Two of my friends have been blabbing about this phatbox thing. I told them to look at the Empeg/Rio car, but I decided to go look up this phatbox thing so I knew what I was comparing to.

Has anyone here used or had any exposure to the Phatbox? It does seem to have some advantages - mostly with portability. But my main complaint is with its limited interface. Its nice to see the support for SSA and voice recognition, and unfortunately jumping on these bandwagons early seem to draw a lot of people (like higher GHz is good for Intel...). Unfortunately people that would not typically do their research are typically drawn to these new features that no one has yet.

I did not like the playlisting features too much - it seems kind of flat and limiting. It does not seem to be very flexible, and you're limited to whatever screen your head unit has - provided it is Kenwood.

I must admit that the Phatbox appears to pose some decent competition for the Empeg. I stand by my empeg though. The ability to customize and modify the interface, plugins, etc these are things the Phatbox does not seem to be able to do.

- I just wanted to see what other people thought about it.

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