Parrot asteroid smart

cheshirecat

A buddy of mine went with the Dynavin that's supposed to work well with our 1 series BMW's. It is a terrible unit, period.

We did some research into the Parrot Smart and so far the reviews are stellar, especially for an Android based unit. The touchscreen is excellent and the OS is very fast.

Developers have managed to get root on the device and also get Google Play Store working. These two hurdles were the biggest when it comes to fully enjoying the headunit and they've been solved.

IMO, Android is the future for double din media units.

lineyho

I posted a review of the android unit I installed. It is a no name unit, but runs android 2.3.4. I have it rooted also. The unit came with google play store and works fine. It has a 1ghz processor with 512 of ram. I don't have it bogged down with too many programs so it is quite fast. Most of these units have a reduced version of android that can't do everything your phone can do, but most things you need for car apploications. You can also buy these units with Android 4.0 where some also include winCE. Some people have got their units to run torque off their blue tooth OBD2. My bluetooth would see the obd2 but would not connect. If you are interested in reading a lot about these units do a google search for xda ouku 6.2 dvd. You will find about 40 pages of people buy, using and discussing these units. Yes, Android or other operating systems incorporated into music systems are the future for now. Pioneer, kenwood, Alpine etc need to get their act together and quick nickel and diming us for each tiny upgrade they do with their units and start putting operating systems into their head units. Pioneer mirrors your phone, but you are still having to juggle two devices.