“Alpine Electronics will start selling this fall a stand-alone console supporting Apple’s newly announced CarPlay system, which allows drivers to view maps, listen to music and conveniently access other iPhone functions,” Nikkei reports.
“While a slew of carmakers will soon start offering vehicles that come standard with a CarPlay interface built in, the Japanese company’s device is to be the first aftermarket product compatible with the system,” Nikkei reports. “It will first be available in the U.S. and Europe and likely cost around $500 to $700.”
“The device will connect to an iPhone 5 or later by wire. Drivers will be able to view maps on its screen, likely 7 inches, and use voice commands to access messages, make calls and play music,” Nikkei reports. “The system will be able to read messages and directions aloud.”
Read more in the full article here.
[Thanks to MacDailyNews Readers “Fred Mertz” and “Bill” for the heads up.]
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That’ll look really cool on 3l3c7ro’s moped.
Lol! 🙂
..and all the cowgirls say he can stay on for the whole eight seconds!
Sweet!
-jcr
Got to be better than the Alpine unit I bought for its iPod interface; quite possibly the worst GUI it’s ever been my misfortune to have to use. Utterly incomprehensible, I actually had to phone them and speak to an engineer to try to understand how you changed dates on its calendar display! Un-fucking-believable.
Eventually changed it for a regular design Kenwood DAB unit, that is actually real-world usable.
Finally someone’s looking out for us ’85 Volvo 240 owners.