TatraApp is dead, here comes QCar

**Jirka Jirout** · 12-10-2006, 06:49 PM

Originally Posted by metalac

any idea on the price? is it going to be under $100 or are we talking more?

There will be several "editions". Depending on functionality, some will be under USD 100, some won't. The exact pricing and more importantly the functionality of particular editions depend on our marketing guy.

**defender90** · 12-30-2006, 11:06 AM

Hi Jirka,
How are you doing with the program? Any news?

**Jirka Jirout** · 12-30-2006, 12:17 PM

Yes, a little delay due to Christmas, but we are back in business. A new build will be available for testers later today or on Monday.

At the moment we have the media playback plug-ins almost complete, I finished the GPS module today (just displaying data and handling comms with the device, not the navigation yet). Small stuff such as clock, stowatch etc is also complete. Main priority for next week is OBD.

**pepsibobby** · 12-30-2006, 02:21 PM

YEAH!!!!! can i play wif it please?

**mccdeuce** · 12-31-2006, 05:03 AM

its obviosuly a cocoa app - running C as the main compiler but what type of database do you plan on hosting the GPS POI's in?

**Jirka Jirout** · 12-31-2006, 05:44 AM

The POIs are stored in standard .ov2 file, which is widely used by for example TomTom devices.

**Jirka Jirout** · 01-02-2007, 04:26 PM

Since I am waiting for my colleague to finish few bits for the new beta release, I spent few hours on Google maps plug-in for QCar. Despite few problems with the API I encountered, it seems to be pretty usable - certainly for POIs and current position display, possibly also for navigation (in Enterprise version). So we will probably be giving this plug-in away for free as a low-end alternative to the full navigation.

**replicant** · 01-02-2007, 10:51 PM

neato, got any more um interface shots with google maps running? if that question makes sense

**Jirka Jirout** · 01-03-2007, 03:12 AM

Originally Posted by replicant

neato, got any more um interface shots with google maps running? if that question makes sense

At this moment, this is the only thing you can see. I will add fullscreen view and some support for position cursor/heading indicator and possibly some track display and POIs during this weekend.

**gthing** · 01-05-2007, 02:01 AM

Those images make the map look like it will be really really small on a 7" screen. Same with video, why is everything so small?

I have a 7" lilliput running in my carputer if you'd like me to test, I'd like me to test too