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indiekiduk said:

The crucial thing this article is missing is was high performance graphics mode I.e. GPU triggered by one of the web pages? Maybe an ad unique to one test done it which would explain the 3 hour result. Once on it doesn't turn off until the app is quit.

Agree, and is flash enabled?

I have been down this road recently, had a unit installed, the Alpine unit. Nothing wrong with the unit, but you could clearly tell that car play was not really ready. Apple maps are good, but not as good as Google Maps with traffic and routing, messages didn't really work well (siri keeps messing up). Music worked well, but was not integrated with the radio very well. Did not find the overall experience anywhere near as good as other Apple products. Took it back a week later. I would love to see Apple partner with a manufacture and make a actual iPodTouch in the dash type of product that uses wifi from your device, would be cool and eliminate the delays associated with current car play transactions. But, also betting there are not a ton of folks who would buy at this point.