Honda Readies an App Offensive for HondaLink, Its Telematics System By JOHN R. QUAIN JULY 18, 2012
Honda announced on Wednesday that it would join, however belatedly, the connected car race, pledging a new HondaLink telematics system for the Honda Accord. The upgraded system will be offered in the sedan this fall. Like systems offered by nearly every major automaker, the more robust HondaLink relies on owners' Android and iPhone handsets to feed information from the Web to an in-dash display. Honda said drivers would be able to stream Internet radio stations, download audiobooks, view aggregated ratings for nearby restaurants and have Facebook feeds read aloud. To manage and update these different sources, HondaLink will rely on Aha's software and services. Honda consequently does not have to aggregate and monitor various sources or continually update software in the dashboard. Instead, Aha, a content packager for mobile platforms, manages this burden on the smartphone side using its own servers. The Web-enabled features offered by HondaLink will reside on the same touch-screen interface as radio and navigation features. ... http://wheels.blogs.nytimes.com/2012/07/18/honda-readies-an-app-offensive-for-hondalink-its-telematics-system/ _______________________________________________ Please be sure to include a URL to the article. Reply to the sender with a "Thank you" if you like this post. _______________________________________________ Medianews mailing list [email protected] http://lists.etskywarn.net/mailman/listinfo/medianews
