iPaq as a Carputer?
on 12.28.04, 10:48am in Uncategorized • comments (5)
A few weeks back, I asked if anyone had any good suggestions on what to do with an old PDA. Several people commented that I should look into using it as a car computer.
Right now, I have a Sirius satellite radio as well as an iPod hard-wired right into the sound system, so the only thing I can think of really using the iPaq for in the car is GPS navigation. However, I wonder if I would just be better off using my Audiovox 5600 and a Bluetooth GPS reciever instead. This also has the advantage of using the GPS with the laptop (I recently replaced the internal modem with a Bluetooth modem on the T40) for longer trips.
The other thought I had for using the iPaq in the car would be as a ‘controller’ for a more powerful mini-itx system, perhaps mounted in the trunk, using NetRemote as a front end.
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jax (December 28, 2004 @ 2:41 pm)
you could also use it to log on to this website. And see for yourself how bad it looks on Pie
Steve (December 28, 2004 @ 2:54 pm)
Good to know. I’ve tried it on the Smartphone PIE, and it actually seems pretty good (with 1 column view turned on). Are you referring to how it looks on PPC?