NAVIsurfer II is an Accident Waiting to Happen
The possibilities might be endless for this in-dash geek toy, but it has to be one of the most surefire ways around to guarantee that you’ll wreck your car. "Sorry lady, I was trying to put the finishing touches on this picture in Photoshop and I didn’t see you stop!" The NAVIsurfer II is the first single DIN in-car PC on the the market. That’s right, it can fit in a single DIN slot to replace the OEM stereo unit in just about any car. It features a 1024 x 768 pixel, 7" motorized touchscreen with adjustable viewing angle and swivel, and it retracts fully into the body of the unit. The NAVIsurfer II doesn’t ship with an OS but Windows XP and Linux are both supported. With the right software and / or hardware you’ve got yourself a media server, GPS navigation, back-up camera monitor, TV, gaming console… The list goes on and on. In terms of memory, you’re looking at between 40 and 120 GB of hard drive space depending on the model you go with, and 256 or 512 MB of RAM. Just don’t say we didn’t warn you when you get distracted by your buddies playing WoW and run your Civic into a wall. Not that this thing could handle WoW…
[Via technabob]
On Feb 8, 2008 @ 10:31 am, Ben Said:
Interesting but have you ever heard of a laptop, “sorry boss i hyave to go down and send you my project and reports from my car’s computer, what sure it’s portable i just can’t get it out of my dash, but it gets great gas mileag, it’s a hybrid…”
um better yet, BG hook me up with that MAC BOOK AIR!!!!
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On Feb 8, 2008 @ 11:11 am, Ken Said:
I could actually use this if it runs RDP. Pretty reasonably priced too…
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On Feb 8, 2008 @ 12:50 pm, Donovan Said:
It looked good till I realised that it doesn’t actually slide into the chassis, it is always open like that…
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On Feb 8, 2008 @ 2:06 pm, Mr. Hopkins Said:
WHAT??! No preamp output for my three-ways & fifteens? This is wack son!
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On Feb 8, 2008 @ 7:26 pm, Jeff B. Said:
So does it get WiFi or WWAN or WLAN or LAN or Bluetooth or Networked or does it have 3G, anything?
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On Feb 9, 2008 @ 8:12 am, Walkinga Thinline Said:
In many states (like Virginia), general purpose computer displays can cause legal problems if visible to the driver:
http://tinyurl.com/2bzr3e
So, if you’re driving with the device mentioned in the article turned on and you surf over to a site that has anything on it that a police officer can call a “motion picture or similar video display” you may get an enhanced ticket…
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On Feb 11, 2008 @ 12:36 pm, D Mobile Said:
I live in Virginia and Walking a Thinline is right. However, the article said that you could use navigation displays, so while your driving just be sure you don’t use it for anything but navigation. But I could still see myself getting in trouble with it like trying to check the BGR at a long red light. LOL!!!!
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