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Written by Kacey Green
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Monday, 01 January 2007 |
Harry McCracken blogs : 12/31/2006
Rumor has it that one of the many things that'll be announced at the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas in January will be a partnership between the Ford Motor Company and Microsoft to put a Microsoft operating system, known as Sync, into new Fords an option. The software will supposedly provide for hands-free phone calls as well as enable e-mail, music downloads, and other data-related activities.
If this is like any of the Microsoft-Ford prototypes I've seen recently this will be an interesting technology. I'd even have it added to my Prius. The device, Sync reminds me of is a Tablet PC optimized for automotive use that Microsoft and Ford showed a few months ago. The casing of the computer and the desktop were branded by Ford. The only thing I didn't like about the product when I first heard about it was that said product would only be available with new Ford vehicles. The reason that upset me was because the only technical reason given for why the product wouldn't work with older vehicles or vehicles from different brands was because they didn't have mounts for the tablet. Mounts aren't difficult to make I was thinking about going into a Ford parts store and picking one up when the product became available. I'll be sure to let you know if I here more about Sync or the Auto tablet (whatever marketing name it had).
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