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Originally Posted by Gardus
Good job on the videos, they really show everything in details.
How does the bluetooth work with a android phone?
How is the video playback?
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Phone integration is very nice. It connects quickly and gives you access to a dial pad, contact list, call log, and music. Everything has nice fluid animations when changing through the different items.
I would have taken a video, but my Adobe Premiere skills aren't up to par so I wouldn't have been able to blur our all the actual contact information.
I'll pop in a DVD and an SD card with some movies and take a short video of it later.
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Originally Posted by Foobar
As long as you're getting this head unit for what it is - a head unit, the version of Android on it is irrelevant. For the use case of providing head unit functionality in a vehicle, this device looks to be a fairly strong performer. If you're interested in having a current Android platform to reliably run all your modern apps on it, then you'll have less than desirable results.
Don't think of this as a $500+ Android device, think of it as a $500+ full-featured head unit that just happens to run Android.
Yeah, I keep all of my Android devices current (even beyond that since I use custom ROMs), but aside from some manufacturer TSB, I can't even remember having to worry about updating the firmware on one of my head units.
Like 2forme stated earlier, you're not going to be running all of your full-blown Android apps on this thing. There are some specific vehicle-related apps that would be great to have on here, other than that, it's basically a highly skinnable, user-familiar UI that, as a bonus, you might be able to take advantage of some of your favorite Android apps that might prove useful in a vehicle.
It's not going to replace your iPad, Nexus, or smartphone, but it will perform admirably as a vehicle headunit, integrating with your sound system, GPS, rearview cameras, external video displays, etc.
One more question for 2forme - can this thing mate to our SiriusXM unit?
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This is exactly my point! Thank you Foobar.
On the XM, I'm not sure. I'd have to check into that for you. I personally don't use XM so I wonder if there's an App and USB dongle kit that would work...
By default the unit lets you install from outside sources, or whatever the exact verbiage is. You can stick an SD card or USB stick in with apk's and install them LOL.