So, I guess next year Apple will be making an eight inch car with a television in it.
Ah, see, Apple has mastered intradimensional storage, so the next device will simultaneously have a 2.5" screen, a 5" screen and a 7" screen to appeal to the entire market of nonsensical products at once. You just have to subconsciously want to be using the proper screen size and it will be adjusted in your perception to be that screen size.
It works for people watching you use it, too. So you could be using it as a phone and experience a 2.5" screen as you hold it to your face, but people watching you could see you holding a 7" screen device to your head if they wanted to see that, and so it would be clipping into your shoulder and through your hand as you walk around.
I think cars are a great market for Apple to enter. Obviously not the car itself but the stereo. I doubt a full blown iPad type device device would be appropriate, but something more along the lines of the Apple TV interface. It would have to be streamlined and simple to use. Probably around a 7" display.
In addition to the usual features like GPS navigation and music and all the other standard features for car audio systems. I can see Siri being extremely useful, GPS is the most obvious benefit. We already use our iPhone for these uses but to have it more integrated into the car would be a much better experience. Not to mention all the new laws against using your phone while driving now.
I would assume for Siri to work well you would have to have a mic in the steering wheel or some other place near the driver. The biggest question is about the data package that would be required. I would rather them offer the ability to connect our iPhones via Airplay or something similar like bluetooth or even USB. Use our iPhone for data uses like Siri or streaming Pandora for example. Microsoft certainly set the bar pretty low and I am sure Apple could do a great car integration if they chose to go that route. Mercedes is just the start.
I bet Clarion and all the other car stereo makers are getting pretty nervous. Apple could easily dominate this market if they really decided to enter it seriously. Car companies would be fighting over themselves to offer an Apple branded car entertainment/navigation system.
It sure makes sense to integrate the iPhone with auto system. What is being included now is terribly expensive and hard to use. Got to read through 200 pages to figure out the GPS, radio, etc. It would nice to just clip the iPhone or iPad in a built in dash cradle and hook up with the wheel controls, etc. Got easier to use GPS/Nav, plus could use streaming music, searches, etc. May be control HVAC, etc. With the iPhone, I would not need another data plan.... may be tie to a bigger screen.
A lot of this stuff can be done today with the iPhone, but not seamlessly.
Having used Microsoft's "cutting edge" MyFord Touch product in Ford's latest vehicles,... I can only imagine how nice it would have been to have an Apple-designed system instead!
Absolutely. This is the likely reason for this action. Mercedes Benz has already announced that it will fully integrate iOS and Siri in its upcoming A-Class models. Ford has Sync, GM has OnStar. Why not an iOS based Honda, or Toyota, or Chrysler? Android can have Fiat or Hyundai.
Absolutely. This is the likely reason for this action. Mercedes Benz has already announced that it will fully integrate iOS and Siri in its upcoming A-Class models. Ford has Sync, GM has OnStar. Why not an iOS based Honda, or Toyota, or Chrysler? Android can have Fiat or Hyundai.
I don't think it's far fetched. As the analysts have (correctly for once) been reporting lately Apple will need to expand its product offerings if it wishes to maintain future growth at the same rate. Going with automobiles is just another way to tie in their ecosystem even it means adopting a new model of dealing with other companies.
Pshh, heck, I'd buy a car styled after the Magic Mouse in a heartbeat. You know it'd get good electricity milage because of how aerodynamic it would be.
In a HEARTBEAT.
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Originally Posted by SolipsismX
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I could easily see Apple coming out with a gold standard car integration system using iOS technology. They could license it to auto manufacturers much like AirPlay to audio companies and make it drool worthy for any new car buyer.
I have to say I have been saying exactly this for a long time. Not to mention a coherent interface for microwaves, ovens and ... well just about anything that needs programming.
Mechanical engineers work on a lot of things other than cars. From the quote it is more likely that it has do with case manufacture. Sorry no iCars.
My thoughts exactly. The job requirements don't mention cars, they mention mechanical engineering and manufacturing processes which are used to produce just about everything. I'm not sure how the "automotive" part got attached to this story...
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Siri: "I have found five restrooms. Three of which are fairly close by!"
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That is something I really need! LOL
That's for the iPad FORE.
They will be bringing out the 7" iPad with it - the iPutt.
So, I guess next year Apple will be making an eight inch car with a television in it.
