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Posted 9.12.11 at 10:14 am 1 Comments

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Connected Cockpit

Courtesy BMW

BMW's Group Technology Office wants to "open the car as a platform for applications." Cars are the most thoroughly computerized machines most of us will ever buy, they say, but unlike phones or laptops, they are nearly impossible to upgrade - you pay your money and then drive the thing unchanged until it's scrapped. But connect a car to the Internet and the possibilities become more interesting.

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Read the article: Extremely Mobile Devices

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TrulyVisionary

10/04/11 at 1:20 am

The seeker of knowledge who seeks to reach beyond the stars to go where no mans gone before to see things no man has seen and bring these experiences back for the whole world to hear and see.

Man this is great i'm surprised to see no one commented on such enjoyability these cars rock if i could get my hands on any of them i would love them great going car makers that's the way you design cars with freaking out their design people crave the new and exciting this is definitely a factor in what i saw great great great and i am a tough critic so quite the accomplishment car makers and posci

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