13 May, 2008 - 20:31 Car PC 101
For those interested in starting up a Car PC installation, here's a video for you.
28 April, 2008 - 18:41 M4-ATX 250W Intelligent DC-DC PSU
This PSU is a step ahead of other PSU's in alot of areas. It's designed specifically for Car PCs, or general use as well. The motherboard's on/off switch is powered by the ignition of the car. Here is a list of specs for the PSU
- Program shutdown options, with an optionable sleep more
- Can attach to any motherboard with a 20 or 24pin ATX connector
- Relatively silent PSU, no fans to worry about
- Works with a high variety of CPUs
The M4-ATX 250W Intelligent DC-DC PSU, is $115.00, and may be purchased here.
29 February, 2008 - 15:30 Escort 9500ci - A New Way To Avoid Speed Traps
(Photo Credit: ForbesAuto.com)
Radar Detectors have always tended to be very simplistic, and archaic in design. Usually, they just glue to your dash, and beep every so often alerting you of radar usage.
The Escort 9500ci has basically the same functions as a standard radar detector but with a few twists. First, it is integrated with GPS functionality. So it will be able to let you know of speed traps up ahead. It will also be able to learn, of when you don't slow down when the rad
25 February, 2008 - 17:40 LED Car License Plate Marquee
Have you ever wanted to send out a message to the motorists behind you. Well with this LED powered marquee plate holder, you can. You can store 4 different messages to be displayed. The maximum about of characters you can used per message is 120. So instead of all those different bumper stickers you have slapped on your car you can get your message across with a more hi-tech solution.
18 February, 2008 - 17:40 The Atlas CPC-1200 Nearly Does It All
The new Atlas CPC-1200 is a pretty comprehensive Car PC. The Atlas CPC-1200 has an enormous list of features.
These features include: built-in Wi-Fi, GPS Navigation, Bluetooth support, voice recognition, and HD radio support.
Under the hood, the Atlas CPC-1200 sports a Intel Core Duo 1.66GHz CPU, with 1GB ram. The PC uses Vista for its' OS, and is one of the first car PCs to do so. The PC uses an Intel graphics card running on DirectX 10.
The PC won an award for, "Hottest Car Tech" at CES a month ago. The PC retails for $2,700, but with such a long list of features, it looks to be worth it.
11 February, 2008 - 17:42 MSN Direct Is Gaining Popularity
MSN Direct is a service that is provided for GPS users. MSN Direct provides GPS systems with traffic updates, weather updates, and gas prices.
This service is now expanding into the HD Radio market. As digital radio becomes commonplace, use of HD Radio is on the rise. Ford is going to start offering HD Radio as standard in 2009. Avis will also start to provide customers with cars that have GPS systems with MSN Direct functionality. Because of this trend it looks as those MSN Direct has found a great partner in HD.
At CES this year Microsoft also released a couple of new features for MSN Direct: stock prices, news headlines and local-event listings.
5 February, 2008 - 22:03 Dual Screens Provide Display To Two Seperate Passengers
The biggest problem facing CarPc technology these days is pleasing all the passengers in the car. Surfing the web isn't necessarily what's on the driver's mind, or atleast if he/she is being safe it shouldn't.
With the release of the SD631T, this problem has been addressed. The SD631T at first glance might seem like another rung in the CarPC ladder, but the support of dual screen puts it above the rest. With the dual screens, the user or users will the have the option of running the same content on both displays or showing different content on the two screens.
