You heard right. In the latest boost to its dominance of portable music players, Apple Computer Inc. has teamed up with GM, Ford and Mazda to integrate the iPod into their car audio systems according to CNN. Ford says it will offer the iPod integration as a dealer- installed option called "TripTunes Advanced." GM and Mazda will offer iPod integration on all new models. An adapter that doubles as a battery-charging station would go in either the glovebox or center storage console. Users are then able to control the iPod through buttons on the steering wheel or the radio.
"Consumers are listening to music, they're messaging each other, and they want to engage in all those activities in their vehicles but in a safe manner," says Ford's product and business development director. So listening to the Bible on your iPod or Podcasting your favorite pastor’s message just got a lot more portable. The iconic iPod as an auto necessity underscores another example of one of technologies constantly unfolding benefits: dissolving the traditional limitations of time and space and providing us with instant accessibility anywhere.
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