Updating Car and Need Advice?

Q. I own a 2000 Mustang convertible gt, it's pretty much stock minus the crappy radio install fron the previous owner and I want to get it updated as efficiently as possible, here is what I want the end result to be:
Control android smartphone with external touch screen via usb, bluetooth, or other input method.
-or- Tether smartphone with onboard device.
The reason is to use google maps on a larger screen, google music, access Torque scan tool app to monitor my engine, and watch movies (not on the road haha) using my phone as the host, I want to set it up so it "docks" when thrown in the glove box or other area and auto loads the interface into my car, sweet huh?
I found a way to do all these things but its a lot of equipment, and pricey too, so does anybody have any ideas how to do this using as few parts as possible?

A. http://www.droidforums.net/forum/droid-general-discussions/57050-android-ready-car-deck.html

Yes?

iPad vs Laptop- please help!?
Q. I'm in college and I want to rent my textbooks, but the only way is to rent as an eBook. I don't mind the eBooks but I am not sure what i should do. My dilemma is that my laptop is going out. I already have a desktop, so it's not like i would replace my laptop with an iPad, i would still be able to use everything on my desktop.

So my summary is
>college student
>wants to rent eTextbooks
>needs a new laptop, but could replace it with an iPad


I like the thought of an iPad because for the purpose of textbooks, it's easier carrying that than either 10 books or a heavy laptop. Also instead of buying either a kindle or a nook to view my books, i can easily download them as free apps for the iPad.What I don't like is that it's not a laptop. The glossy screen would make it inconvenient to read outside and if i did want to use it as a laptop i would have to buy a docking station to have a real keyboard.

Please help, i'm so confused and just feel very indecisive.
Also, as a side note, i CAN view these eBooks on my laptop through a program called nook study. So eBooks are not out of the question for the laptop

A. Hi, Jessica F, I can recommend Nook Color from Barnes & Noble that is a hybrid eReader/tablet Android device, much more than just an e-Reader but not a full tablet as it doesn't have a camera (but iPad also doesnât have one.) Even though Nook Color has LCD touchscreen, it's a new generation screen which is anti-glare coated and is better performing in sunlight and produces less glare and eye strain all of which are dooming reading on iPad. Also, the screen is amazing and readable/viewable at wide angles.
Nook Color is Wi-Fi-only at this time thus you need to have access to wireless hotspot - examples would be any Barnes & Noble store that provides free Wi-Fi to Nook's or any Starbucks or any McDonalds or airport or any other place that provides free Wi-Fi service or your home wireless router - to download eBooks. Again, it's only needed to download eBooks or browse the Internet. Once you downloaded the eBooks to your device, you don't need Internet connection to read them. There's over a million of free public ebooks as well as over a million of ebooks that you need to pay for available through Barnes & Noble eBook store. Prices are generally much lower than for physical books.
Nook Color has several apps that already come with the device (Pandora Internet radio, QuickOffice, etc.) Also, Barnes & Noble recently released Nook SDK and Nook Developer platform that will allow most of the existing 100,000 Android apps be ported to it. You can use the Social Settings screen to link your NOOKcolor to your Facebook account and your Twitter account. You can also import all your contacts from your Google Gmail account. Once you have linked to Facebook and Twitter and set up email contacts, you can lend and borrow books, recommend books, and share favorite quotes with your friends.
Other benefits of Nook (both black & white and Color) include ability to lend books for two weeks to friends or to your other devices that run B&N app (PC, MAC, Android phones, Apple iPhone and iPad, etc.), to read any available eBook for free while in the store via free provided in the store Wi-Fi, to use it for for library ebooks and for renting text-ebooks.
If all you want is to read novels, Kindle the original e-Ink Nook might be better for you. If you want something more from your device (color graphs and charts of college text books, childrens books, photos and videos, web sites) at half of the price of iPad or Galaxy tab, then Nook Color is your best bet.

how can i play music from my phone on to my philips hts3372d without a remote contol?
Q. Ok i have an android phone and a philips hts3372 home theater system ( i lost my remote along long time ago ) I would like to be able to play my music off my phone on to my philips hts3372 home theater system witch in fact dose have a usb port.
Ok so this is what i do, i connect my cell to the usb port an then my phone says MOUNT/DONT MOUNT with i MOUNT then on the home theater system i press SOURCE to find where it says usb but it only gives me like 8 options, witch are:

1: Mp3 Link
2: Dock
3; Disk
4: FM Radio
5: Aux 1
6: Aux 2
7: Coax In
8: Opti In

And no where dose it say usb o_0
So i was wonder if someone might know how to play my music like pandora or my saved music or real player off of my android my phone & on to my home theater system. If someone can help me out? PLEASE !

P.S.
Do keep in mind that i NO LONGER HAVE THE REMOTE CONTROL
for the home theater system =(

A. You use the controls on the andriod phone and MP3 link on the theater unit, however the USB port may not be fast enough to steam Pandora....which is probably the case.




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