Yea, that would awesome... Especially since you can easily insert and remove the mini like they showed... so it still is a fully usable iPad mini...
Suddenly I have a huge need for an iPad mini.
With LTE/GPS, this would be a monster!
Seriously folks this **** is not smart. The texting, the phoning, the iPadding, its all got to stop when you get behind the wheel.
Wifi triangulation. Less accurate and proven to hiccup when there's no wifi around to ping off of.
Owner: "Siri, how awesome is my car?"
Siri: "it's a Corolla, what do you think?"
Owner: "i hate your face"
(I drive a Corolla too)
Can you imagine the data usage running Pandora or iHeartRadio plus Maps on your daily commute? Guess the only way is if you are on Sprint with an unlimited Data plan.. otherwise you're going to fly through the GBs.
#FAIL!
SMH.....
You do realize that with the cellular version you DO in fact get GPS? It is assisted GPS where it will try to first get locaiton data from Cellular towers as it updates its GPS location.
It has nothing to do with Wifi....
Lol... I hope you're joking.
Just to name a few reasons: GPS, Contacts, Find your Friends, Movies... upon a million more. But if you just need one: the best infotainment system available - PLUS it syncs with all your other devices you already have.
It's not about being antisocial, its simply the best infotainment system you could buy.
Whoah whoah whoah. Lets not get carried away. He clearly states in the video that they are using an Audison sound system in that vehicle, with two amplifiers. A quick look on Amazon shows me the -cheapest- Audison amp is ~$250, going all the way up to > $1000. That's JUST the amps as well. Add in additional hardware, an iPad, and not even counting installation (if you could do it yourself lets say), and you are probably over 2 grand for what's in that car.
I'm not saying its not cool, but there is NO WAY you would beat the quality of a "$1000 stereo" with an iPad for less money. The iPad is just putting out a stereo line level signal, the rest is all being done by the expensive audio hardware...
I'm not an audiophile, but I wouldn't be surprised if one could tell the difference in audio quality compared to a device more specifically geared towards putting out high fidelity sound than an iPad, which is intended for use with -at best- some dock speakers.
Personally, I wouldn't want a setup like this, because in order to use your car's stereo you would have to have the iPad in place, and as mentioned by others if you don't remove it when you leave the car it begs to be stolen. The end result is you now have to always carry the thing with you (or sometimes not use your stereo). Maybe that works for some people (cool!), but would not for me. I personally would find it a burden to have to keep track of one more device at all times.
All just my $0.02 of course.
Without retina and LTE the ipad mini is dated on day 1! But count me in when those are added.
Edit: I'm an idiot, the ipad mini does have LTE. I'm in after retina, I guess.
Movies? There is a huge widescreen HD movie playing in the windshield. Whoever's in the driver's seat should probably be watching that.
oh come on apple, make a car already.
I have a Toyota Camry with a similar opening for the sound system. I use my iPhone 4S for all of my audio and GPS stuff. This would be a neat future venture for car manufacturers, especially if the car could send all sorts of diagnostic information to the tablet.
Thats where these 7" tablets shine, who needs an expensive $1000 stereo when you can get the same functionality out of a $200-600 device that you can take with you.
It's like using your entertainment system in a Chrysler Town & Country, touchscreen to get to the HDD and play mp3, get a dvd running for the kids, browse radio stations, etcThis stuff is neat, but anyone that I've ever known to do stuff like this says the novelty wears off after a short time. It's not like people can use an iPad while they are driving...or can they?
Umm...you don't get the same functionality from an iPad than you would from a 1000 dollar stereo. Data costs would kill it. Not to mention the horrible Apple Maps, which happens to be made by Tom Tom. Anyone who's used Tom Tom GPS is not surprised with how horrible it is.
To some this might look "cool" but seems like a terrible idea
Thats where these 7" tablets shine, who needs an expensive $1000 stereo when you can get the same functionality out of a $200-600 device that you can take with you.
It's like using your entertainment system in a Chrysler Town & Country, touchscreen to get to the HDD and play mp3, get a dvd running for the kids, browse radio stations, etc
Having Siri improved and voice controls will make this even more easy to adopt.
Why not?
No one ever watched pimp my ride or overhauling ?