Toyota presents alternative Android Car that runs on a Nexus 7 – Tablet Guide

Car manufacturer Toyota has developed an alternative to android Auto in collaboration with a subsidiary of ASUS. The system is named Toyota Intelligent System and has a Nexus 7 (2013) as the heart. For now the system (simply called TIS) only in Taiwan from

Google presented recent Android Auto, a -., As the name suggests – adapted from Android specifically for the car. The Internet giant made the announcement also known that many car manufacturers had spawned, resulting in a large crowd partners and thus a large range for the upcoming Android Auto. Behind this initiative Manufacturer Toyota, however, has developed its own system and presented yesterday in Taiwan.

Toyota has teamed beaten with Unimax (part of ASUS) and introduced yesterday Toyota Intelligent System (TIS). Where Android Car is built into your car (yes), TIS easily interchangeable. Because the system runs on a Nexus 7 (2013), which is designed to run in the car. Qualified by special software The tablet click into a dock which is built into the car a sort Padfone concept so. This has, according to Toyota the advantage that when you buy a new car, you can just take the system. Note

In addition, the manufacturer emphasized that currently have a Nexus 7 (2013) is used, but this can also be another ( Android) tablet, provided that he has the same dimensions (otherwise it will not fit in the dock). Because the tablet – when placed in the dock – is used as a car-friendly system, it features a skin that focuses on media, contacts and GPS. Large icons and more little fuss so that the system also easy to use while driving

Now to the part that the undersigned finds very cool.; Both systems can operate separately. This means that – when the tablet is not in the car dock – you can use it as a normal Nexus 7 (2013). A bare interface, just an excellent 7 “tablet. The system in the car can partially operate independently. So you can just listen to the radio and it has NFC so you can connect. Example your phone with the TIS

Toyota has not yet announced which cars TIS will be provided, but it is clear that the system will be. currently only used in Taiwan Not yet, we know when the first cars with TIS have to come out, but Google thinks Android car at the end of this year / early next year will be seen in models from different manufacturers. First What do you think Toyota’s TIS

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• Screen Diagonal 7 inches
• Operating System Android 4
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• Size 200.7 x 114.3 x 8.65 mm
• Processor Qualcomm Snapdragon S4 Pro (quad-core)
• Weight 317.5
• Storage 16 GB / 32 GB /
• Launch Date September 2013

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