Mercedes launches smartphone based Telematics Service
By siliconindia   |   Tuesday, 17 November 2009, 15:10 IST
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Bangalore: Mercedes in partnership with Hughes Telematics has launched an application, which will let users of iPhones or BlackBerry devices to lock and unlock car doors, locate their vehicles on a map, and contact roadside assistance. Mercedes is the first carmaker to offer the service, which was developed by Atlanta-based Hughes. Hughes developed the software platform for flexibility, allowing Mercedes to add new applications as they are developed. Hughes has demonstrated additional systems that can deliver other types of digital media to vehicles, including web-based music and video content and PC connectivity. There was no word on whether Mercedes plans to incorporate such services into the mbrace system, which costs $280 a year. Hughes had been scheduled to include the system in 2010 Chrysler vehicles, but the deal dissolved during Chrysler's recent bankruptcy.

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