http://www.nokia.com/terminalmode

Pay them a visit. There is a superb video

On Tue, Nov 9, 2010 at 4:12 PM, Patrick Kariuki <patrick.kariuki@gmail.com> wrote:
Good idea Bernard, what are your thoughts on the vehicles CAN
architecture, is obtaining the complete set of hardware from say a
Toyota, feasible? Is anybody on the list able to salvaging one from a
write-off, at minimal or no cost?

On 11/9/10, Bernard Mwagiru <bmwagiru@gmail.com> wrote:
> It would be wise to know the underlying (maybe EEPROM) chip: ARM, PIC,
> Motorola,etc and the board supporting it.
> With the right reprogramming software, I'm sure its possible.
> But rather than "hacking", get an ARM11 MPCore....then you can do all fancy
> stuff with it...I'm sure there's an embedded linux distro that supports
> it...
>
> Bernard
>
> On Tue, Nov 9, 2010 at 3:44 PM, Patrick Kariuki
> <patrick.kariuki@gmail.com>wrote:
>
>> Are the embedded In-dash GUI systems (we get them in Japanese, for
>> X-Japan imports) reprogrammable? Can we be able to reuse the hardware
>> by flashing out the automotive OEMs(in Japanese) and installing an
>> embedded Linux solution(made in Kenya using available opensource UI
>> toolkits) providing readable applications(in English and Swahili) and
>> depending with its capabilities provide Navigation applications,
>> entertainment, wireless telephony, Internet connectivity, remote
>> productivity, and other in-car applications? - a in-dash GUI system
>> with built-in bluetooth can provide an interesting array services by
>> dialling into the internet using your bluetooth enabled phone.
>>
>>
>> See - http://tinyurl.com/359ausx
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