a complete software front end for Windows XP and Vista-based mobile PCs such as the CarPC and the Ultra-Mobile PC (UMPC). Centrafuse seamlessly integrates entertainment, navigation, and communication functions into an intuitive user interface designed for safe and easy touch and voice control.  With Centrafuse, you will have quick and easy access to all of your music, pictures and video as well as GPS navigation, AM/FM radio & Satellite radio with pause/replay, DVD, Bluetooth phone integration, WiFi manager, web browser, email,  engine diagnostics and much more, all easily accessible with the touch of a finger.

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Intel, Switchback, American Choppers & StreetDeck worked together to put together this 250 Horsepower beast.

Intel notes that the versatility of the SwitchBack-PC is nearly “boundless,” and the modularity of the Black Diamond solution creates a lot of optionsvfor the design of the chopper. “Instead of a computerized dashboard affixed permanently to the bike we can use the BackPack technology to make it portable,” explains Intel’s Reed. “So theSwitchBack-PC not only controls and monitors the chopper, and integrates with its electronic subsystems, but it also functions as an Ultra Mobile PC, allowing the user to surf the Internet, do email, write reports, and so forth. You can snap it off and take it with you, preventing any unauthorized person from operating the vehicle.”

But it’s not just a snap-on PC either. “Everything on the bike is integrated with the computing system, and vice versa,” explains Justin Dyster, president of Black Diamond. What that means is that the ignition system is controlled by fingerprint recognition software. The sunlight viewable digital dashboard displays all of the traditional vehicle indicators like speedometer, tachometer, fuel and oil gauges, battery life, and turn signals. Black Diamond used StreetDeck* infotainment software to integrate audio and video applications like GPS navigation, Wi-Fi connectivity for quick updates on traffic and web-surfing, and touch-screen access to the radio and MP3 files, all of which are also integrated with the handlebars and headset in the helmet. Rear-mounted USB cameras replace standard rear-view mirrors to display rear-view images on the digital dashboard. This “dashboard” is also a fully functional PC, complete with QWERTY keyboard that can be disconnected from the vehicle and taken with you, to create, edit and view presentations, spreadsheets, do email, and so forth.

Dyster also notes that the SwitchBack-PC used on the Intel Chopper is just like the off-the-shelf version that Black Diamond makes for other applications, with a few minor differences. “We used a custom paint scheme, and we increased the performance of the SwitchBack with the new Intel® Core™ Duo processor to allow for more features.” Battery life of the SwitchBack-PC has been extended in several ways. Besides the engineering efficiencies that give the device a long battery life to begin with, hot swap capabilities allows the user to replace the battery on the go. Plus, the SwitchBack-PC battery will be recharged while the bike is operating. So the user will always start with a fully charged battery when the UMPC is detached from the vehicle.

We finally got a new homepage released. In the coming weeks we'll be adding more features such as a wiki and a user gallery categorized by vehicle make/model.

Mp3Car takes Car Computers to SEMA

Here is a video that was shot at the 2007 SEMA Show, the world's 'Premier Automotive Specialty product Event' - or for us laymen - the biggest car gadget love-in anywhere in the world. The video is all about Mp3car and VIA's involvement in the Car PC industry and in particular the new G4 from Mp3car, a powerful VIA C7-based multimedia Car PC that fits into the dashboard of your car.