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the icons are a function of the screen size.
Porsche is currently not expected to offer this as its wants to maintain its profit margins w/ their Proprietary Software- the horrid PCM.
Google, platform will be coming shortly.
Porsche is currently not expected to offer this as its wants to maintain its profit margins w/ their Proprietary Software- the horrid PCM.
Google, platform will be coming shortly.
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They are late but I will welcome them as soon as they get here!
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Yep, it's ridiculous for a car maker to think that they have the ability to keep up with mobile computing (both hardware and software). This sort of interface could solve a fair number of issues with obsolescence, particularly if it were an open industry standard that could be coded for by any company in the future.
In the meantime, no way in hell am I buying a new car to get this, but it's certainly annoying having PCM bugs and worse maps when this should have been doable for years already. :/
In the meantime, no way in hell am I buying a new car to get this, but it's certainly annoying having PCM bugs and worse maps when this should have been doable for years already. :/
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I think in this case the size is appropriate. If you need to access these functions while driving, you want an easy to hit target to tap, without having to worry about hitting the wrong thing. So, ergonomically, making them small, while it might look prettier, would be a mistake. Also consider that it's an arms-length interface, so they need to be big enough to see clearly.
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I think in this case the size is appropriate. If you need to access these functions while driving, you want an easy to hit target to tap, without having to worry about hitting the wrong thing. So, ergonomically, making them small, while it might look prettier, would be a mistake. Also consider that it's an arms-length interface, so they need to be big enough to see clearly.
Now from a hardware AND software standpoint, I test new Google products every 6 months... and keep coming back to Apple. I guess I'd take the big colorful icons vs a Google based system on the PCM.
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The size isn't really what bothers me but rather the colorful icons that make it look cheap (though it does not on an iPhone). I'd be fine if they used the same color scheme as on the PCM for instance (white on black with only a touch of color when needed), but I guess that Apple wants to make the interface clearly identifiable and consistent with their other products.
Now from a hardware AND software standpoint, I test new Google products every 6 months... and keep coming back to Apple. I guess I'd take the big colorful icons vs a Google based system on the PCM.
Now from a hardware AND software standpoint, I test new Google products every 6 months... and keep coming back to Apple. I guess I'd take the big colorful icons vs a Google based system on the PCM.
