A single DIN car radio with an outsized 9.3-inch tablet for a screen from Power Acoustik is selling as fast at the company can supply them.
The unit fits about 95 percent of cars if used with popular radio kits, said the company.
“We are selling tens of thousands a month,” said Gene Norvell, VP national sales for Power Acoustik, which began shipping the product, model PD-931NB, in January.
The $399 device includes an in-dash radio section with CD/DVD plus a detachable tablet. The tablet uses a proprietary operating system and a 500MHz processor. It’s authorized for Apple so you can connect an iPhone to play music or access navigation. The user interface allows you to drag and drop widgets.
The unit also offers USB and SD card connections. It can work with the car’s steering wheel controls when used with a separate Metra ASWC kit. Power Acoustik also offers a $249 kit to provide on-board GPS with Navteq maps of the U.S. and Canada.
Then a third kit lets the tablet act a standalone media player, when removed from the car. Yet another option adds digital TV.
Power Acoustik plans to release similar radios with outsized tablet screens in the future, it said.
Source: CEoutlook
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Tens of thousands a month? Really? Really?
Probably because of the high tech built-in analog TV tuner.