Tuesday, June 7, 2005
A SmartRider in Every SmartCar?
Posted by Jonathon Watkins in "OFF-TOPIC" @ 02:00 PM
A Taiwanese company called PDC have announced an in-car computer called the SmartRider, which runs on Windows CE.NET 4.2. It uses a AMD Geode GX1 (300Mhz) processor, has 128MB RMA / 128 ROM, a 7" Touch Panel TFT screen, GSM Tri-band, a DVD Rom drive and a SD/MMC Reader.
The plan is to target this at a variety of applications including multimedia entertainment (DVD, TV/FM, CD, VCD, MP3), Mobile Communications (GSM/GPRS), GPS (Voice Guidance, Route Planning etc) and as a mobile office (Web Browsing, Email, Data etc.) It certainly seems to tick a lot of the necessary boxes. Can you see one of these types of devices in your car in a few years time and if not, why not?
The plan is to target this at a variety of applications including multimedia entertainment (DVD, TV/FM, CD, VCD, MP3), Mobile Communications (GSM/GPRS), GPS (Voice Guidance, Route Planning etc) and as a mobile office (Web Browsing, Email, Data etc.) It certainly seems to tick a lot of the necessary boxes. Can you see one of these types of devices in your car in a few years time and if not, why not?
