On Wednesday 11 Sep 2013 22:49:58 Tim Brocklehurst wrote:
> On Wednesday 11 Sep 2013 21:49:56 Samuel Penn wrote:
> > On Wednesday 11 Sep 2013 13:42:46 Imran Chaudhry wrote:
> > > I want to explore using the Raspberry Pi as something in the car, a
> > > "carputer". I am envisioning attaching a smallish LCD screen+speakers
> > > where it can play movies, take a USB key to play music, display Google
> > > Maps, show pictures etc. Has anyone done this with their Pi?
> >
> > Ignoring the hacker element for a moment and being all practical, why
> > not just use a phone for this?
> >
> > I pretty much do all this with my phone (except for the video bits,
> > since that could be dangerous when I'm driving). Bluetooth to the
> > car's audio system (I have an adapter) plays all my music and does
> > Google Maps.
>
> I do the same, but I sometimes feel that a bigger screen would be nice. I'd
> seriously consider running Android on the PI for exactly that reason.
Bigger than what? Swap out phone for tablet and you can go up to 10".
A lot of phones are in the 5" - 6" range.
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