[Android Head-Units] donaldta:
Well, I do appreciate you coming to help people here in XDA. You're one of the few people that has access to resources from the manufacturer to provide positive support for this community. And to be perfectly clear, I don't mind if you are encouraging sales since you're obviously involved with the product. In fact, since you are actually being a contributing member in XDA that it speaks volumes about the level of support for the product and is something others should consider when making a purchase decision.

I do not appreciate anyone misleading our community members with over generalizations and negative campaigning. I have on many occasions have defended China's manufacturers because they are stereotypically perceived as having little to no standards in Quality Assurances. Everytime I see comments like this, I point out that there are name brand companies which have products created by manufacturers in China and that it depends on the individual manufacturer.

There may be more than a hundred manufacturers of "DVD Navigation head units" from China. However, I don't believe that all of them are providing them with an Android experience. There are many more resellers out there that are sourcing Android head units from a few select manufacturers; similar to how Roadnav, WinCen, Hepa, and many others are selling the fundamentally same WinCA S150 head units.

The "fundamental" head units I'm talking about are the innards of what we refer to as the "AN-21U", "WD8801" or even the "S150". We both know that there are a many head units out there which have the same fundamental circuitry inside yet have dissimilar "faceplates" to fit dash requirements of specific vehicles. And some of those "faceplates" are shared by even shared by different manufacturers making identification difficult without screenshots and accurate specifications. And some retailers, like Ca-Fi and Xtrons, are even going as far to applying their own branding on these same units.

Again, I don't think you did. You had made sweeping generalizations which do not fit the descriptions of any of the individual models that the XDA community has already identified. You did not even point out the exact products that you have claimed to have tested.

Since you need a list of the fundamental head units with a Cortex-A9 processor with a "pure Android" experience. Here are the three uniquely identified by our community.

AN-21U supplied by Tonghai Create Electronics. Features a dual core Cortex-A9 processor at 1Ghz from Mstar Semiconductor (MST786) with Android 4.1.x operating system.

Cardroid supplied by Letou Tech and resold by Mic-AudioRadio Features a dual core Cortex-A9 processor at 1Ghz from Mstar Semiconductor (MST786) with Android 4.1.1 operating system.

WD8801 supplied by Luyuan and resold by Shenzhen SunWay Electronics Technology Co. and others. Features a quad core Cortex-A9 processor at 1.4 Ghz from Samsung Electronics Co.Ltd. (Exynos 4412) with Android 4.0.3 operating system.

And yet you did in the following comments.

If you do not think that is statement is based on overgeneralizations meant to imply negative aspects of other products then you are sorely mistaken.

You must be assuming that I am only thinking of these Android Head Units as if they were a smartphone or tablet. This is probably far from the actual truth. Because of the footprint and environmental conditions of a vehicle, a good electronic engineer will

never

specify in their designs the exact same compact components used in a smartphone or tablet. After all, unlike the compressed footprint of a phone or tablet, a double din head unit has more space to allow for components with greater operational thresholds. A good engineer will optimize that space to allow for better components.

I understand probably better than most in these forums the different aspects of Android Headunits for many manufacturers. My knowledge is not limited to the unbranded Android head units from China, but also have understanding in design of the larger name brand units by Parrot, Kenwood, and Clarion as well.