On Mon, Jan 11, 2010 at 1:12 PM, [email protected] <[email protected]>wrote:
> One of the bigger news stories coming out of the Consumer > Electronics Show in Las Vegas is the huge emphasis on the part of car > makers to provide drivers with full blown internet connectivity while > they are driving. Ford is pushing their Internet Dashboard which will > let drivers Tweet, to update their Facebook page, write and receive > e-mails, watch Youtube videos, search the internet, or do anything > else that they would normally do while they safely sit at a desk at > home. Critics say the auto industry must be deaf, dumb and blind to > safety issues already made perfectly obvious by drivers who use their > cell phones or other electronic devices while operating their > vehicles, or do other things that distract them while behind the > wheel. Critics are calling this a disaster in the making while the > industry says they are just trying to sell cars by meeting the > "demands" of consumers. > > FWIW the big Ford selling point is voice recognition. The SYNC which gives speech to text a whole new meaning. It will also read your text messages to you if you have a compatible phone. I can also find songs in your iPod for you by a vocal request. They currently have versions with a screen and without. www.*ford*vehicles.com/discover*sync*/ -- John Duncan Yoyo -------------------------------o) ************************************************************************* ** List info, subscription management, list rules, archives, privacy ** ** policy, calmness, a member map, and more at http://www.cguys.org/ ** *************************************************************************
