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Parrot Asteroid

2012-01-30
how is this car stereo like this mobile phones wool for starters they're both powered by Android that's right this is subterra asteroid the world's first Android powered car stereo receiver let's pop it our test car and see what it does see what's interesting about the asteroid is that and you bring one of these into the car it's no 3G access point when you plug it into the USB port in this car it basically turns it into the Internet connected car stereo that it's advertised as for example you have road trip there's a Google map software that'll allow you to get point A to point feet there's also an interesting tuning radio app for the extreme audio and podcasts from the internet but there are a couple of caveats for example that Google Maps software it doesn't give you live turn-by-turn directions and update basically it'll give you directions from where you are to where you're going but you have to manually advance them with the skip forward and skip backward but but it's not all bad I mean for starters there's a really great voice command system on here that allows you to push a button and by saying the name Gorillaz and it'll do it just like that you've also got a really good hands-free calling system and because the asteroid comes with a dual microphone system that has noise cancellation and echo cancellation it's also one of the best sounding hands-free calling systems that we've tested Optimus Prime aunty his dry my biggest issue though comes back to those ABS because they're gonna really make or break this car stereo it's what makes it stand out from the basic sort of mech free receivers that are on the market for about a hundred bucks less the good thing though is that parent is actively pursuing more partnerships with more at partners until then I've been an Salon good when we've been taking a look at the territory
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