Posted Oct 7, 2011, by John Day
Suppose you were a smartphone app developer with customers who would love to be able to use your product(s) in their cars and could do so without significant driver distraction. You could wear out a lot of metaphorical shoe leather calling on each automaker individually, in each geographic market, and it wouldn’t take you long to wonder if there weren’t a better way.
Or suppose your job were to help … Read More
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Wi-Fi,
automotive apps,
Car Connectivity Consortium (CCC),
Alpine,
smartphone "apps",
Terminal Mode,
MirrorLink,
Nokia
Posted Dec 6, 2010, by John Day
Suppose you’re the person responsible for managing an automaker’s infotainment strategy. Let’s say you currently offer SiriusXM satellite radio, AM/FM, and HD. When and how do you add Internet radio?
Ford is offering Pandora and Stitcher (music and news programming respectively), Toyota recently announced a partnership with Clear Channel’s iheartradio (750+ stations). Is now the time to make a move, … Read More
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Slacker Internet Radio,
Sirius/XM,
Stitcher,
Clear Channel,
Ford,
ABC News Radio,
Toyota,
Internet radio,
Pandora,
Wi-Fi,
iheartradio,
Infotainment
Posted Nov 26, 2010, by John Day
The market research firm iSuppli recently predicted that factory-installed Wi-Fi will grow from about 174,000 this year to 7.2 million in 2017. That got me thinking about in-vehicle Internet access.
iSuppli said automakers increasingly view wireless connectivity as a key competitive differentiator, and I am sure they do, but there is little consensus on how to provide that connectivity and little evidence … Read More
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Harman Automotive,
General Motors,
in-vehicle Internet access,
Audi a8,
USB mobile broadband modem,
Autonet Mobile,
Wi-Fi,
WLAN,
Amazon,
Chrysler,
iSuppli,
eBay,
Marvell Technology,
Ford,
Bluetooth,
Subaru
Posted Feb 5, 2010, by John Day
I want lots of connectivity in my next car and have every reason to expect it (and, of course, to use it responsibly). We’re talking-cutting edge technology of the kind increasingly available to mid-range buyers; features like Internet access, voice recognition, full-color touch-screen displays, diagnostics, and various forms of infotainment.
I was a bit surprised to learn that all of that and more … Read More
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OLED Displays,
Network Car,
LCD,
Android,
Bluetooth,
Linux,
Microsoft,
Netscape,
3G Cellular,
Google,
Delphi,
DSRC,
IBM,
Infotainment,
Bob Schumacher,
COMDEX,
Internet Access,
DVB-T,
DVB-SH,
Genivi Consortium,
QNX,
Voice Recognitiion,
Wi-Fi,
Touch-Screen Displays,
USB,
Smartphones,
Sun Microsystems