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VIRTUALISATION Microsoft wants to put Live Search inside cars
VIRTUALISATION Microsoft wants to put Live Search inside cars | Microsoft wants to put Live Search inside cars |
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| by Stephen Withers | |
| Wednesday, 30 July 2008 | |
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So a user could, for example, search for nearby coffee shops and then receive turn-by-turn instructions to get to their choice. Exactly how the in-car system will connect to the Internet does not seem to be specified. One possibility is a Bluetooth or USB link to the driver's mobile phone (tough luck if you own an iPhone, which is notorious for the lack of an officially supported and approved 'tethering' capability); another is the inclusion of a cellular modem as part of the in-car electronics. Initially, Live Search for Devices only supports the US (English and Spanish), Canada (English and French) and France, but the software has been designed to support a much wider range of locales. Live Search for Devices first appeared as part of Windows Embedded NavReady, which is a version of Windows CE intended for personal navigation devices. Microsoft already provides software used by Ford and Fiat, as well as in navigation systems from certain Japanese manufacturers. Read on for news of a change at the top of Microsoft's automotive business unit. |
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