New Vision for Docked PDA
When I wrote about what I learned at the Tele Atlas Partner Conference last month I noted the regular discussion of how we’d soon “dock” our PDA/phone/nav device in the car and fire up a big screen and good sound. C|NET is running a series of articles on technology and safety (after the loss of editor James Kim). Today’s focuses on navigation and related tools. This vision of docking from Volvo was interesting:
More futuristic is a Volvo safety concept car that includes a dock for a small personal digital assistant. Drivers can load routing information or personal medical records into the PDA, and then dock it in the car so it can be uploaded and accessible to an emergency medical technician in the event of an accident. That technology could be five years down the road, according to Dan Johnston, a spokesman for Volvo.
