VW Goes USB

MadCow42 writes "According to this story on CNN, Volkswagen is going to offer in-dash USB connections on several models as of this December and others next year. This function is to let you connect your MP3 Player or USB drive to play your tunes on the car stereo! The bad news? I just got my Touran... sans USB."

Comments

How 2003

[Anonymous Coward]

That's nothing compared to Mazda and their use of USB.

Security?

[Kimos]

All I can think about is security. With viruses and malware being spread through other mobile devices, what's going to happen if your car gets infected?

Re:Security?

[}InFuZeD{]

As far as I know, you can't hide viruses in mp3 files yet, so I don't see how putting an mp3 player in your car stereo is going to be a security risk. This is just the same as your car CD player being able to read mp3s, except on a different medium.

You can take your tin foil hat off now.

Good

[Sv-Manowar]

It's good to see VW using the standard instead of going with the trend and putting ipod adaptors in, like BMW did.

There are other products out there than Apple's, and although the iPod may be the best (personally, i think yes), it does not mean it should be the only one to get car adaptors.

Why USB?

[Roguelazer]

Can anybody explain to me why they'd offer USB for this? Personally, I'd prefer it if they'd just give me a line-in jack. It'd work with everything, rather than requiring the car to have drivers for the player. The article's pretty sparse on details, too. Does this require the iPod to be formatted for Windows (in the case of the iPod)? Does it support anything that mounts as a generic USB Mass Storage Device? Is this some idiotic version of Microsoft's CarPC software, and therefore vulnerable to everything that CE is vulnerable to?

Uh oh

[SsShane]

"Found new hardwa-" CRASH

Finally!

[Anonymous Coward]

I can plug in a force-feedback steering wheel!