Presented at CES 2011, Parrot was presented, the ASTEROID, the first Android-powered radio. The French company has decided to expand its range of radios connected with three new ASTEROID to different positions.
Parrot car radio diversifies its offer by proposing Android ASTEROID Mini ASTEROID ASTEROID Tablet and Smart which are positioned on different price ranges.
The flagship is the ASTEROID Smart , a luxury car with a touch screen capacitive multi-touch WVGA (800x480) 6.2 " . It is equipped with a GPS navigation system with onboard and offers thehands-free phone via Bluetooth. allows it to connect to the i nternet 3G/4G via USB, Bluetooth or by USB tethering (USB modem) and Wi-Fi and supports SD cards . In terms of connectivity, it is not rest because it proposes a USB port and a large number of connectors for audio / video : A / V input, one A / V output, 6 RCA connector and rear camera control). It allows the timing and the connection of two smartphones under Android OS, iOS, Bada, Symbian and BlackBerry, but it can not handle two simultaneous calls.
The ASTEROID Tablet is a less expensive version of Smart and with a few less features. Featuring a multi-touch capacitive 5 ", it also offers a GPS navigation system with onboard, Wi-fi, Bluetooth hands-free phone, internet connection via a USB 3G/4G by tuthering USB or Bluetooth (USB modem) and Wi-Fi and supports SD cards. By cons, it loses the ability to watch videos and now only has two audio connectors: one input and two outputs.
The ASTEROID Mini is the most affordable product in the range and it is therefore the less well off.It is equipped a TFT 3.2 "touch not , a GPS antenna and allows for internet access via a USB 3G/4G, tuthering by USB or Bluetooth (USB modem) but it loses the Wi-fi , and as the Tablet, it has no video connectors but just audio connectors (one input and two outputs), It is supplied with a wireless remote that can be attached to the wheel.
The ASTEROID Tablet and Smart work on Android 2.3, while the Mini runs on Android 1.5 .Parrot offers a marketplace owner of the three devices, the ASTEROID Market where you can download or buy all kinds of applications specifically designed for the car. ASTEROID The Mini Tablet and Smart will be available in November 2012, and will proposed respectively to 249 €, 349 € and 549 €.
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