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Articles about auto: September 7, 2008

Rant: standardize in-car phone dock; my personal crusade at CES

by JG Mason on Jan 3, 2008 at 09:21 PM

dashboard of the future
I’ve had it with cables.  The sheer number of cables we have to carry around is getting insane.  I’ve got (and I bet you do too) a drawer full of cables that I don’t even remember what they go to, but one day might need.  My breaking point was reached during my review of the Samsung Blackjack II where they redesigned not only the battery, but all the cables as well.  Good for companies that sell cables, bad for everyone else.

For many of us, our cell phones are our connection to the world.  We email, talk, browse, navigate, text, IM, Twitter, etc. on them nonstop.  They are becoming powerful and power-hungry.  The future is powerful cell phones; one look at the iPhone and it is easy to see.

What isn’t easy to see is why car manufacturers haven’t jumped

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