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Ford Unveils Mobile Office Options

Posted by ScuttleMonkey on from the living-in-a-van-down-by-the-river dept.

pvt_medic writes "While the concept is not necessarily new, the fact that a major car company is offering a mobile office addon to their vehicles is. "Ford Motor Co. says it will soon offer wireless mobile offices in its F-series pickups, an option aimed at building contractors and others who do business on the road." With a touch pad computer, printer and GPS all included (other options of digital camera and credit card scanner) what will be next to be placed in a car?"

10 comments

  1. The next feature? by ChipMonk · · Score: 2, Insightful

    what will be next to be placed in a car?

    How about a driver who won't be distracted by all the crap that doesn't make the drive any safer?

    1. Re:The next feature? by planetmn · · Score: 2, Insightful

      Never will happen. People get distracted while driving even without cell phones, makeup, etc. Ever seen what happens when there's an accident on the other side of the road?

      Most people can't seen to drive, extra devices or not.

      -dave

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    2. Re:The next feature? by LehiNephi · · Score: 1

      Around Houston, there are billboards posted in an attempt to make people concentrate on driving. Besides "world's most dangerous restaurant" (showing a person eating while driving) and "World's most dangerous salon" (same thing, but for makeup), there's one that says:

      "World's Deadliest Office"

      It shows a guy trying to do something with a chart on his laptop while driving. Considering the utterly moronic and clueless way so many people already drive around here, I can't see built-in computers being a good thing. There's a reason they don't make DVD players in cars that you can watch from the driver's seat.

      As with cell phones, it will be very difficult to get people to admit that they were distracted by PowerPoint and swerved into the other lane.

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    3. Re:The next feature? by kalbzayn · · Score: 2, Insightful

      How about disabling any of the features that should not be used while driving unless the car is in park?

  2. Nothin says "Creampuff" by Burz · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    ...like extra chrome, a built-in DVD player, mobile office, and crummy MPG.

    Sorry, did I say "creampuff"? I meant "American". :-D

  3. Too Much Now by queenb**ch · · Score: 1

    I have a rather long commute into work so I have plenty of opportunities to observe the in-duh-vidiuals that I'm on the road with. A goodly stretch of my commute is highway driving and I don't know about where you live, but Texas is big. Because it's big, everything is spread out so people drive 70-75 mph here just so you can get somewhere before next Tuesday.

    I'm not going to mention the ubiquitious morons on cellphones, dorks who are busy twiddling the knobs on their radio, or parents who are turned around, swatting at children in the back seat.

    Observed on the road recently:

    A driver who had his seat laid back so that he could watch a movie and drive. The LCD was mounted in a position that should have been behind his head.

    A driver who had their newspaper spread across the steeringwheel, reading the paper.

    A driver (male) with an electric shaver, shaving while driving on the freeway.

    A driver (female) applying mascara while driving on the freeway.

    A driver (male) filing papers in one of those expandable files while driving on the freeway.

    More than one driver performing acts unsuitable for mention on /.

    There's enough stuff to distract most people while they're driving now. You want to add a touch pad computer? and a printer? GAH! I can see some moron wrecking because he's trying to fix a paper jam.

    Please tell me that none of this stuff (except maybe the GPS) will be functional while the car is in operation. Surely once you put it in "Drive", they can deactivate the devices.

    2 cents,

    Queen B

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  4. I know! by Gangis · · Score: 1

    A kitchen sink! /wasn't it obvious?

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  5. I suggest you take a look at by DJCacophony · · Score: 1

    the Maybach, which has an electronic lcd sunroof, two plasma televisions, two cordless telephones, solar panels, champagne cooler, leather reclining massage chairs, surround sound headphones, wireless internet, and pretty much everything else.

    European made :)

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    1. Re:I suggest you take a look at by Burz · · Score: 1

      Look at it? No... I think I'd go blind if I did. :-)

  6. It must be said... by Jorkapp · · Score: 1

    Ford Motor Co. says it will soon offer wireless mobile offices in its F-series pickups...

    It would certainly suck if it crashed on you.

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