4 edits | Its way overpriced. You can get the same thing for less than $200, and it works with just about any cellular provider.
Most cellular providers have a data card deal where the card is either free or extremely inexpensive.
I use an EVDO data card in my carpc, it was included free with my cell plan contract.
Having internet in your ride really becomes quite useful if you have a carpc with the right software.
The software I use is actually an artificial intelligence. It checks my email and "reads" the messages to me,
has voice announced traffic status and local weather reports all based on real-time internet data.
I can have it look up information on the internet simply by requesting it via voice command.
The AI software communicates with the AI on the HTPC at home over the net, so the HTPC knows when I
pull into the garage. The HTPC's home automation control has everything adjusted before I walk in the door.
I would not get too excited about internet radio though, the low bitrates they use do not provide the quality
that you would expect, and when amplified with even a half decent car audio system it sounds like excrement.
The carpc software streams my rather large mp3 and flac collection at high bitrates over its WiFi connection,
much better sound than any internet radio station. I have a little PDA with WiFi that I use to listen to the stream
when I am not inside the car. |
