Ford's New Cars To Be Wi-Fi Hotspots

clang_jangle writes "Autoblog and others are reporting on Ford's planned extension to its in-vehicle SYNC multimedia systems — to enable SYNC-equipped Fords as rolling Wi-Fi hotspots. Customers would use their existing cellular USB modems, so for already equipped road warriers there would be no extra monthly charges. While there are other ways to get your car online (Autonet Mobile review here), the SYNC system does look especially simple and practical. Last year BMW made some noise about FOSS for their cars, but they seem to have since stopped talking about it. Will we see a FOSS option for automotive infotainment systems in the future?" The capabilities of SYNC even without W-Fi look potentially pretty distracting. Unless Wi-Fi is blacked out for the driver, the safety implications of this development are worrisome.

Comments

safe?

[whoever57]

combined with this product, what's the problem?

god damn self driving cars

[earls]

The god damn mother fucking cars should talk to each other with their fucking radios and space the fuck out . What the fuck is so fucking hard about this and or not typing profFUCK anyway then you don't need stop lights. the driver can just sit back. the fucking gps/laser range/wireless car comm drives thef ucking car fuck

Re:god damn self driving cars

[Chrutil]

Dude, decaf.

Re:god damn self driving cars

[noidentity]

I think he'd be better off at a TA meeting (Tourette's Anonymous).

Re:This is different how?

[trapnest]

9/11 is a date.
911 is a phone number.

Re:This is different how?

[frosty_tsm]

9/11 is a date. 911 is a phone number.

Go easy on him. He's from a Red state.

Re:This is different how?

[Darkness404]

Was that the best you could do? I would have at least mocked him by saying "Ford now allows time travel?".

Re:This is different how?

[trapnest]

It's not nice to call someone communist just because they made a mistake in typing. :(

Re:This is different how?

[ls671]

> Heuristics of said GPS that learns your typical routs

What's the use of this feature ?

I mean if I already know the route, what is the advantage of teaching it to the GPS ?

I assumed that one typically wanted the GPS to show him the route to follow, not the other way around ;-))

Thinking of it, this may be useful if you are getting old and/or beginning to forget your routes, teach them to the GPS while you still can ;-)

Re:Leo's new Mustang

[elrous0]

I just got a image in my head of Leo Laporte happily tooling around town in a Mustang, wearing one of those hideous Hawaiian shirts he used to wear on The Screen Savers. Now that's a funny image.