The alpha team wasn't SB's idea, it was an empeg creation. The car player software strategy has always been in the hands of the Cambridge team, and we can release what we want when we want - as long as the official projects also get done. Since taking over all of Audio for SB we have a lot of official projects right now.

Anyway, in a few days I'll release some information and you'll be able to see why the 2.0 milestone had effectively stagnated car player development, and why getting past that to 3.0 betas is going to help plenty. You might just get that horribly unreliable firmware you crave a little sooner than you realise

Rob