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IP: Car PC adjusts radio, checks e-mail (from Infobeat)
From: Dave Farber <farber () cis upenn edu>
Date: Mon, 11 Jan 1999 06:36:47 -0500
LAS VEGAS (AP) - Without taking their hands off the wheel or their eyes off the road, motorists can check e-mail, look up and dial phone numbers, tune the radio and find directions to the nearest gas station. It's a matter of talking to the car computer. Clarion AutoPC, the first personal computer designed for a car, was a big attraction Saturday among the 100,000 attendees at the Consumer Electronics Show. It combines software by Microsoft and hardware by Clarion. The $1,299, voice-activated units were shipped to West Coast dealers last month and are expected to be available nationally this spring. See full story
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