Vehicle Navigation Service with Net Access

Nissan the car manufacturer has now come up with Vehicle Navigation Service with Net Access according to TechnologyNewsDaily:

' Nissan Ltd. will introduce a new CARWINGS navigation service that allows drivers to hear Internet information while driving, the world’s first such service. The new Internet navigation service will be available to subscribers this autumn in Japan.

CARWINGS is Nissan’s original telematics service and is exclusive to the Japanese market.

The new internet service allows subscribers to retreive information from 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.

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 receive information even while driving.'

Via Smartmobs