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Android Head Units - Anyone try one yet?

Originally Posted by SgtGoldy see you say that now. I give it another 5years. I can pay for my redbulls by tapping my phone onto the credit card swiper. That

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Old 08-28-2014, 12:14 PM   #16 (permalink)
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see you say that now.


I give it another 5years. I can pay for my redbulls by tapping my phone onto the credit card swiper. That would've been ridiculous 10years ago.
It has been around since 2005 (Japan and some euro countries had it then via NFC tech).
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It has been around since 2005 (Japan and some euro countries had it then via NFC tech).
Yea, Americans get everything last cause they need to secure patents and make sure they monopolize it before they bring it to market.


NFC is an awesome thing that we just don't use to its full advantage yet.
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Yea, Americans get everything last cause they need to secure patents and make sure they monopolize it before they bring it to market.


NFC is an awesome thing that we just don't use to its full advantage yet.
NFC will become a huge factor in next year for the US, major retailers are finally supporting payments via NFC and card companies are putting it in their physical cards which means you can load it to other devices.
Only issue with NFC so far has been some security threats but newer CC security measures should qualm any of that in the coming year also.
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It has been around since 2005 (Japan and some euro countries had it then via NFC tech).
yah, i remember some jdm chick lol'ing when i told her i was cutting some coupons to take to the store.

they just take a picture scan of the 3d barcode and walla, you make your payment and your NFC transaction automatically deducts the coupon amount.

there will be MORE fat americans soon...
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yah, i remember some jdm chick lol'ing when i told her i was cutting some coupons to take to the store.

they just take a picture scan of the 3d barcode and walla, you make your payment and your NFC transaction automatically deducts the coupon amount.

there will be MORE fat americans soon...
My wife does this... Shes into the couponing thing. (its kinda cool, spend like 3.00 for a **** ton of stuff). But she does some paper coupons and a lot of digitally loaded coupons. Pretty nifty. Anyways before Trip comes in here and cleans up the thread:


I haven't found a big named brand head unit running android yet. I think the hardware required may make the device too expensive for mass market just yet.
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My wife does this... Shes into the couponing thing. (its kinda cool, spend like 3.00 for a **** ton of stuff). But she does some paper coupons and a lot of digitally loaded coupons. Pretty nifty. Anyways before Trip comes in here and cleans up the thread:


I haven't found a big named brand head unit running android yet. I think the hardware required may make the device too expensive for mass market just yet.
that's cool i need to get in on that scannable coupons.

yah, it'd be sweet to see brands like motorola come in and do their android based HU's. some fresh faces in the mix would be
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Make your own, guys. Nexus 7 LTE. Fully integrated with car. Phone, stereo, you name it.

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lol, I wasn't gonna say anything.


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I have that android unit in my 370. I have had it over a year. It works great ! I just turn my hotspot on for the connection. Does everything almost. I have one of the early units. It is rooted but torque doesn't work well with it. Also, if you have a slingbox at home you can watch TV anywhere. I don't understand why the Major companies have not jumped on this yet.
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I have that android unit in my 370. I have had it over a year. It works great ! I just turn my hotspot on for the connection. Does everything almost. I have one of the early units. It is rooted but torque doesn't work well with it. Also, if you have a slingbox at home you can watch TV anywhere. I don't understand why the Major companies have not jumped on this yet.
Cool, good to hear. Any word on if it will work with "Android L" that comes out next month? I'm assuming if it's rooted, there shouldn't be any issues loading any operating system you want.

I agree about it being weird that big companies aren't running with this.
What car/audio geek doesn't want this? This is as cool as it gets...
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My deck is an older unit with Android 2.3. The new units have newer versions. I doubt if you can change the versions. The android systems on these head units do not have all the features that cell phones have and there are few people working on rooting them, so a lot is unknown. I also bought a single DIN version with a motorized screen with windows CE and Android 4.0. It worked for about 6 months and all of a suddon the Android system was stuck at the boot screen. I have not had time to monkey with it, but it's only functions as a car deck now. You take your chances with warranty when you buy something over seas.
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