Help with Basic Tablet for Use in Car Only

Lrtnicho on 25/08/2024 - 17:34
Last edited 25/08/2024 - 18:30 by 1 other user

I do a lot of long distance touring and use Waze a lot on my dash mounted phone.

This is a bit hard to see with my elderly eyes when I'm using distance driving glasses. I've tried multi-focals and don't like them. Therefore, I'm after a fairly basic tablet to use Waze on (and perhaps other apps). I had in mind mirroring the tablet off my (android) phone using Wi-Fi, Bluetooth, or perhaps even wired. I don't particularly want to use a sim card in the tablet. I wouldn't mind loading Waze onto a GPS enabled tablet but think that it would be preferable to mirror my phone.

Any advice would be much appreciated.

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  Jimothy Wongingtons on 25/08/2024 - 17:40

  No car play?

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    rtnicho on 25/08/2024 - 17:40

    No

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  boomramada on 25/08/2024 - 17:42

  Why not update your head unit?

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    rtnicho on 25/08/2024 - 17:52

    I could but not worth the cost.

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      boomramada on 25/08/2024 - 18:00

      Check on fb market place, their are cheaper installation options. If you using it all the time, its worth considering.

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  rtnicho on 25/08/2024 - 17:42

  I could but not worth the cost.

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  scrimshaw on 25/08/2024 - 17:56

  https://www.ozbargain.com.au/node/861228

  https://www.harveynorman.com.au/lenovo-tab-m8-4th-gen-32gb-8…

  Very slow tablet though and might not even run Waze smoothly.

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    rtnicho on 25/08/2024 - 18:11

    Yeah. Many thanks for that. I was actually thinking about the M10 3rd gen. $197 at Officeworks. Seems to have a better processer. https://www.officeworks.com.au/shop/officeworks/p/lenovo-tab…

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  CheapandUsed on 25/08/2024 - 18:28

  Would one of these dash mounted ATOTO P8 Portable Wireless Android Auto 7inch Car Stereo do the job?

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    woodg on 25/08/2024 - 21:34

    Or a similar one from BigW https://www.bigw.com.au/product/laser-7-inch-wireless-carpla…

    Currently $99 without reversing camera. Camera is an extra $15.

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  mitt on 25/08/2024 - 19:24

  Do NOT get an aldocube. I got one because it was cheap for exactly this purpose.

  Its GPS drivers are absolute garbage & waze/the tablet need to be restarted to get GPS working.

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  CyberMurning on 25/08/2024 - 19:27

  Check posts by @Clear

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  roguescholar on 25/08/2024 - 19:46

  Some considerations are:
  - size of tablet
  - how to mount
  - does it cover any controls

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  bargaino on 25/08/2024 - 21:52

  Cheap tablet, plus Headunit Reloaded works.
  https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=gb.xxy.hr&hl=e…

  AA does not need much computing pwer, as all the hard work is done on your phone.
  Much better than running waze on a tablet.

  Though simpler to buy one of the above linked AA ready-built systems.