Nissan's Carwings system to read RSS feeds aloud
By Cyrus Farivar 
posted October 1st 2006 4:05AM
posted October 1st 2006 4:05AM
Wouldn't it be great if your car could actually read information to you? We're not just talking about reciting driving directions (that's so 2001), but rather an audio version of RSS feeds, specifically Yahoo Japan, Sony's So-net "lifestyle blog" and Nissan's travel guide blog. (C'mon Nissan, no love for Engadget Japanese?) It appears that this new addition to the Carwings system, which already provides ho-hum GPS navigation will also pack a 30GB hard drive so you can rock out to Pizzicato Five if you get bored of that mechanical voice. If you attend the Combined Exhibition of Advanced Technologies (October 3 - 7) to be held at the Makuhari Messe in Chiba, you can check out the updated Carwings system -- if you do, be sure to let us know how distracting the synthetic voice is while zooming down the road.[Via TechNews]
Pizzicato 5! Word.
Sweeet! Wonder if the 08 Skyline GTR will get this?
P5?! Engadget just went up another notch in the cool points. Bravo.
Haha... wow, 2/3 are Pizzicato comments so far... I had no idea so many people liked 'em, I thought it was just me ;)
Im gonna go, for those of you looking for the entry form, it can be found here https://service.ceatecjapan.net/en/
I could care less about the car computer, but I am always looking for new music. Thanks for the heads up :)
That's JUST what we need... more distracted drivers doing something OTHER than driving.
Only a 30GB hard drive? C'mon, how pathetic is that? A 250GB hard drive is like $80 these days. Pathetic.