Microsoft, Fiat, car system
p2p news / p2pnet: In what The Inquirer calls a "stunning lack of awareness about what Microsoft users associate with blue screens," Bill and the Boyz and Fiat are peddling motoring software called Blue&Me.
The voice-activated car-com system will be introduced at at the 2006 Geneva Motor show.
"As you might expect, the ‘Blue’ in the somewhat awkward product name stands for ‘Bluetooth,’ and the system is compatible with a wide range of bluetooth-equipped phones and other devices," says AutoBlog.
"A voice-recognition system and steering wheel mounted controls makes operation of the system safe and simple, and no voice system ‘training’ is needed, according to Fiat. (In a clever feature, the voice system can "read" mobile phone SMS text messages to the driver.)
"The system includes a USB port in the glovebox, and is compatible with a wide range of smart phones, MP3 players and USB memory sticks."
Blue&Me is based on Windows Mobile for Automotive.
And Oh, adds AutoBlog . Blue&Me is meant to evoke a, "completely integrated technology with a one-to-one relation with the customer," according to Fiat.
So what’s with Blue Screens?
As Wikipedia puts it, the, "Blue Screen of Death (BSoD) is the screen displayed by Microsoft’s Windows operating system when it cannot (or is in danger of being unable to) recover from a system error. There are two Windows error screens that are both referred to as the blue screen of death, with one being significantly more serious than the other.
"The blue screen of death in one form or another has been present in all Windows operating systems since Windows version 3.1. It is related to the black screen of death in OS/2. In early builds of Windows Vista (then called Longhorn) it was complemented with the red screen of death, used for boot loader errors.
Also See:
The Inquirer – Microsoft’s blue screen of death moves to the road , February 3, 2006
AutoBlog – Microsoft world premiere at the Geneva Auto Show, January 2, 2006
