Honda will start equipping an on-board emergency report system with their car navigation system in the “Accord Hybrid” that will be out this coming summer.
When an air bag is activated by the shock of an accident, the on-board emergency system will automatically report the accident to HELPNET, run by JAPAN MAYDAY SERVICE CO., LTD, and police and firefighters will be notified.
Notification will not only be of the accident itself, but also accurate positioning by GPS, which air bag in …
Good news for Honda fans: the automobile manufacturer has just revealed which of its 2013 vehicles will receive support for Apple’s hands-free extension of Siri, known as Eyes Free. Namely, the feature will be available as a dealer-installed option for the Honda Accord, along with the RDX and ILX from Acura. Mum’s currently the word on software integration, but it’s worth pointing out that the HondaLink infotainment system was previously revealed to debut on the 2013 Accord, and both the RDX and ILX feature AcuraLink — so, you do the math. Honda’s yet to reveal pricing for the kit, but hey, it’s something to haggle about.
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Honda’s hybrid cars just haven’t achieved the same cachet as Toyota’s without a poster child like the Prius to drive demand. Nonetheless, the automaker has something to crow about with word that it has sold over a million hybrids worldwide as of the end of September. The milestone comes almost 13 years after the first Japan-bound Insight changed hands in November 1999, and after a significant expansion that includes more specialized cars like the CR-Z coupe you see here. Americans represent almost a third of the total at 318,000 vehicles that are split mostly between the Insight and the Civic Hybrid. Hitting seven digits gives Honda some eco-friendly credibility in a crowded field, although the firm might not want to brag too loudly: Toyota has sold four times as many to date and expects to sell one million hybrids just in 2012.
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HTC isn’t betraying too much with its event invite, but we’ve got our suspicions about what the Taiwanese company has up its sleeve. Maybe there will even be a few surprises in store for us, who knows? That’s why we had to accept HTC’s invite and will be there live, in person to experience the reveal ourselves. Since you can’t be there (and we wouldn’t want you to be square), join us tomorrow morning at 11am ET and follow along in the liveblog right here — we’ll know you’re with us in spirit.
Update: How about that: the company just whittled down the possibilities through an official teaser on its Facebook page. All we see is the corner of a Windows Phone, the event date and a promise that it’s a day “when beautiful hardware meets stunning software.” It doesn’t take much sleuthing to deduce that this is HTC’s turn at a Windows Phone 8 device launch, and that we may well see devices like the 8X when the New York City gathering gets started.
Jon Fingas contributed to this post.
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We’re liveblogging HTC’s big reveal tomorrow at 11am ET! (update: teaser) originally appeared on Engadget on Tue, 18 Sep 2012 14:30:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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The other day before the weekend, we reported that according to a leak, we managed to uncover additional details and a press shot of HTC’s upcoming Windows Phone 8 handset, the HTC 8X. Following that leaked information, the folks at TmoNews have also come forward with some additional details, namely the fact that the HTC 8X will be released on T-Mobile’s network come November. No specific dates were mentioned, so we guess a general November release will have to do for now.
For those who might have missed the news, the HTC 8X is expected to run on Microsoft’s latest Windows Phone 8, feature a 1.2GHz dual-core processor, a 4.3” display, 1GB of RAM, 16GB of internal storage, an 8MP rear-facing camera capable of 1080p Full HD video recording, NFC and Beats Audio integration. Of course given that these specs haven’t been confirmed, we’ll be taking it with a grain of salt for now, but hopefully all will be revealed during HTC’s event on the 19th.
By Ubergizmo. Related articles: HTC 8X name “confirmed” along with an image leak, HTC One X+ headed for T-Mobile?,
HTC will be holding an event on the 19th of September, a date which some believe could reveal Android devices, while others believe that this could be Windows Phone related. While it remains to be seen, some of you guys might remember not too long ago we reported that an upcoming HTC Windows Phone handset, the HTC Accord, was rumored to have its name changed to the HTC 8X. Well according to @Football4PDA (who leaked the HTC One X+ specs earlier), he confirmed that the Accord will be known as the 8X and has uploaded an image of what appears to be the phone. Is this the HTC 8X we’re looking at here? We guess we can’t really confirm it at the moment, but hopefully all will be revealed on the 19th of September, so be sure to check back with us then for the details (if there are any to be had).
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HTC’s plans for Windows Phone 8 may be filling out fast. We saw XDA-Developer member Football4PDA post a schematic of the Accord less than a week ago, and today he’s posting what could be more concrete information. Supposedly, HTC’s inaugural device might be named the 8X — not quite as charming, but definitely simple. More importantly, the software in the claimed leak suggests the company will bring a trace of Sense UI style to the home screen, rather than having to relegate it to the HTC Hub: a live tile would bring the oversized clock and weather that One owners know so well. Just don’t anticipate a flagship device here. If the specifications are real, the 8X would bear more in common with the Droid Incredible 4G LTE, sharing its 1.2GHz dual-core chip, 8-megapixel rear camera, Beats Audio and NFC while picking up a slightly larger 4.3-inch screen and 16GB of storage. Our main question centers around the unveiling. While HTC has an event lined up for later this month, there’s no guarantee that the 8X will show up at that gathering or even launch side-by-side with Windows Phone 8 itself.
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HTC Accord may become the mid-range 8X, make a little more Sense originally appeared on Engadget on Fri, 07 Sep 2012 08:43:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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While certain other manufacturers claim a lot of the Windows Phone column inches, there are other players in the game. An image that recently popped up on Twitter reminds us that HTC is also a supporter of Microsoft’s mobile OS. The picture above claims to be a possible schema for a forthcoming handset, which the poster believes to be the HTC Accord. The account belongs to a prolific XDA-Developer user with a history of Windows Phone ROMS, so it’s entirely possible this was found somewhere along the way. Likewise, though, we’ll have to take this with the requisite amount of salt. There’s not much in the way of specification to be gleaned here, either, but at the least we can get a sense of what the design style might be like going forward. We just need to wait now for the official product launch event to join the ever-growing list.
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Purported HTC Accord Windows Phone schema leaked on Twitter originally appeared on Engadget on Sat, 01 Sep 2012 07:22:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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