Ford's cars go Internet savvy
By siliconindia   |   Friday, 08 January 2010, 22:32 IST   |    3 Comments
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Ford's cars go Internet savvy
Las Vegas: As the U.S. automaker Ford expands its "in-car connectivity", it will let its users listen to their "tweets" and Internet music and news stations while behind the wheel. Ford's executives have outlined a number of the new features, which are activated by voice or touch commands to minimize driver distraction. The new Internet services, which require a mobile phone with a Bluetooth connection, is a Twitter application built by developer OpenBeak, Pandora music radio and Stitcher, a personalized newscast service. The U.S. automaker also announced that it was in 'active talks' with Google about bringing unspecified "devices and services" from the Internet giant to its cars and had forged a partnership with online mapping website MapQuest. The new technologies being rolled out are systems known as Sync, developed with U.S. software giant Microsoft, which also gives traffic reports, navigation information and even provides a "health report" on the state of the car. Ford introduced Sync two years ago and President and Chief Executive, Alan Mulally said that the company now has more than one million Sync-equipped cars on the road. Also, Mulally added that the features will eventually "have a place in every Ford vehicle and not just our luxury models."

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