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Uniea just released a new line of protective cases in some interesting configurations and was kind enough to send me some samples to review. First up, we have the Omniverse 10.2″ netbook sleeve. From the site, it features: Interior is both shock and heat-absorbent for total protection of your laptop Bottom wave-shaped cushion absorbs and [...]
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Installing a Car PC is not difficult, but there are some differences between a carputer and a desktop PC. One of the differences being the LCD display. You not only need to know what size fits your needs, but you also need to think about how you want it mounted and how you’re going to [...]
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A car computer (carputer) is an awesome system to install in your car. Not only can a carputer play music and videos, but you can also install navigation software, browse the web, download files, or do anything the PC you’re using can do. However, many people don’t know where to start, or they don’t have [...]
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I’ve been looking for a program like GRemote for a very long time. GRemote allows you to use your smartphone’s touchscreen and hardware keyboard to control a PC. For carputer users, I’d say this is one of the best options for keyboard and mouse input. No more bulky IR keyboards, no more drained batteries, and [...]
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Sadly, internet connection sharing (ICS) is not enabled on the Sprint HTC Touch Pro by default. Instead, Sprint wants you to pay for a “phone as modem” (PAM) plan in order to unlock the functionality. However, if you already have an internet plan for your phone (e.g. SERO plan), you can unlock the internet sharing [...]
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After dealing with the numerous issues of my previous AMD Geode carputer motherboard, I decided to upgrade. Some of the problems I had were hanging at POST, bluescreens due to driver issues, and overall weird behavior. I also wanted more features, such as the ability to boot from a USB drive. Not only that, but [...]
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After using a bluetooth TomTom GPS receiver for months on end, I got fed up with the slow satellite acquisition and slow bluetooth pairing every time I turned the device on. I mainly used the bluetooth GPS receiver with my carputer and iGuidance 4 for GPS navigation. However, it gets annoying when the receiver only [...]
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Why a computer in your car you ask? Well one, it’s pretty cool! You can basically do anything on your carputer that you can on a regular computer. Also, one of the main reasons I chose to build a carputer is because it is much cheaper than buying an all-in-one unit like a Pioneer or [...]
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