Gotcha! It's something BB *should* have been focusing on more in the past, it's a HUGE market. The good thing for car manufacturers is that if BB does fold, someone else will scoop up QNX for sure, it's a great product.

Ironically enough apparently Apple CarPlay is driven by BB QNX as well. Coincidence? I don't think so.

Apple CarPlay: iOS Vehicle Integration
 

Where did you find this info? That's crazy if true.

EDIT: wow, just googled it. Recent news it seems. That is surprising to me, and actually pretty cool.

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My favorite headline from BGR:
"Guess which company powers Apple’s CarPlay (Hint: it starts with ‘Black’ and ends with ‘Berry’)"

Source: http://bgr.com/2014/03/04/apple-carplay-blackberry-qnx/

Here's where I originally read about it:

Source: http://www.macrumors.com/2014/03/04/...x-integration/

EDIT: Haha, you beat me!

Put me in this camp too. The stock BRZ head unit is garbage, and AHA! is worthless. A third-party head unit that runs CarPlay will be installed almost as fast as I can throw my money at them. I've done the Android thing and much prefer iOS, or I'd consider the Android units floating around right now.

I love the idea of having options in future cars too. A head unit that allows you to choose CarPlay, Android Car Mode, WP8.1 Car Mode... or default to the OEM's standard OS would be amazing.

It's seems as if but it doesn't matter anyway. It's just another stupid "shiny object" in the grand scheme of things.

Don't take life too seriously, nobody makes it out alive anyway.


I see it all as just another "gimmick" like curved televisions that doesn't actually make the thing inherently better. In fact it can be argued these integrated touchscreen systems are making cars/drivers much more dangerous.


edited to add:
You thought I was implying that the car wouldn't work without having an iPhone. Like actually turning it on and driving around town. I was not implying that all. I was implying/assuming that the infotainment system would be relegated to functioning only with the iPhone which isn't the case but if it were it would absolutely keep me from buying the car. I hope that helps clarify.

the problem with these systems has always been that they seem to only work well with some very specific phones/OS's..

so really, i'm not a fan of any 'better' phone integration support until all the major players sit down and figure out a universal standard protocol for all the features that would need to be accessed in a car via the infotainment system.. moving the processing of the functions over to the phone might be an ok step, but i suspect that it will eventually run into the same 'specific phone/os' issue that they already have..


i won't buy any car that has a radio that can't be easily replaced.. if the 86 had this system, but still maintained the simplicity of replacement, it would only accelerate my replacement schedule. if the 86 had a radio that was not easily replaced without disabling other features(cough, cough GM), i would have skipped over it as a vehicle option..

just so you know, i don't hate apple products(why the heck do we even need to debate this aspect.. i've got 2 iphone 3g's, a 120gb ipod, and am family fleet manager to something like 6 ipod touch's--there is that enough credentials to not lump me into the hatebus?), i just don't need like tech like this in a car at all. i could sync my phone to the car, but i'd need to turn bluetooth on first, which i refuse to do(don't worry, the salespeople gave me a funny look too).

My mistake. I was actually just talking about the "infotainment system" which I thought context made clear. I never thought you were implying the whole car wouldn't work, but my wording, I see now, was very unclear.

You did imply (then state) that if the head unit would not work without an iPhone you would not buy the car, which is what I was trying to address. The confusion here is entirely due to my poor wording.

For those who are interested in CarPlay, this post is for you:

Source: http://www.macrumors.com/2014/04/13/...rplay-console/

Looks like Alpine and Clarion are on-board. I'll definitely be picking a CarPlay compatible head unit this year once available.

how does this all work when texts you don't want your passenger reading pop up on screen?

If the passenger is your significant other, you need to see a relationship counselor. :brokenheart:

Can that be done online?

https://www.ourrelationship.com/ :cheers:

Anyways back on topic.

Pioneer announced a software update today for their NEX series headunits for CarPlay compatibility which should be out later this year.

Source: http://www.businesswire.com/news/hom...arPlay-Vehicle

More information is available at: www.pioneer-carglobal.com/CarPlay

Congrats to those with a AVIC-8000NEX, AVIC-7000NEX, AVIC-6000NEX, AVIC-5000NEX, or AVH-4000NEX.

Anyone with a AVIC-8000NEX, AVIC-7000NEX, AVIC-6000NEX, AVIC-5000NEX, or AVH-4000NEX head unit? Other than the parts found in the retail box what other items did you have to buy for your car?

Prepping for install as I will be importing the Pioneer NEX head unit from the US to the Philippines

Although the head unit is the stock one from Hyundai Sonata the GUI would probably be identical to all other CarPlay head units.

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