koneill
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It wouldn't surprise me if it disappears once CarPlay becomes available.
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I can almost guarantee there will be no Beats app for CarPlay, because I can also almost guarantee that the Beats brand will slowly go the way of the Dodo. Apple isn't going to buy a company and continue to market its products or services under the original brand -- not for very long, anyway. While Beats has become a big name in audio, Apple will likely make moves to quickly roll it up under its own brand. Personally, I hate Beats. It's the brand that came to market with the philosophy that everyone's music should be inordinately bass-heavy, be it hip hop, classical, metal, or jazz. Give m
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It's not like CarPlay doesn't have any competition just around the corner. Google typically moves a bit faster than Apple, so I'd say they've got more than a little incentive to get it out there. It's not just about winning the battle in the automotive marketplace but the implications of winning it, which will have an enormous affect on the futures of their respective platforms (iOS and Android). The race is on, and Apple knows it.
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I found it interesting that there were zero icons for third-party apps on the screen (with the exception of the Pioneer icon). This is clearly different from all the demo units that were shown off several months back. Could point to a lack of third-party app readiness. If that's the case, I'd rather they just say, "Screw 'em" and release it, but they'd probably see some unwanted backlash for overpromising and underdelivering.
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Carplay to be released at Apple Iphone Event in September
koneill replied to MattHays's topic in NEX Series
Very sloppy marketing... Hopefully it'll be released having gone through a fairly rigorous Apple QA test plan and be all the better for it. Hopefully. -
Carplay to be released at Apple Iphone Event in September
koneill replied to MattHays's topic in NEX Series
I understand that, but that's not what they're saying now. Not sure what your point was. -
Carplay to be released at Apple Iphone Event in September
koneill replied to MattHays's topic in NEX Series
Which is supposed to happen September 9th and would fit with Pioneer's stated summer release. -
Haha... Exactly.
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Apple might have asked them to stop.
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Consider this: http://community.spotify.com/t5/forums/mobileforumtopicpage/board-id/Bugs/thread-id/1812/page/1 I recently switched from Rdio to Spotify. With Rdio, I was ALWAYS able to use my car's SWC to skip tracks (backwards and forwards) and my HU ALWAYS received and displayed meta data. With Spotify, two thing happen consistently and randomly: 1) loss of SWC controls and 2) no meta data sent to/displayed on HU screen. Pandora and iTunes Radio worked as consistently as Rdio did (and they still do), so between this point and the 100s of long-running reports of SWC and meta data
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How were you mounting it? If my mic clip broke, I'd be PISSED!
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Huh? There are almost two months left yet. Sept 22nd...
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Certainly not while moving. I can see something like this as one of the many last-minute "Oh, shit!" things that Apple may have caught and is working to address before releasing CarPlay. There are just so many little things/use-case scenarios to consider as part of the integration process that overlooking (at least) a few of them is bound to happen...
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Only asking because I don't have mine installed yet...which features are advertised that aren't available?
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Assuming the firmware that Pioneer submitted to Apple for release is a "bug fixes and core feature additions + CarPlay" update, I'd prefer they let Apple do it's thing. If they separated the two, that would only push the release of CarPlay even further out, as they'd have to validate two separate firmwares as just that...two separate firmwares. By validating a single, unified firmware, they're actually accelerating things. Again, assuming the above is the case. Given CarPlay is probably (maybe) more highly anticipated, I'm thinking they would opt to validate once and ship somewhat "late," as o
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It wouldn't surprise me if Apple delayed it until early fall, rolling it out with extended features alongside iPhone 6 (wireless CarPlay?) and iOS 8. Likely not, but it wouldn't surprise me. The pressure is now on to one-up Android Auto, after all...
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VBLUE42 is probably at least partially correct. It's likely that integration will be one of the most challenging aspects of CarPlay, for both the head unit manufacturers and Apple. Integration is/will be tough to get just right. (Look at AppRadio -- a disastrous end user experience). This isn't just slapping a firmware onto a piece of hardware and calling it a day, and getting it right goes well beyond playing music from the head unit while using Apple Maps (though that's a great example). There's so much more: Using a NEX unit's navigation while listening to iTunes Radio or Spotify in CarPlay
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It's there, but you do have to really look for it. Depending on the artwork itself, it may be less visible, as its faded with everything else (controls, metadata, etc) displayed as a layer on top of it.
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I'm not saying there aren't design flaws (implementation FUBARs, even) that should be rectified (assuming they technically can be), but I will say that if I get a 4000NEX before CarPlay is released, I probably won't even bother with AppRadio mode.
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Ahhhhh... The ivory tower in Cupertino...
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Just having a little fun...
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That would be nice, but I wonder if/how HU hardware requirements might have to change...
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I've read that Alpine plans on having CarPlay-ready head units available later this year with a price range of $500 - $700. While I know full well that those are wild guestimates, I'm really on the fence about and may consider waiting for two primary reasons: 1) I've been in the electronics development biz long enough to know that the "first-to-market" is often times not the best. I'm not saying that Alpine's units will absolutely be better than Pioneer's, but sometimes, when a company develops a product from the start with a particular feature set in mind, it's often more optimized for th
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http://www.pioneerelectronics.com/nex/carplay_update_2.14DP3343_now_shut_it.zip
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http://www.pioneerelectronics.com/nex/carplay_update_there_happy_now?.zip