Ooops, only just noticed that this thread had loads of replies since my last post
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I have changed my email in my profile on here now so I get notifications now. Sorry people.
If anyone has any specific questions I am happy to answer them!.
Teegwa: Not really looked into HMDI touchscreens as the tablet route in my opinion is a much better route to take. I looked into the whole Car PC thing A LOT, and at the end of the day there is too many limitations. There are only a couple of PC Front Ends (Graphical User Interfaces) Designed for the car, One you have to buy, the other is rubbish. But even the one you have to buy is not very good. You need to think of the simple things, Like you are sat in your car listening to a song, you pull into a petrol station and turn off the engine so the PC turns off. When you then turn the car back on it boots up the PC and just sits there, you then have to launch a music app and find the song you were listening too.
Tablets are much better suited, for starters they have their own battery so pulling in for petrol means the tablet doesn't get turned off. And even if it does the music apps for android will remember the last song that was being played. I use Poweramp for Android and it has a homescreen widget so as soon as it powers on it can start playing the last song you were listening too.
Android is also so much more customisable so you can sompletely change how it looks in your car. I just use a live wallpaper for the graphics equaliser and it works perfectly. If you get a 3g tablet you also have internet access for streaming radio etc. It will also link to your phone so you can make calls, send messages etc etc.
I have also changed the boot animation for android so when it turns on it comes up with the Honda Power of dreams logo
Fitting a tablet is easy and I would highly recommend it!. I use it on a day to day basis and I find it much easier to use than a standard head unit!
Matt.