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Multimedia infotainment devices are a hot seller in today's automotive market and can be the deciding factor in which vehicle a customer ultimately chooses. The automotive infotainment market has successfully navigated the initial wave of consumer devices invading the automobile, offering basic connectivity for consumer electronics in the passenger cabin. Consumers seek continued improvement in the convergence between their beloved consumer electronics, such as iPods and cell phones, and their vehicles.
This whole article felt like an introduction to an in-depth story, but that did not follow. And it could have been so easy: BMW are promoting open source in ICE systems, and actually offer Internet in their cars, Otherr car manufactureres offer 7" monitors in the car, Ubuntu 8.10 has a mobile version, Intel's Atom CPU and boards are so lightweight on power that you do not have to keep the engine running to use them, mobile phones act as GPS/flat-rate Internet modems for carPCs, 7" and larger touch screens come down in price. I'm actually building a carPC right now: Atom board, 16 GB USB stick memory, 9" touchscreen, bluetooth keyboard/mouse combo, CAN bus connection, GPS/Internet via mobile phone.
