I don’t know where most of you live, but in America the majority of cars have at least TWO seats. Not to mention the vast majority of vehicles getting DVD players and other add-ons are minivans, SUV’s and larger passenger vehicles. And even then those vehicles which currently come with screens in the front which serve as both a NAV unit and DVD player won’t play movies out of park.

Now you all seem to forget about voice capabilities in accessing these systems as well. I already have voice in my Infiniti which changss the temperature of the cabin, changes radio stations, cd’s, tracks … you name it. It would be EXTREMELY easy to incorporate voice software to do other things like read, dictate and send an email. I already have this ability thru work voice mail system, and home media center.

And before you decide to flame me, think about this for a moment … Cell phones were not make for in car use. BB’s and texting were not made for in car use. If you want to curb bad behavior when utilizing any of these technologies for someone that is driving, the best way to do it would be to make a system MEANT for when you’re driving or RIDING in a car. We’re not ALL driving when we use this stuff!

I could see this technology would be useful if you needed to send a pack of ravenous sales guys out on the road… but I certainly don’t need it.

“The new trend is the ability to bring your entire digital life — not just music and driving directions — into your car.”

Absolutely right on. But that’s just the beginning. There’s another, perhaps even more interesting trend that is just on the cusp of emerging: bringing your car into your digital life.

We already have mapping services, and web sites, and email/calendaring applications, and phone numbers, and gas price checkers, etc. But today they are largely disconnected. Adding a computing and communications platform to the vehicle that can extend the intelligence on the vehicle beyond the boundaries of our vehicle itself, can help us better manage the vehicle ownership and usage experience.

For example, if our cars can tell us how much far we can go before running out of gas, and our calendars can tell us where we need to be, why not tie those together so our Outlook can tell us if we have enough gas to get to our appointment, and if not, where to stop on the way, and based on current traffic conditions, how much time we’ll need?

That’s just one simple example, of course, but it presents an opportunity for Automotive OEMs to empower their consumers in new, value-creating ways — and drive higher loyalty at the same time. Why higher loyalty? Because an automotive OEM on this path is providing differentiating value to consumers, and also because it means switching between auto makers requires more than switching cars, but also switching habits and conviences.

http://blogs.msdn.com/johnmullinax/archive/2007/10/27/i-m-so-excited-about-ford-sync-aka-windows-automotive.aspx .

And you should be _______ for it.(pick your own punishment.

This attitude, of its my car, my road, and my time is insane.

I was waiting to turn left across traffic and following somebody, (was it you??), who kept threatening to jump in front of other cars when there was no room. Once it was clear, that person was to busy typing on their phone to turn (while in the middle of the intersection with the light about to change). So I beeped my horn, rightfully so. This idiot then turns, stops in the middle of the road, and gets of of his car to share his (and your) attitude with me on his right to do what he wants in his car on his road and the heck with anybody else.

You and he, same attitude; shame on you. You should be _____.