Ted
The pilot formerly known as Twin Engine Ted
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As I said in my iPhone thread, I had to make a new thread for this one.
So today I've started looking at the fact that I need a better OBD scanner for a few things, and for all my vehicles (the '17 Ram 3500, '09 Mercedes GL550, and '00 Jaguar XKR), the best scanners available are for Android. This really doesn't surprise me. I'd been considering getting an Android tablet like @jesse has in his F-150 that provides additional engine data. While I don't need that sort of thing, I am an engine guy, and that would be fun to have. Oh yeah, and both the GL550 and XKR have some amber lights that need looked at.
If I look at the real problem that I have, it's not with the phone itself, it's really looking for a better camera and bigger screen. And so long as I keep an iOS device, the things I use that are iOS specific will continue to work and be available for me.
So let's say I want to buy an Android tablet. Something that has a good outdoor display (like the iPhone/iPad have), reasonably rugged, and ideally have a really good camera. No cell service desired, just a bluetooth/wifi deal. If it had the ability to do movie editing, all the better.
What say you?
So today I've started looking at the fact that I need a better OBD scanner for a few things, and for all my vehicles (the '17 Ram 3500, '09 Mercedes GL550, and '00 Jaguar XKR), the best scanners available are for Android. This really doesn't surprise me. I'd been considering getting an Android tablet like @jesse has in his F-150 that provides additional engine data. While I don't need that sort of thing, I am an engine guy, and that would be fun to have. Oh yeah, and both the GL550 and XKR have some amber lights that need looked at.
If I look at the real problem that I have, it's not with the phone itself, it's really looking for a better camera and bigger screen. And so long as I keep an iOS device, the things I use that are iOS specific will continue to work and be available for me.
So let's say I want to buy an Android tablet. Something that has a good outdoor display (like the iPhone/iPad have), reasonably rugged, and ideally have a really good camera. No cell service desired, just a bluetooth/wifi deal. If it had the ability to do movie editing, all the better.
What say you?