Wouldnt it be great, that when you release the car connectivity kit, it allows your steering wheel controller to be customizable? I never use the mute button for instance, and it would be great if it could be programmed as the home button so you can activate sri!

I read somewhere (don't remember if it was in the comments or somewhere else on the site) that the iPhone face plate will work with the bumper case due to a removable rubber grommet that holds the phone in place snugly. Will the android face plate employ a similar technique? I'm asking because I have a slim case on my Galaxy Nexus (about 1mm all around) and I would prefer not to have to remove it each time I want to use dash.

Almost a month away, inching closer. I think July will never come :(

Hi Paul,

Just tried to send to support@devium.us (double-checked the address, since the bounce came from Devium.com), and got an undeliverable bounce, with the following text:
Delivery has failed to these recipients or groups:

support@devium.com
Your message can't be delivered because delivery to this address is restricted.

Ideas?

No problem just curious.

Quick question: Are the shirts shipping with the dash?

Hey Paul, I responded to the shipping address survey earlier... and just realized that I never indicated a color preference for the anodizing! How would you like me (and others potentially in my same situation) to indicate our color preference to you?

Hi paul! Just wondered if you were going to put the app out for beta testing before the unit ids finished jut so you can get feedback theirs a app developer site for iPhone pad app that lets you test them before final release, I will look it up if you want

Any more field testing video's that you could show us? using the Dash "app's"

@sohjsowwin

The fan pulling air across the phone is a great idea. My phone gets rather hot, plus if the sun is hitting the unit while driving, it can get even hotter, especially the black phones!

Scratch that USB Charger question. I found it my self. D'oh.

Great to hear about the Mic. Is it a standard 3.5mm Mic input or some other connector? And is it inside the car's dash, behind the Dash unit, or a front facing input (inside the car's dash would be preferred, I'd think).

I've noticed the vents on the Dash in the pictures. Are there any vent holes behind the phone so that a fan inside the unit could pull some cooler air from the cabin over the phone into the unit and out of those vent holes in the main body? Some phones can get pretty warm when using 3/4G data, GPS, Bluetooth, and charging all at once. The fan pulling air over the phone would help in keeping it cool while it's serving as your in-car entertainment system.

Also, how many amp will the Dash use when charging the phones? Will it be the standard 0.5 amps of PC USB, or will it be 1-2 amps for better/faster charging of today's high end devices?

Thanks again for such an awesome product. I can't wait until August.

@Paul & @Sohjsolwin Excellent! I had been wondering the same thing. Wind whips through my car like crazy -- there's no way you'd be able to hear me without an additional mic or a headset. Now to figure out where to put it...

I have some great ideas for my car and have been looking for an excuse to rip apart the interior for a long time...this is a bad influence! :-P

Hey Paul,
Will it fit in a 2008 WRX? Congratulations on the funding!

Quick question: Will Dash have support for a Microphone line in (at the rear of the unit) and if so, will it have the capability to switch between audio streaming bluetooth profile and the headset profile?

Mic in would allow those with a phone whose microphone doesn't function too well in the dock to install a PC mic or similar in the car routed around to a place that will pick up the speaker's voice better. I would likely set it up so that a small PC mic was routed through the dash, over the door frame, and sat somewhere around the shoulder possibly clipped onto the seat belt.
I ask primarily because my phone, Galaxy Nexus, has it's mics on the bottom, likely where it will be docked from, and the top back, where it will almost certainly not be able to pick up a voice clearly. I mention the ability to switch bluetooth profiles because I think in audio streaming mode it would use the phone's mic, but if it was connected to the stereo in headset mode, it could still pump out the sound through the car's speakers and could pull audio from a car/stereo mic, but you wouldn't want headset mode to be the default in case someone didn't have a mic hooked up (or maybe a way to prevent switching profiles, or auto switching back, if a mic is not detected plugged in?). Unless the Dash face plates will have a mic in them, but I don't think that's the case.

Either way, thanks for this awesome stereo. I've been looking for something just like this for a while.

Also, sorry for such a long comment.

Congratulations, i am very happy the project has been successful funded, now i am sure i am getting my dash.

'grats Paul! I'm pleased to have been a part of this thing, and have enjoyed watching the specs get better and better as you got feedback.

I'm just up in Berthoud (not exactly close, but close enough!), so let a fellow Coloradian know if you need a beta tester! If nothing else, my daughter would love an excuse to go to the Cheyenne Mountain Zoo and feed the giraffes again... ;-)

Really looking forward to getting this thing into my car...

Congratulations, glad its being made in the US and glad to be a backer!
"Buy American, the job you save WILL be your own"

Congratulation.

Well done.

11 Hours to go!! Congrats Paul

@Casey I'm sure there isnt a ton of left over space. Thats a lot of amp and other forms of power in that unit. Its also really the first of its kind.

Where is the Dash going to be made? (hoping it's the USA!!!)

I suspect that there will be lot's of empty space inside the main unit. A thought I had is if could be designed with a "storage" box with an access door behind the face plate with usb and or 12v ports. There have been many "requests" for this or that module (gps module, Bluetooth hard drive, etc). This will provide a place to put any of these Bluetooth modules and provide an easy power port.

very cool. much more simplified tshirt design. thanks

@okor
as you can see Paul is always one step ahead :D
Paul: are you even sleeping? :P

Hi Paul: I think Dash is great and maybe the way to go for future in-car all-in AV. I have a reverse cam, front bumper cam and in-car headrest screens that connects to my current double din in-car stereo that is also touch screen capable.

Just a wild thought - if the Dash can somehow take in the reverse cam, front bumper cam (which I have) and headrest screens (to output movies/pics to ppl in the backseat), and integrate all these into the Dash, I think would be really excellent. This plus stereo, car connect kit, GPS, etc would just make the Dash simply unbeatable. Cheers.

Yay HD!

Good to know! Thank You!

Any plans for built in AM/FM? I was thinking, if I am on a snowboarding trip, sometimes I can't get a signal but I need local weather information for an upcoming pass. Not critical, but it would be nice.

How does the $15 tee work? I added another $15 but it wouldnt let me select a tee. Am I good to go with the tee?

Sorry what i ment was that the tshirt could be simpler. The graphic seems to be a little to weird. Maybe somthing simpler would be better.