Ah, see, Apple has mastered intradimensional storage, so the next device will simultaneously have a 2.5" screen, a 5" screen and a 7" screen to appeal to the entire market of nonsensical products at once. You just have to subconsciously want to be using the proper screen size and it will be adjusted in your perception to be that screen size.
It works for people watching you use it, too. So you could be using it as a phone and experience a 2.5" screen as you hold it to your face, but people watching you could see you holding a 7" screen device to your head if they wanted to see that, and so it would be clipping into your shoulder and through your hand as you walk around.
In addition to the usual features like GPS navigation and music and all the other standard features for car audio systems. I can see Siri being extremely useful, GPS is the most obvious benefit. We already use our iPhone for these uses but to have it more integrated into the car would be a much better experience. Not to mention all the new laws against using your phone while driving now.
I would assume for Siri to work well you would have to have a mic in the steering wheel or some other place near the driver. The biggest question is about the data package that would be required. I would rather them offer the ability to connect our iPhones via Airplay or something similar like bluetooth or even USB. Use our iPhone for data uses like Siri or streaming Pandora for example. Microsoft certainly set the bar pretty low and I am sure Apple could do a great car integration if they chose to go that route. Mercedes is just the start.
I bet Clarion and all the other car stereo makers are getting pretty nervous. Apple could easily dominate this market if they really decided to enter it seriously. Car companies would be fighting over themselves to offer an Apple branded car entertainment/navigation system.
Well, the iPhone nano rumors didn't work.
And the tiny iPad rumors didn't work.
And the television rumors aren't working.
Apple must be making a car, then.
but something more along the lines of the Apple TV interface. It would have to be streamlined and simple to use.
'Simple to use' and 'Apple TV interface' do not belong in the same sentence.
A lot of this stuff can be done today with the iPhone, but not seamlessly.
Having used Microsoft's "cutting edge" MyFord Touch product in Ford's latest vehicles,... I can only imagine how nice it would have been to have an Apple-designed system instead!
Absolutely. This is the likely reason for this action. Mercedes Benz has already announced that it will fully integrate iOS and Siri in its upcoming A-Class models. Ford has Sync, GM has OnStar. Why not an iOS based Honda, or Toyota, or Chrysler? Android can have Fiat or Hyundai.
Apple's final frontier in computing?[Insert humorous yet fairly tasteful joke about Bondi Blueballs here.]
yep it's the iCar and mini version the iBike
It will be electric, get up to 10 hours a charge. Only seat one and will be controlled by Siri
I would legitimately buy an Apple bike.
Absolutely. This is the likely reason for this action. Mercedes Benz has already announced that it will fully integrate iOS and Siri in its upcoming A-Class models. Ford has Sync, GM has OnStar. Why not an iOS based Honda, or Toyota, or Chrysler? Android can have Fiat or Hyundai.
I don't think it's far fetched. As the analysts have (correctly for once) been reporting lately Apple will need to expand its product offerings if it wishes to maintain future growth at the same rate. Going with automobiles is just another way to tie in their ecosystem even it means adopting a new model of dealing with other companies.
Pshh, heck, I'd buy a car styled after the Magic Mouse in a heartbeat. You know it'd get good electricity milage because of how aerodynamic it would be.
In a HEARTBEAT.
[Insert humorous yet fairly tasteful joke about Bondi Blueballs here.]
"NOT F***ING BLUE ENOUGH!"
I would legitimately buy an Apple bike.
I imagine this is what it would look like.
I could easily see Apple coming out with a gold standard car integration system using iOS technology. They could license it to auto manufacturers much like AirPlay to audio companies and make it drool worthy for any new car buyer.
I have to say I have been saying exactly this for a long time. Not to mention a coherent interface for microwaves, ovens and ... well just about anything that needs programming.
Well with Steve no longer with us they might go with a two button car now ....
The problem with Apple's version is that it only takes you where it wants to go¡
That is bad!
But driving in a safe, walled garden may be better you know!
Mechanical engineers work on a lot of things other than cars. From the quote it is more likely that it has do with case manufacture. Sorry no iCars.
My thoughts exactly. The job requirements don't mention cars, they mention mechanical engineering and manufacturing processes which are used to produce just about everything. I'm not sure how the "automotive" part got attached to this story...
Ha!
Maybe the job is for nail clipper designer
Anyways, I'm skeptical about The Apple Car. Only because I lived through the first round of rumors and drawings and dreaming.