IP: Car PC adjusts radio, checks e-mail (from Infobeat)

[Dave Farber <farber () cis upenn edu>]

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