Thanks sciallo. I've been following your posts in the ouku, an-21u, and wd8801 threads. appreciate all your work.
I am getting ready to buy something again. I can tell you even with the short time of playing with mine, if you want to use many of the android apps, you are going to want to get something with a 1024x600 screen. I found a few apps that were not usable, because you could not see all the buttons on the GUI to move to the next. If I recall Google Voice was one of these.
The UI on the first link actually looks pretty decent and not half assed. But i'd be wary of buying it, it claims to be a pure Android 4.2.2 unit, but in all the screenshots and the description itself, it shows it's an Android 4.0.4 unit. The quadcore is nice however.Thanks sciallo. I've been following your posts in the ouku, an-21u, and wd8801 threads. appreciate all your work.
I was completely ready to pull the trigger on a universal WD8801, as the universal ones I've seen have abandoned the DVD, giving larger screen size, but still retain a decent volume knob and the requisite android buttons:
http://www.aliexpress.com/item/Quad...itive-touch-screen-1024-600HD/1644030858.html
I simply hate the look of the interface, and the few people who have one so far are experiencing issues.
I found a nice one that looks to be an AN-21U alternative:
http://www.ebay.com/itm/7-INCH-Andr...Video_In_Dash_Units_w_GPS&hash=item3a8e81e95d
But it's 800X480, not 1024X600. I was just dissapointed enough in the Ouku resolution, that I thought the bump up would be worth scouring variations for that perfect combination
Anyone have any experience with both the 800 and 1024 screens? Is it worth pursuing?
Don't mean to thread hi-jack. My interest is really in this particular unit, just looking for the exact variation.
Thanks,
I've been speaking with Keylo about the 1024x600 and the last I was told is that MAYBE sometime around July but of course that is variable and she couldn't promise anything.I am getting ready to buy something again. I can tell you even with the short time of playing with mine, if you want to use many of the android apps, you are going to want to get something with a 1024x600 screen. I found a few apps that were not usable, because you could not see all the buttons on the GUI to move to the next. If I recall Google Voice was one of these.
I asked Keylo on an update on the 1024x600 the other day, and did not get a response. I know a few weeks ago, they were having problems with their software on it, and were working those bugs out. While I really like this radio and its project, I will not buy something without a 1024x600 screen. Really would love a 1280x800.... but think Im dreaming.
I am getting ready to buy something again. I can tell you even with the short time of playing with mine, if you want to use many of the android apps, you are going to want to get something with a 1024x600 screen. I found a few apps that were not usable, because you could not see all the buttons on the GUI to move to the next. If I recall Google Voice was one of these.
I asked Keylo on an update on the 1024x600 the other day, and did not get a response. I know a few weeks ago, they were having problems with their software on it, and were working those bugs out. While I really like this radio and its project, I will not buy something without a 1024x600 screen. Really would love a 1280x800.... but think Im dreaming.
This appears to be the same unit discussed in this thread, but claims to be 1024 x 600
You can read up about that unit in this thread:
I am getting ready to buy something again. I can tell you even with the short time of playing with mine, if you want to use many of the android apps, you are going to want to get something with a 1024x600 screen. I found a few apps that were not usable, because you could not see all the buttons on the GUI to move to the next. If I recall Google Voice was one of these.
I asked Keylo on an update on the 1024x600 the other day, and did not get a response. I know a few weeks ago, they were having problems with their software on it, and were working those bugs out. While I really like this radio and its project, I will not buy something without a 1024x600 screen. Really would love a 1280x800.... but think Im dreaming.
I could live with the lower screen resolution. Keeping this device in perspective, its a smart car radio. It does GPS, can integrate with my calendar (I'm a consultant) and lets me listen to music or other internet sources of content. I will spend very little time surfing the internet with chrome, or watching movies, or playing angry birds. For me, GPS, mail/calendar, bluetooth, and radio are the most important things.
I believe the unit you're talking about is the one I currently have (two knobs+two columns of buttons), the dual core is a AN-21 U variant
I use mine in a very similar way .. maybe even less so. GPS and media are all I really care about. I primarily use waze for GPS, and just want the higher rest for that. Using G-Music and others would be nice, but I have a 32gb SD card that I just stuff a ton of music on and forget about it
I ran into several apps like this. Which is why I am hunting for a 1024 x 600 screen. As phone screens get higher resolution, so will future apps. This as a radio is all good and grand right now, but if I cant use it in a year or two down the road, because all the apps GUI have been updated to be non-usable, then I am going to be highly upset.
It would certainly be nice to have this, but just to clarify, kernel source, bootloader issues, and custom recoveries are all separate, and not always related issues. I think I saw earlier in this thread where you managed to get a custom recovery loaded, but couldn't access the partitions. Not sure kernel source will solve that.
Love having you and Webdude talking this stuff through - I don't understand it all but learning a lot from you both. As my unit is on the way I'm primarily interested in reducing the boot time of the unit and removing anything that is unnecessary. Also want to be able to load up the most current version of Google Maps and download some offline maps. I need to re-read the thread but if anyone has quick info on either of these it would be much appreciated!It would certainly be nice to have this, but just to clarify, kernel source, bootloader issues, and custom recoveries are all separate, and not always related issues. I think I saw earlier in this thread where you managed to get a custom recovery loaded, but couldn't access the partitions. Not sure kernel source will solve that.
From a more deeper development perspective, even with an unlocked bootloader, and custom kernels, without source code for the interface between the MCU and the various system apps (radio, media player, etc), we will have difficulty do much more than themeing/tweaking the system apps.
and BTW, it's not the Android License that requires source. Android is published under a modified apache license. It's not viral. You can close source your code at any time. the GNU license by which the linux kernel is used is viral and requires source code distribution.
Sorry if I'm coming across as 'that guy'. Don't mean to
Most of the time you can write a kernel module to force you to have access to the partitions, even if the bootloader is locked. This only is good in recovery mode, but does help.
