BagFace
05-03-2012, 07:20 PM
Since I am a very new Alpine owner (but not new to the PBO), I was browsing the forums and I ran across this item.
"our Alpine is intended to be our level Android Media Player device. The next will be our PBO Core XT "
I had queried Ben regarding the possibility of some sort of upgrade path from the current Alpine PBO to this unit. Ben was good enough to look into it and shared the following with me....
"I just checked with our Peripherals PM, and he informed me that our Core XT is no longer being released. We’re holding off on it because the Core XT would still be using the Realtek chipset which would not be as Android-friendly as the current Fujitsu which the Alpine is using. Because of this, our Alpine will be the main focus for a while."
Thought others may be interested in this news item and as a result less reluctant to put resources and effort into furthering the development and capabilities of the current Alpine PBO.
Cheers.
"our Alpine is intended to be our level Android Media Player device. The next will be our PBO Core XT "
I had queried Ben regarding the possibility of some sort of upgrade path from the current Alpine PBO to this unit. Ben was good enough to look into it and shared the following with me....
"I just checked with our Peripherals PM, and he informed me that our Core XT is no longer being released. We’re holding off on it because the Core XT would still be using the Realtek chipset which would not be as Android-friendly as the current Fujitsu which the Alpine is using. Because of this, our Alpine will be the main focus for a while."
Thought others may be interested in this news item and as a result less reluctant to put resources and effort into furthering the development and capabilities of the current Alpine PBO.
Cheers.