Thread: Larger LCD (hardware mod idea)
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2009-04-22 , 10:03
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Originally Posted by GeneralAntilles View Post
To an extent, but then you're stuck waiting for it to boot up or wake from sleep when you get in your car. The Beagle is the sort of thing you could attach a small battery to and expect to stay alive while the vehicle is turned off. That way it comes instantly to life when you turn on your car and power up the LCD.
Well, yes, but I was replying to this:

Originally Posted by attila77 View Post
For me the aversion comes from the fact it won't wake itself up to receive a SIP/Skype call, an IM or email message (basically battery life), and the pocketability factor.
A carputer should be already on when you are in the car, so no need to wake up to reply to sip/skype calls (provided that you have internet connectivity), battery life is not an issue and pocketability even less so.
You're right that a netbook is not instant-on, but my acer aspire one takes less than 10 seconds to come up from suspend to ram, and you could hack something to turn it on when, e.g., opening the door, so you won't really have to wait even those 10 seconds.
OTOH, since I don't spend that much time in the car, I don't find a carputer appealing. I just use the n800 for navigation when I need it and the screen size doesn't bother me (though visibility during the day is an issue, but I doubt a netbook lcd would be any better)