These car-navi systems are insane. A colleague with one was giving me a ride to the station a little while back. Not only do you get a full 2D/3D display, hard drive-based data storage, no no no... these things TALK. It tells you "turn right in 500 meters", or "proceeding to Sanda station" in a cute Japanese woman's voice. That would only be fairly interesting, in a lame KITT wannabe kind of way, except that these things also LISTEN. Yep, voice control. You say "turn the radio down", and yes, it reduces the volume on the car stereo. You say "go to Sanda station" and it/she replies "setting course for JR Sanda station, distance 2.1 kilometers." Holy shit...
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These car-navi systems are insane. A colleague with one was giving me a ride to the station a little while back. Not only do you get a full 2D/3D display, hard drive-based data storage, no no no... these things TALK. It tells you "turn right in 500 meters", or "proceeding to Sanda station" in a cute Japanese woman's voice. That would only be fairly interesting, in a lame KITT wannabe kind of way, except that these things also LISTEN. Yep, voice control. You say "turn the radio down", and yes, it reduces the volume on the car stereo. You say "go to Sanda station" and it/she replies "setting course for JR Sanda station, distance 2.1 kilometers." Holy shit...