IPAD 3G perfect fit Carputer, ya think?
05-15-10, 04:06 AM
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IPAD 3G perfect fit Carputer, ya think?
Last week our Ipads came in, and the brief review is this is about the most pleased I have been with anything I have ever bought. Now how to get it into the second item I am most please with. It actually fits without an install.
In this position it fits snuggly when held in place by the drink holder. While in gear there is no obstruction to the screen. I am waiting for the case to come in just for added protection but driving around like this it does not move.
In portrait position it fits perfect between the AC vents. Only thing is something would have to be inserted above the AC controls to hold it in place.
Why you want this in your car.
Netflix and ABC APPS streamed HD video over 3G over 12,000 movies and TV Shows
It is an IPOD, and it connects to my IPOD cable. With 64GB on board plenty of movies and music can be stored
3D GPS with turn by turn navigation on a 9.5 Inch Screen
CARPUTER App gives me a performance timer, Gs, MPG, etc about as advanced as it can get
Internet controlled by my voice with Google
Pandora internet Radio
It does work as a phone, and connects bluetooth to my car, for free calls. For those of you who own Iphones, I jailbroke this puppy as soon as it came out of the box and loaded 3G unrestricter and Skype. Perfect for hand free calling, FOR FREE! The unrestricter also streams all my video in HD over 3G
Text messages by voice app, and it reads the incoming text messages to me.
I am thinking of building a real bracket for it, but the damn thing seems to be made to sit on our dash without any mods. Opinions? About anything other than my fingerprints on the screen!
In this position it fits snuggly when held in place by the drink holder. While in gear there is no obstruction to the screen. I am waiting for the case to come in just for added protection but driving around like this it does not move.
In portrait position it fits perfect between the AC vents. Only thing is something would have to be inserted above the AC controls to hold it in place.
Why you want this in your car.
Netflix and ABC APPS streamed HD video over 3G over 12,000 movies and TV Shows
It is an IPOD, and it connects to my IPOD cable. With 64GB on board plenty of movies and music can be stored
3D GPS with turn by turn navigation on a 9.5 Inch Screen
CARPUTER App gives me a performance timer, Gs, MPG, etc about as advanced as it can get
Internet controlled by my voice with Google
Pandora internet Radio
It does work as a phone, and connects bluetooth to my car, for free calls. For those of you who own Iphones, I jailbroke this puppy as soon as it came out of the box and loaded 3G unrestricter and Skype. Perfect for hand free calling, FOR FREE! The unrestricter also streams all my video in HD over 3G
Text messages by voice app, and it reads the incoming text messages to me.
I am thinking of building a real bracket for it, but the damn thing seems to be made to sit on our dash without any mods. Opinions? About anything other than my fingerprints on the screen!
Last edited by KaiserSea1; 05-15-10 at 04:41 AM.
05-15-10, 04:09 AM
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This actually looks like it would work Would be quite interesting, but I would be apprehensive about stuff going wrong since the product is still new. But I've seen an install done on a Tacoma and I think a Maxima. Really cool idea. Congrats on the iPads and with the install (if you decide)!
05-15-10, 04:33 AM
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05-15-10, 04:45 AM
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Very nice setup. I love the iPad and I'm going to consider something like this for myself. Maybe I'll buy mount? Not sure if it'll fit perfectly in my GS lol
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05-15-10, 08:25 AM
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KaiserSea1,
Please keep us informed on how this works out. I have been considering some type of multimedia, GPS upgrade for our SC and this seems about as logical, cost effective and easy as anything out there.
What is the monthly data package price for Internet access etc.?
Great Idea!
Please keep us informed on how this works out. I have been considering some type of multimedia, GPS upgrade for our SC and this seems about as logical, cost effective and easy as anything out there.
What is the monthly data package price for Internet access etc.?
Great Idea!
05-15-10, 08:47 AM
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hope it works. a couple things that might help. 1) grooveshark.com is far superior to pandora. it has better stations with less repeats. PLUS you can actually make your own playlists from pretty much every song ever. it's basically a free streaming itunes store. 2) if you get the correct cable, you can charge your ipad with the same cable you connect for mp3s. if you were to constantly let the battery run down, it would die within a year. comp batteries can only be recharged so many times.
05-15-10, 11:25 AM
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The iPad is resting on the leather held in place by the cup holders. It is really a perfect place for it very easy to see and reach. It is in tight enough so that it does not move in normal driving. With the case on I would have to flip the car to get it out of that spot. I see no reason to do anything to secure it any further. I am waiting for a great iPad gps app to come out. The first million they sold were wifi only, mine has the 3G and GPS. With the power of this the gps to come should be amazing. I am runing the sound and connecting Skype by bluetooth. sounds great. The plug which charges my iPhone does not charge the iPad. I am not too worried since I was surfing and watching movies all day on 3G and the battery lasted 10 hours. I can surf the web by voice so it is pretty safe for a quick lookup. I am dictating this right now with dragon dictate, a free app. The thing is so light and thin it is nothing to move around. I really think this will change everything for mobile entertainment.
