XM Radio to debut in-car video, other advanced services at CES
As our friends at Engadget gear up for the Consumer Electronics Show next week, one of the breaking
news stories they're planning to cover is XM Satellite Radio's debut of its
Advanced Services suite of options. Included in Advanced Services is a natural-language Voice Command system, XM
WeatherLink (hazard alerts), ParkingLink (helping drivers find parking spots), and in-car video.XM will show off the gadget suite at CES in a 2006 Lexus LX470, and the Engadget folks will be all over it. More info here.
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mpeng 4:49PM (12/31/2005)
How am I supposed to eat, drink, talk on my cell, look up phone numbers on my palm, yell at my kids, read a map, read the paper AND watch TV in my car?
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Car-la 12:11PM (1/01/2006)
Mpeng you might want to use the voice command system to ease your day ;)
But seriously, WeatherLink and ParkLink are some very helpful additions if you plan large trips (in winter) or if live in a large city with little parking space. I just wonder how the ParkLink system works. Will it be connected to parking lots. How about the parking spaces on the street, will these be included?
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Jim Graziano 9:36PM (1/06/2006)
And just where are they getting bandwidth for all this stuff? I hope my XM Radio doesn't end up sounding like an AM radio from 40 years ago after they boost the compression to cram more data down the pipe! XM old-timers already complain that the sound quality is not what it was when XM started up. XM used to call it "CD Quality" sound, now they call it "Digital Quality" sound.
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grinder 11:04PM (1/27/2006)
They are getting the capability from a little known compression company called ON2 Technologies. Video and sound will be less than 40KBPS.
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