In-Car Video Chat and 4G Streaming From OnStar 72
thecarchik writes "At the 2012 Consumer Electronics Show, OnStar will reveal the latest on their system. This time, the system will be equipped in a Chevy Volt research vehicle, which seems to be a more appropriate vessel than a Buick for previewing your latest technology. In a press release teasing the appearance, OnStar said the system will offer such features as cloud-based streaming of information and entertainment, rear-seat infotainment management and video chat. Video chat may sound like a terrifying feature for any car, but OnStar said in last year's CES press materials that the feature would only be enabled when the car is in park. Other features like video streaming would also be limited to the rear seat or to a parked vehicle."
all GPSes do this already. (Score:1, Informative)
all GPSes stream traffic info. most have free services for that. even google maps can do it for cellphones.
Re:Please focus on the car (Score:3, Informative)
I really wish automobile manufacturers would focus on building quality cars before jumping on the smartphone/tablet bandwagon.
You do realize that you are talking about General Motors, which is owned by the 'guvment for exactly the reason that they can't build quality cars?
And being owned by the government certainly isn't going to help them think about maybe building good cars that people want to buy. Sure, there are some exceptions, but they wouldn't have dug themselves into a bankruptcy hole without bad management and bad cars.