Carman for Nokia Tablets!

February 15th, 2007 · 7 Comments · gadgets and technology, software, travel

I discovered Carman on Maemo Garage last night…
I am pretty sure that most cars built in the US after 2000 have the required connector under the hood to send the data to your Nokia Tablet with an additional bluetooth device. I’m not that much of a car geek, but I could see myself becoming one very quickly with this…
Makes me want to revisit integrating GPS, Music and Phone (now telemetry) through a nice touch screen. Carputer here I come!
I honestly have no idea how much the OBD-II device costs, but I am off to investigate!

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1 atmaspheric | endeavors » ThoughtFix runs Carman on the N800 // Feb 19, 2007 at 8:26 am

[...] ThoughtFix gives a solid rundown on Carman which released last week as I noted previously. He’s done a great video of the app running in-car, which is exactly where you’d want to be to understand how the system performs. [...]
2 Vitaliy // Feb 23, 2007 at 1:20 pm

The ElmScan 5 Wireless OBD-II interface costs $199.95, and is available from the ScanTool.net website:

http://www.scantool.net/products/product_info.php?cPath=8_6&products_id=37
3 Ring Nokia: Nokia Internet Tablet // Apr 7, 2007 at 11:03 am

[...] This just made my Sunday. [...]
4 Carman for Maemo: Auto nuts take notice - IntoMobile // Jul 13, 2007 at 2:59 pm

[...] This just made my Sunday. [...]
5 justin // Feb 19, 2008 at 9:56 pm

The price for ElmScan 5 is unacceptable. Do any of the cheaper BT OBD connectors work with Carman?
6 Jonathan Greene // Feb 19, 2008 at 10:06 pm

wish I knew …I’ve yet to try this first hand
7 justin // Feb 20, 2008 at 9:29 pm

I found out these devices are also supported: Car-Pal, AGV4000, OBDPros, OBDKey… but they are also difficult to find