05-15-10, 11:29 AM
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hope it works. a couple things that might help. 1) grooveshark.com is far superior to pandora. it has better stations with less repeats. PLUS you can actually make your own playlists from pretty much every song ever. it's basically a free streaming itunes store. 2) if you get the correct cable, you can charge your ipad with the same cable you connect for mp3s. if you were to constantly let the battery run down, it would die within a year. comp batteries can only be recharged so many times.
It is 29 bucks a month including tax and fees for unlimited Internet. I signed up with netflix for 9$ a month to stream movies and tv. You can do that for free but netflix has it all in one place easy to use. After jailbreak it is also a phone, fax, media server, and I can even do a wireless tether to others and share my Internet. Very cool!
Last edited by KaiserSea1; 05-15-10 at 11:34 AM.
05-15-10, 01:00 PM
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for what it's worth.
some cars have the perfect layout for the iPad:
http://www.autoblog.com/2010/04/05/v...-looks-pretty/
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rW6mirf3gng
some cars have the perfect layout for the iPad:
http://www.autoblog.com/2010/04/05/v...-looks-pretty/
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rW6mirf3gng
05-15-10, 06:16 PM
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Cool idea, it looks like that works decently. There are a few caveats that I can think of though:
1. No am/fm radio. I'm guessing Apply never incorporates a radio because that could detract from itunes sales. Probably not a big deal to some, but I like to listen to the radio sometimes. Maybe there will be a clunky add-on like with the ipod...
2. Unless you want to risk a break-in, you'd have to move the ipad out of sight every time you park. To me, that could get old after a while.
3. To me, the ipad is overpriced and doesn't do much more than the iphone, but I guess a higher price than competing products is par for the course with most Apple products. I suppose that's a whole other issue, though, and could be argued about for days.
1. No am/fm radio. I'm guessing Apply never incorporates a radio because that could detract from itunes sales. Probably not a big deal to some, but I like to listen to the radio sometimes. Maybe there will be a clunky add-on like with the ipod...
2. Unless you want to risk a break-in, you'd have to move the ipad out of sight every time you park. To me, that could get old after a while.
3. To me, the ipad is overpriced and doesn't do much more than the iphone, but I guess a higher price than competing products is par for the course with most Apple products. I suppose that's a whole other issue, though, and could be argued about for days.
05-15-10, 08:58 PM
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Cool idea, it looks like that works decently. There are a few caveats that I can think of though:
1. No am/fm radio. I'm guessing Apply never incorporates a radio because that could detract from itunes sales. Probably not a big deal to some, but I like to listen to the radio sometimes. Maybe there will be a clunky add-on like with the ipod...
2. Unless you want to risk a break-in, you'd have to move the ipad out of sight every time you park. To me, that could get old after a while.
3. To me, the ipad is overpriced and doesn't do much more than the iphone, but I guess a higher price than competing products is par for the course with most Apple products. I suppose that's a whole other issue, though, and could be argued about for days.
1. No am/fm radio. I'm guessing Apply never incorporates a radio because that could detract from itunes sales. Probably not a big deal to some, but I like to listen to the radio sometimes. Maybe there will be a clunky add-on like with the ipod...
2. Unless you want to risk a break-in, you'd have to move the ipad out of sight every time you park. To me, that could get old after a while.
3. To me, the ipad is overpriced and doesn't do much more than the iphone, but I guess a higher price than competing products is par for the course with most Apple products. I suppose that's a whole other issue, though, and could be argued about for days.
2. The point of this thing is that it is portable, why would you leave it in the car. I use it in the office, in the house, I may sell my Imac. The money alone I am saving on home internet, my portable usb, and on my phone pays for the IPAD and the service. It is actually very thrifty. Today I was using it in the living room, and my son was surfing on his laptop, by using my Ipad as a wireless hotspot. Good speed.
3. I have had iphones for a couple of years. It runs the same apps true, but it is so much more than that. Unfortunately you will only get it, if you get it.
05-16-10, 08:27 AM
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do you mean that you have no cables at all? or that you only have the mp3 cable connected? because if that's the case, i assume you'd have to stream the audio over bluetooth. and the sound quality isn't very good. do an a/b comparison and most people will think it's unlistenable. if you are using an mp3 cable, you can install apple's a/v cable and it'll charge the ipad while you drive.