Ford's WiFi SUV

Delphi and Ford have obviously totally forgotten about Rockford's wireless Omnifi Auto Digital Media Player when claim that their Lincoln Aviator SUV with built-in WiFi is the first time anyone has put 802.11b into a an automobile,
but the fact that they're even working at all on a system for wirelessly beaming MP3s to a car stereo is enough for us to let it slide. It's just a prototype for now, but supposedly they'll be offering WiFi as a factory-installed option by 2006. Not surprisingly, they're already talking about stuff like being able to drive into a gas station to fill up on both fuel and tunes.

[Via Your Tech Weblog. By which we mean Julio Ojeda-Zapata's tech weblog, not actually your tech weblog]

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