The official tablet (and other useless electronics) thread!

[Jake]

Hmm, looked into the Pioneer's now.... Whats the big difference btwn AppRadio vs. CarPlay?

Only thing that seems to suck is that AppRadio seems to be buggy with IOS8 + Waze... which is probably the only thing I'd use it for. But for the price... hmmm

AppRadio relies on apps that have been designed to work with Pioneer's integration - this was all designed pre-CarPlay. Apparently it's really sucktastic.

CarPlay also relies on apps designed to work with Apple integration, but I have a feeling there will be more apps updated, as CarPlay will have a much larger installed support system (between all the OEMs, Pioneer, whoever else) so the motivation to add the functionality and make it stable is there.

That said, I highly doubt you'll get any mapping that isn't Apple Maps to be allowed on CarPlay for a long while.

I found a deal on the Pioneer 5000 NEX and installation crap, so I bought it this morning. Was ~$620 out the door for everything. Not sure how much I'll use CarPlay, but it's nice that the unit supports it + Android Auto.