Consumers accustomed to having a rich array of music, social media and Web access at their fingertips through smartphones and tablet devices such as the iPad, want access to their digital lives behind the wheel.

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The hipsters' fondness for all things twee and retro - baking cupcakes, riding fixed-wheel bikes, using Polaroid cameras instead of digital - meant Christmas jumpers could be re-cast as modish.

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Garmin K2 features a 10-inch glove-friendly multi-touch screen at the center of the dash and a digital and reconfigurable 12- inch instrument panel behind the steering wheel.

ENGADGET: Garmin K2 in-dash infotainment system brings a hint of glass cockpit to the road

You'll be interacting with a 10.4-inch capacitive touch screen, which is positioned front and center, while a squat 12-inch digital gauge and information readout console is fixed just behind the steering wheel.

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In its U.S. debut, Sony, Polyphony Digital, and Nissan North America gave consumers a chance to get behind the wheel of a real race car through GT5.

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Digital Shadows buys the bulk of its public information from third party providers, seeing no need to reinvent the wheel.

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