Another feature of the new MINI Connected App, this service offers a further innovative in-car entertainment option to make your driving fun even more varied, in keeping with the unmistakable character of the brand.
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Pioneer has announced a couple of new in-car entertainment systems which they've designated the AVH-4900DVD and AVH-P5900DVD.
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Once WLAN is adopted for in-car entertainment, the technology could also be used for road-safety and traffic-networking functions.
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Around seven years ago -- or, a vehicle platform ago -- the only real option for adding in-car entertainment was an expensive one.
Like Renault, developers and start-up businesses are actively exploring technologies and services that address the problems associated with automotive mobility (navigation aids, infomobility applications, in-car entertainment, etc.).
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Of course there were amazing advances in in-car entertainment.
The steering wheel contains an internal and external ring of sensors, where an airborne waft will activate the turn sensors, one across the top can activate the in-car entertainment and two across the face can control additional functions.
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Riding high on its previously-introduced sister products -- the Handheld PC and Palm PC platforms, now dead and transformed into Windows Mobile, respectively -- Microsoft's Auto PC initiative was promised to herald a revolution for in-car entertainment and productivity.
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Deezer is already available directly via a number of hi-fis and in-car entertainment systems - and of course on most smartphones, tablets and PCs - but we believe that putting Deezer at the heart of the TV experience marks the next innovation for music.
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While its services are also available online, most listeners use Sirius in the car, for home entertainment or in work environments like retail stores.
Sure there are interesting in-car adaptations of entertainment services, data will be big, and electric vehicle drivers need a range of battery-related services that can be served by apps.
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The flexible design of BMW Apps allows unprecedented integration of smartphone functions, taking the in-car integration of iPhone, entertainment and online functions to a whole new level.
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As a connected car, the Insect naturally ties in with entertainment and navigation services (in this case, via Toyota's Smart Center).
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Las Vegas, NV (January 8, 2013) - Kenwood USA Corporation announced the introduction of four newly-engineered in-car multimedia systems, all with expanded connectivity and entertainment capabilities including Pandora Internet Radio compatibility with iPhone, Android and Blackberry smartphones, and audio streaming via Bluetooth on three of the four models.
"We're excited to see Ford's great innovations developed on top of our Microsoft Auto platform that continue to improve how people spend time in their car, " says Robbie Bach, president of Microsoft's Entertainment and Devices Division.
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