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MeeGo conference: Intel's and Nokia's visions of MeeGo

MeeGo conference: Intel's and Nokia's visions of MeeGo

Posted Nov 24, 2010 22:01 UTC (Wed) by iabervon (subscriber, #722)
In reply to: MeeGo conference: Intel's and Nokia's visions of MeeGo by n8willis
Parent article: MeeGo conference: Intel's and Nokia's visions of MeeGo

I think the discussion has wandered away from my original point, which is that putting computers in front of people who can't spare much attention for interacting with the computer is a significant new thing. Someone responded by mentioning the ECU that's been in front of drivers for ages, and I was arguing that that's not actually relevant, since it's not that sort of computer.


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MeeGo conference: Intel's and Nokia's visions of MeeGo

Posted Nov 24, 2010 23:07 UTC (Wed) by dmarti (subscriber, #11625) [Link]

Lost drivers are more at risk of an accident, and changing CDs/cassettes/radio stations is in the top 10 for distractions. So a good car computer with nav software that gives accurate directions (with plenty of time to change lanes) and a good predictive audio system could make things safer. (Turning the dashboard into a conventional PC desktop would probably make things worse.)

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