An Audi Phone: Is Apple listening?
Some moneybags own the Audi and the iPhone, while others own either one. But then again, there is a third generation of fashionistas who will do it with a little more style. And it is for them indeed, that the Audi Phone (which you see up there) that the prototype is out. The handset is supposed to go with the concept car, acting as a combination key jumb, navigation unit, audio and video player, and interface for the car’s systems. It uses both wifi and UGMTS Communications to give you image capture via onboard digicams (more of a security feature) and also acts as a receiver for the car’s location-tracking device.
I think the technology is great, but then again aren’t cars supposed to simply serve the purpose? Okay, we all love to juice em up every now and then, but then it’s becoming more of a moving museum day by day than something we use to travel. Moreover, although that thing up there looks sleek, I don’t think one would even notice it without the Audi Logo.