[Sig-bwp] Baby, You Can Drive My iPod

[Gerry Mckiernan]

Baby, you can drive my iPod
When it comes to the car stereo, Apple wants to stay in the driver's seat.
By Owen Thomas, Business 2.0 online editor
January 12, 2006: 12:47 PM EST 

 [ http://money.cnn.com/2006/01/12/technology/ipod_auto/?cnn=yes  ]

SAN FRANCISCO (Business 2.0) - What were the most expensive iPod accessories on display at this week's Macworld Expo?

They had to be the half-dozen cars parked in a corner of the cavernous Moscone Center, each plugged into one of Apple's tiny music players.

Mercedes-Benz was one of the first automakers to offer iPod integration. 
 
Less than two years after introducing its first partnership with an automaker (see timeline), Apple (Research) has made iPod integration the hottest new car option for 2006.

With Sunday's announcement that Chrysler (Research), Dodge, and Jeep vehicles will feature iPod connectors, 16 auto brands now offer accessories that let you plug your iPod into your car's audio system.

Apple estimates that 40 percent of cars sold in the U.S. this year will offer iPod integration.

Some iPod-ready autos put iPod-like playback controls right on the steering wheel or instrument panel, with the built-in stereo displaying the name of the current track.

Acura plans to let drivers command an iPod through a voice-recognition system. Simpler accessories offered by automakers broadcast the iPod's audio signal to a car's FM radio.

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/Gerry 

Gerry McKiernan
Science and Technology Librarian 
Iowa State University Library
Ames IA 50011

gerrymck at iastate.edu