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To: David Wiggins who wrote (9489)	1/12/2000 2:41:00 PM
From: Sawtooth	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 29987

Thanks for the news, Dave. An interesting view and link re: autos and wireless from Red Herring. ......VVVVVVVVV <<.....CATCH OF THE DAY: Log off and drive! I stopped by the Blaupunkt booth at the Consumer Electronics Show on Friday to get a quick update on the state of navigation systems in automobiles. Like other car electronics companies, Blaupunkt is shipping both aftermarket navigation systems and components for "original equipment" installation. As spiffy as the current navigation systems are, though, they only hint at the future of communications and computing technology that will very quickly be rolling into new cars. The auto makers are trying to get with the Net economy as quickly as they can. On Sunday, at the North American International Auto Show in Detroit, Ford CEO Jacques Nasser unveiled his company's partnership with Yahoo as well as a concept Ford in which the dashboard becomes an "information portal." Cars may slowly be becoming subscription services, like cell phones. People who lease cars may never notice this -- although you can bet the information providers will. Or perhaps automobiles will eventually sell for $199 (with activation). The inside of a car is an unbelievable marketing vehicle, and we're probably in for a few interesting years of experiments as the portals and car companies learn how to best exploit their captive audiences......>> * Red Herring tests the telematics devices in the Mercedes- Benz S-class redherring.com