Google Android - any CarPC potential?

**ThunderStick** · 01-07-2010, 09:31 PM

I never thought I would say this, I got an android phone two days ago. Damn, I may give up the carpc. This thing does damn near everything my carpc does. once it does vehicle controls The carpc may be a thing of the past.

**regulatre** · 01-09-2010, 10:34 AM

What type of controls would you like?

**SFiorito** · 01-09-2010, 04:59 PM

http://www.autoblog.com/2010/01/09/c...mpete-with-syn

**regulatre** · 01-09-2010, 05:27 PM

Do you ever feel like every good idea you have someone else has thought of it already and is already making money on it?

**SFiorito** · 01-09-2010, 06:39 PM

It takes time and money and you need to move very quickly nowadays.

**Rogoflap** · 10-08-2010, 08:41 AM

I actually started using my Droid X last week. And yes, it is very impressive as a Carputer. It is running the Android 2.2 OS, has the 4.3" screen and a nice window mouont.

The navigation / speech recognition / voice Command is nice. Lots of available of apps and always online.

I was currently using a laptop running Windows 7, Centrafuse and a 7" monitor. Belive it or not this does pretty much all of what the laptop / Centrafuse does for the Carputer, but is always on, I can take it with me etc..

It is a nice option to really consider.

**bay350z** · 10-21-2010, 01:28 AM

Funny was just coming on here to post about android for carpc. I was thinking if i didn't have a nice fitting carpc a dock for my Samsung captivate would make a nice carpc and output to the lcd.

I am thinking android can go two ways with this.

1. be the actually front end on a pc or have a hardware closer to a smartphone setup but for the car. So it would be small and basically like a tablet that is geared for the car environment.

2. Using android as a remote for exsiting carpc. Such as a app that controls RideRunner via WiFi.

What do you think?

**irishboym4** · 05-27-2011, 07:45 PM

i was just kicking around a android tablet car pc aswell. i figure a simple media app could handle the front end easily!

**slvrnsx** · 05-28-2011, 12:35 AM

You guys have not seen this. but if you have an HDMI monitor and then hook it up to an Atrix 4G w/ a cardock, it will be a carputer.

**malcom2073** · 05-28-2011, 05:16 AM

Originally Posted by slvrnsx

You guys have not seen this. but if you have an HDMI monitor and then hook it up to an Atrix 4G w/ a cardock, it will be a carputer.

I've seen it, you won't have any way to control it from the monitor, you have to still use the touchscreen on the phone itself. Not really a carputer, more like a gimped tablet. Real tablet's imo are a bit more practical.