Nissan navigation system will let your hear the internet
Published on October 3rd, 2006 in gps navigation, misc news, software
Nissan just announced that it will introduce a new CARWINGS navigation service that will let drivers hear Internet information while driving, becoming the first to offer such service. This new Internet navigation service will be available to CARWINGS subscribers this fall in Japan.
In case you are wondering CARWINGS is Nissan’s original telematics service and is exclusive to the Japanese market, so no wonder you never heard of it.
The new internet service will allow their subscribers to retreive information from only a limited number of Internet sites, including Yahoo Japan, Sony’s So-net lifestyle blog and Nissan Drive Navi, a Nissan travel guide blog. The service automatically transforms information from the Internet (RSS format) into a user-friendly format that can be viewed on a vehicle navigation monitor. Nissan plans to increase the number of accessible sites in the future.
Drivers have to select the Internet sites when the vehicle in parking mode. Once the car is in motion, the system will automatically retrieve information from the pre-programmed Internet sites and a voice function will read out the contents, making it possible to safely receive information even while driving.
Nissan also announced the new hardware that will be launched as a new CARWINGS navigation system with a 30 GB hard-disk drive that can record up to 3,000 songs. It allows drivers to listen to songs selected according to pre-programmed moods.
In addition, the system updates map data in approximately 20 minutes, faster than any other available navigation system.
The new hard-disk drive navigation system will be available starting this fall with the all-new Skyline.
If you are in North America, you can forget what you just read. Yes, that includes the Skyline.
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