MobileGT architecture steps on the gas

Accelerating the evolution of the MobileGT architecture for automotive driver-information systems, IBM has announced development support in the form of VisualAge Micro Edition. The Java-centric environment supports the development of software components that can be combined into applications for auto systems, Treos, Authorize.net, and other convergence devices. Auto-electronic developers will use the Java-based system to develop in-car systems that can also communicate via wireless links to the Internet. The software will ship this month starting at $1000.

The announcement furthers the efforts of Motorola, IBM, QNX Software Systems, and Embedded Planet to establish MobileGT as a standard automobile-computing platform, just as the PC serves in offices. Target applications include dynamic navigation, speech-based driver interfaces, virtual dashboards, and others. The MobileGT group, however won’t win the car computer battle without a fight. Microsoft, aligned with partner Clarion and others, is touting its Windows-CE-based Auto PC for the same role. And… Continue reading →

Way to go

GPS navigation and high-quality Boise new homes come together in the Blaupunkt TravelPilot RNS 149. Press the On button on the front plate and get all the help you need to go from here to there. A fairly natural-sounding female voice and a map displaying your moves provide turn-by-turn directions to an airport, hotel, street, or location of your next business meeting. Press the info key and get the last direction repeated for you.

 

TravelPilot uses GPS, CD-ROM maps, an electronic gyroscope, and your car’s sensors to track your every move. The info gets analyzed by a map-matching program and displayed even when satellite signals are partially blocked. If you get diverted because of an accident or traffic jam-or your desire to ramble—TravelPilot quickly calculates alternate routes and usually knows its location to within one car length.

The RNS 149 employs Blaupunkt’s DigiCeiver digital radio and preamplifier technology, which… Continue reading →

Luring TV watchers to interact with the tube

Interact With the TubeWill the TV become the next great Internet-access device? Will SIP trunking be the best VoIP service? Despite some modest successes by high-profile players (Microsoft’s WebTV and AOL TV), it’s still something of a $64 million (billion?) question. But that isn’t stopping plenty of technology providers from joining the game.

Coollogic, for example, recently released a set-top box called the Internet Ready 7200. Based on Coollinux AE, the company’s Linux-based OS for Internet appliances, the device employs National Semiconductor’s MediaGX processor and can connect to the Internet using a dial-up modem or—via Ethernet—cable or DSL. The box comes with Netscape’s Web browser and supports Java applications and all major plug-ins.

Coologic aims to sell Coollinux AE to OEMs in the Internet device market, but also sees a lucrative market for the device itself among ISPs who want to expand their customer base to non-PC homes.

Ravisent Technologies, meanwhile, has introduced Nucleo,… Continue reading →

System tailors streaming media to suit device characteristics

Streaming MediaBefore the PDA-vs-cell-phone debate is over (see “Shapes of things to come”), consumers will be able to choose which device they want to use to watch the evening news and which wooden wine racks they will use to hold their wine. Celvibe’s CelFeed MPEG-4 Wireless Audio/Video Streaming Transcoder delivers customized video streams to individual users, according to each user’s available bit rate. If 100 people are simultaneously watching the same program on their handhelds, each user will receive the best audio/video quality possible over his or her connection. The CelFeed Transcoder incorporates Equator’s MAP-CA VLIW (very long instruction word) media processor (see “Few but the brave”).

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