Besides, most of the things mentioned here are things that us hackers want to do.. We are not expecting the empeg folks to develop more than the core stuff.. =)
Exactly. The biggest distinction between the AutoPC and the empeg, in my opinion, is that the capabilities of the AutoPC are dictated by Clarion and Microsoft while the capabilities of the empeg have the potential to be created by the technically literate users. Given the choice between the market research of big companies vs the real world needs and desires of technical users I greatly prefer the second as a driving force in product development/expansion. I hope empeg does a good job of enabling the users to develop the unit in ways that would never get by a market research focus group.