Audi A8 to have Onboard WiFi Hotspot

[admin]

Luxury car companies are rushing to integrate factory-installed WLAN hotspots into their vehicles, but the winner of the "most high tech technology no mere mortal can afford" award needs to go to the 2011 Audi A8 sedan. To say that Audi is advancing communications is an understatement. Last year, Chrysler started offering an in-vehicle Wi-Fi system in some of its cars and Ford took the covers off its "MyFord Touch" - a similar product. In all cases, the vehicle is slowly becoming an internet bridge of sorts, allowing mobile Wi-Fi products to work uninterrupted from the home to the office

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[BoredSysAdmin]

In other news, AT&T stops unlimited plans and charges $10 a Gig overage on 2gb a month plan. Wifi hotspot will really help to eat the 200mb/2gb limits in the blink of the eye....

 

[westcott]

Well, now I know who to follow on the interstate with my laptop in hand!!!

 

[Wayde Robson]

Preventing driver distraction is an important idea with many of these computerized car parts. Many of the features are disabled when the car is driving.

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