This past week Abu Dhabi and Dubai saw failure of a critical Blackberry network link; according to Dubai police, during the four days of the failure, traffic accidents dropped 20%. Abu Dhabi saw a 40% decrease. Both cities are known for their volatile traffic: one incident every three minutes in Dubai; Abu Dhabi sees a [...]
Audi of America announced today that it will be releasing a new Audi Roadside App for users of the three major mobile device OSs. The app will be available for free download on each respective app market. The app takes advantage of the customer’s pre-registered vehicle information, smartphone GPS functionality, and an intuitive interface, to [...]
There is a smartphone app for virtually everything. The RIM Blackberry App World even has an app that warns drivers about DUI checkpoints. A number of democratic senators wrote major smartphone manufacturers recently, asking them to ban such applications. RIM said that it will be banning the application, while Google’s Android App Market and Apple’s [...]
We briefly heard somewhere that Bentley will be launching a special-edition Continental Supersports at the 2011 Geneva Motor Show. While that may just be a rumor for now, the luxury car brand confirmed today that it has teamed up with its leather partner Ettinger to produce a range of personal accessories that will be launched [...]
Dodge and Mopar have joined forces to bring owners of Dodge vehicles a free, new smartphone app that allows them to connect to their vehicles. The new Mopar app provides vehicles owners with vehicle vehicle operation, maintenance and warranty information, product feature video demonstrations, connections with fellow owners via the company’s brands on social media sites [...]
Chevrolet and Nissan both already have a smartphone app for the Chevrolet Volt and the Nissan LEAF. Well, later today, FoMoCo will unveil the Ford Focus Electric but before that, the Dearborn automaker is releasing its MyFord Mobile app for North America, which allow Focus Electric owners to remain connected and in control with the [...]
General Motors is making some huge headlines at the 2011 Consumer Electronics Show this year. The company’s OnStar divison has already made some big announcements and today GM and Powermat announced that they will bring wireless charging technology to the Detroit automaker’s future lineup of Chevrolet, Buick, GMC and Cadillac vehicles starting mid-2012. What is [...]
Ford SYNC system keeps getting better and better. The automaker today announced the released of SYNC Destinations, a new smartphone app that gives SYNC Traffic, Directions and Information (TDI) users mobile access to search and save destinations to their cloud-based SYNC account for easy access back in the car. Furthermore, the SYNC Destinations app includes [...]
Smartphone fans, especially Apple fans, look out for new connectivity features in BMW’s ConnectedDrive System, which is ready to take the global lead when it comes to connecting smartphones and music players in the car. At the 2010 Paris Motor Show later this month, BMW will showcase a globally unique technology for integrating BlackBerry smartphones in [...]
General Motors announced today that owners of new 2011 Chevrolet, Cadillac, Buick and GMC models will soon be able to control key functions of their cars from their smartphones. “Giving our customers control of their vehicles with smart phone application technology is a key advantage of OnStar’s in-vehicle connectivity,” said Chris Preuss, OnStar president. “This [...]
