Nokia and in-car entertaiment company Harman said Monday that the two
companies intend to develop a smartphone-to-car interface that could
pass information back and forth between the two computing systems.
Neither
company revealed a timetable to complete development. Nokia and Harman
indicated that the physical connnection would be made via a USB cord,
with Bluetooth as a backup for short-range trips. However, the Bluetooth
connection could also quickly drain the phone’s battery, the two
companies noted.
However, both companies said that they could add
the functionality of the other device to augment its own.
Specifically, it appears that the two companies envision the smartphone
as a communications and possibly authentication device, capable of
feeding data to the automotive system and vice versa. In one example
given in a joint statement the companies released on Monday, a car low
on gas/petrol would alert the phone, which would then search out a list
of nearby gas stations. The partnership also assumes that locations like
parking garages would be able to signal their availability, and ADAS
(Advanced Driver Assistance Systems) would be able to tap into the
connection as well.
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