BMW taps Nuance for in-car speech recognition
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Waze to Drive Its Social GPS Software Into Cars This Year – Bloomberg
Waze to Drive Its Social GPS Software Into Cars This Year
Mobile’s little brother is catching up
The Mobile World Conference (WMC) took place recently in Barcelona and proved once again that Telematics/Infotainment (T/I) is increasingly sharing its technology infrastructure with Mobile. DOOH is also connected with Mobile and T/I. Here are three key points marketers should keep in mind about the telematics-mobile relationship:
1) Location based services (LBS) and mobile social are driving innovation. As phones increasingly incorporate GPS and become more location-enabled, developers will create more location aware applications. Social Mobile is the logical offshoot of this technology and offers users, advertisers, and brands unique challenges and opportunities. Thomas Hallauer writes in Telematics, “by combining location and social networking, the mobile industry will be able to tempt advertisers with reliable profiling from a very extensive and rich source of consumer information, as well as precise targeting at the mobile consumer market.” There are many large players in this space looking advance this capability in a time when new revenue streams are much needed. Continue reading “Mobile’s little brother is catching up”
In-car technology could change our lives
In 2008 I talked about in-car technology as becoming less utilitarian and more about the car as a content platform of tomorrow. And why not, cars and trucks increasingly share information with other platforms (RFID sensors, tolls, central tracking systems, etc.). For 2009, I am curious how this in-car technology and the growing digital ecosystem could actually help improve one’s quality of life, beyond just getting to your destination.
We know that cell phones and cars are increasingly being delivered to the end user with GPS capability (in-car GPS, Personal Navigation Devices, or Pedestrian Navigation Devices). We know that this GPS capability can allow people to see where you are. We also know that it is possible to cross reference where you are specifically to what is around you. Whether this technology is actually deployed is unclear. This ability to locate and cross reference will increase as more and more locations look to formalize their location in the GPS universe.
So what am I getting at here? Continue reading “In-car technology could change our lives”
Will telematics be hit by the recession?
The economic perils facing the country are on the minds of the Lab’s practice leads. Contractions in aggregate spending are clearly going to impact consumers and marketers in Digital Out of Home, Gaming and Mobile.
As the person who focuses on Telematics/Infotainment (T/I), I know this space too will suffer in a down economy. SiriusXM stock has been crushed because of a combined slowdown in unit sales tied to new cars, and a slowdown in unit sales tied to consumers wanting to add the service to their existing cars. Sales of personal navigation devices (PNDs) heading into the holiday season will slow both because of the economy and because of the move by more and more automakers in developing their own “in-car” solutions. In short, slow downs and retrenchments will be seen across the spectrum. Continue reading “Will telematics be hit by the recession?”
iPods in half of cars and car keys for teens
Telematics, like many of our other categories that we cover here at the Emerging Media Lab, is constantly evolving. Our Mobile and Social Media practice leads see change on an almost daily basis. Telematics/Infotainment, while still new to most, is showing growth and change on a regular pace. This month I thought it might be more helpful to single-out a few new items rather than focus on an singular topic.
This coming year and beyond will continue to show an expansion of in integration, services and connectivity. Industry resources show that over 58% of new cars will have iPod connections available from the factory. Non iPod interface will come by way of a USB interface. Bluetooth will continue to have a strong presence in the car’s of 2009. The expanding adoption of this into more cars will take it from 55% to 82% in 2009. The result will be more cars with Bluetooth and more features available to the consumer. Continue reading “iPods in half of cars and car keys for teens”
