Digital Literacy Project» Hughes Telematics http://digitalliteracyproject.com Technology Training For The Automotive Service Industry Sat, 24 Jul 2010 01:36:40 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 iPhone, Hughes Telematics and Cars http://digitalliteracyproject.com/2009/02/28/iphone-hughes-telematics-and-cars/% http://digitalliteracyproject.com/2009/02/28/iphone-hughes-telematics-and-cars/%#comments Sat, 28 Feb 2009 17:31:29 +0000 Grant Swaim http://digitalliteracyproject.com/?p=379 Looks like everybody wants to get into the phone-car convergence game including Hughes Telematics an OEM technology supplier to Chrysler and Mercedes. By 2010, Hughes Telematics will debut its  next-generation technology, which would allow drivers to install software in their cars, just as iPhones let users download applications to their handsets.

Some of the expected features are:

  • An application that could track your peregrinations and estimate your total carbon emissions.
  • Remotely starting a car
  • Resetting its alarm with an iPhone
  • Unlocking the doors with an iPhone (commands could be sent to the car over the Internet)
  • Cars equipped with blind-spot-detection video cameras could be programmed to take a picture of anyone near the car during a break-in and then e-mail it directly to a cellphone or computer.

Here is an article on this at the New York Times

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