http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/07/myford-touch-yields-three-screens-and-a-ford-from-microsoft-auto/ Engadget Comments for MyFord Touch yields three screens and a Ford from Microsoft Auto 4.0 http://www.engadget.com/media/feedlogo.gif http://www.engadget.com en-us Copyright 2012 Weblogs, Inc. The contents of this feed are available for non-commercial use only. Blogsmith http://www.blogsmith.com/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/07/myford-touch-yields-three-screens-and-a-ford-from-microsoft-auto/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/07/myford-touch-yields-three-screens-and-a-ford-from-microsoft-auto/Jan 7th 2010 12:05AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/07/myford-touch-yields-three-screens-and-a-ford-from-microsoft-auto/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/07/myford-touch-yields-three-screens-and-a-ford-from-microsoft-auto/I'm neither a Ford owner or use Microsoft products by choice. But this seems to be really cool. So cool that I might buy a Ford for the first time ever.]]>Jan 7th 2010 12:43AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/07/myford-touch-yields-three-screens-and-a-ford-from-microsoft-auto/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/07/myford-touch-yields-three-screens-and-a-ford-from-microsoft-auto/Jan 7th 2010 12:58AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/07/myford-touch-yields-three-screens-and-a-ford-from-microsoft-auto/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/07/myford-touch-yields-three-screens-and-a-ford-from-microsoft-auto/thank you. thats all.
on another note, if google nav wasn't a big enough blow to tomtom and garmin and the likes, well...this is a little more ground and pound for them. in the coming weeks, i think most smart investors will be starting to move them out of their portfolio, if they haven't already. ]]>Jan 7th 2010 7:56AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/07/myford-touch-yields-three-screens-and-a-ford-from-microsoft-auto/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/07/myford-touch-yields-three-screens-and-a-ford-from-microsoft-auto/Congrats Thomas/Engadget.

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All the attention to tech by F0rd is sweet too bad Detroit makes crappy cars ]]>Jan 7th 2010 12:21AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/07/myford-touch-yields-three-screens-and-a-ford-from-microsoft-auto/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/07/myford-touch-yields-three-screens-and-a-ford-from-microsoft-auto/
This is not a crappy car.]]>Jan 7th 2010 1:11AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/07/myford-touch-yields-three-screens-and-a-ford-from-microsoft-auto/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/07/myford-touch-yields-three-screens-and-a-ford-from-microsoft-auto/Jan 7th 2010 12:31AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/07/myford-touch-yields-three-screens-and-a-ford-from-microsoft-auto/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/07/myford-touch-yields-three-screens-and-a-ford-from-microsoft-auto/Jan 7th 2010 12:34AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/07/myford-touch-yields-three-screens-and-a-ford-from-microsoft-auto/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/07/myford-touch-yields-three-screens-and-a-ford-from-microsoft-auto/Jan 7th 2010 9:06AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/07/myford-touch-yields-three-screens-and-a-ford-from-microsoft-auto/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/07/myford-touch-yields-three-screens-and-a-ford-from-microsoft-auto/
I was hoping the 8" display was in the center of the dash, so I could change the speedometer colors and range, not to mention swapping it out for a digital meter. In either case, the meter could change colors based on the current speed. (I was thinking it could change scale based on current speed, but while it would improve accuracy, that would get confusing.)

Think of a display like this, for highway use:
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Cruise set to Current speed Posted Limit
75 (60pt light blue) 73 (84pt white) 70 (60pt yellow)

Distance to next turn: (18pt light blue) 35.3 (36pt white) miles (18pt light blue)
Turn ➚ at Exit 19 (18pt yellow, increasing to 36pt when 1 mile remaining)
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Scenarios:
You turn on your left turn signal while traveling at 60mph, and the display adds a line across the bottom in 24pt white: Left Lane Is Clear.

You turn on your right turn signal, and the display adds a line across the bottom in 36pt red outlined in white, flashing: Right Lane Is Occupied.
At the same time, the right small display changes to have a car outline depicting you and a box with a large X, also red outlined in white and flashing, beside and sightly to the rear of the car, positioned so that the front beside the rear wheel. The box with the X depicts the actual location of the vehicle.
As soon as your vehicle passes the other (by x safety margin), the small display reverts to what it was before, and the text warning changes to a 24pt white: Right Lane Is Clear.]]>Jan 12th 2010 3:42PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/07/myford-touch-yields-three-screens-and-a-ford-from-microsoft-auto/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/07/myford-touch-yields-three-screens-and-a-ford-from-microsoft-auto/Jan 7th 2010 12:39AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/07/myford-touch-yields-three-screens-and-a-ford-from-microsoft-auto/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/07/myford-touch-yields-three-screens-and-a-ford-from-microsoft-auto/
are you stupid? do you even pay attention and slander at anything that is good? Most of the features can only be used once the car is fully stopped, the phone that is connected is blocked off from use and is all hands free via voice control. This new technology will do many many things and safety is of course the biggest concern.]]>Jan 7th 2010 2:42AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/07/myford-touch-yields-three-screens-and-a-ford-from-microsoft-auto/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/07/myford-touch-yields-three-screens-and-a-ford-from-microsoft-auto/Jan 7th 2010 2:58AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/07/myford-touch-yields-three-screens-and-a-ford-from-microsoft-auto/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/07/myford-touch-yields-three-screens-and-a-ford-from-microsoft-auto/Jan 7th 2010 3:11AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/07/myford-touch-yields-three-screens-and-a-ford-from-microsoft-auto/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/07/myford-touch-yields-three-screens-and-a-ford-from-microsoft-auto/Jan 7th 2010 4:12AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/07/myford-touch-yields-three-screens-and-a-ford-from-microsoft-auto/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/07/myford-touch-yields-three-screens-and-a-ford-from-microsoft-auto/
I wish Apple would get into this market.

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I think I could switch now. The only problem is I don't like the look of ford cars. ]]>Jan 7th 2010 9:09AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/07/myford-touch-yields-three-screens-and-a-ford-from-microsoft-auto/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/07/myford-touch-yields-three-screens-and-a-ford-from-microsoft-auto/
http://www.slothmud.org/~hayward/mic_humor/nt_navy.html

With the utmost sincerity, do not put Windows behind the dashboard. ]]>Jan 7th 2010 9:58AM