Hi Guys,

Sorry for this Off topic but the new version of Carman is getting so close to Canola that I think it belongs here as well

http://www.marceloeduardo.com/blog/d...pcoming-update

Let me know what you think

Fully opensource, as it already was in august more or less the release !

Marcelo

really good to hear that carman is getting (more) development time. I have found that there are a few bugs in its current version and hope they are addressed in the next version.

the roadmap shows that GPS integration is forthcoming, and that will be a nice thing to see. The UI looks pretty snazzy, and even in its current form is easy to navigate.

what i do wonder about is the ability to create a vehicle-centric profile and use vendor specific error codes without having to code them out in an XML file. is this kind of functionality a possibility?

Ohhh Handful, you tease! God I'm excited - when....?

Looks stunning. I take it that it all integrates using GPS. Will the maps app be in the final release? What maps does it use? Wayfinder or Google etc.

I like the trip report feature, reminds me of Nokia's sports tracker, which I use on my cycle rides.

Brendam, I am inviting Eduardo, the lead dev behind carman in the forum, so he will be able to answer precisely your questions ))

Marcelo

Well, we cannot use google maps licensing problems you know, so openstreet maps is the default. BUT it's just like maemo mappers if you know what I mean ))

It indeed have this similarity with the sport trackers and in the future we want to be able to add even more (actually is already working) like real time communication between peers over Gtalk accounts

Marcelo

Update: The expected release date is August (second or third week) We expect to have it on the website working, tested and ready to be used at that time. Also fully opensource.

Marcelo

Weird, it seems like this should've hit Planet. Perhaps a problem with the feed?

General : I am actually most of the time not posting on the planet, : /

Carman's looking pretty sweet! Definitely would be interested in this. By the way, would it be compatible with bluetooth devices such as this?

http://www.obdkey.com/vehiclediagnostics.asp

Red: I can almost swear that we do have some of those here on the development team I think it's the bluetooth one. (that was the goal, you use some OBD2 to bt converter.. and we connect to BT to do the app) Again I am just waiting for the tech guys to joing here to answer better.