Stay away from Eonon radios

[squidzilla]

This makes my want to get one for one of my e53s. I was going to go with Dynavin, but for half the money this will work. One thing, it seems like it is a best practice make sure the unit has access to mobile broad band or wifi to work best. I really would prefer not to do that since I do not want to pay unlimited data on my phone or pay for a separate mobile hotspot charge. Has anyone been happy with the unit with it not having access to hotspot or wifi?

[semcoinc]

I'm with you Squidzilla :thumb up: Even better at $269 right now for the Win CE version

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At nearly 3X the price the GM5150 unit is working well for me in my E46 and I don't need the Android features, although, I must say that hooking it to my phone's hotspot would be a very cool feature to run Spotify or Pandora apps right in the unit.

Mike

[OrangeFurious]

Originally Posted by squidzilla

This makes my want to get one for one of my e53s. I was going to go with Dynavin, but for half the money this will work. One thing, it seems like it is a best practice make sure the unit has access to mobile broad band or wifi to work best. I really would prefer not to do that since I do not want to pay unlimited data on my phone or pay for a separate mobile hotspot charge. Has anyone been happy with the unit with it not having access to hotspot or wifi?

tl;dr - You don't need a hotspot, but it's nice for some apps.

I've used mine with and without a mobile hotspot. It mostly depends on what apps you want to use for music and navigation. If I want to rock Groove and Waze I don't have much choice but to go online. Using Google Maps and bluetooth off my phone eliminates the need for a connection entirely.

I do recommend having at least the occasional connection though (garage, Starbucks parking lot, whatever) for app updates and maintenance.