How cool would this be?

[Minerva]

Not just another iPod dock oh no.

How about a slot either in the dash or in the console depending on the car and interior.

Here's how it would work. You get in, slide open the lockable access hatch, insert your ipod and close the hatch. The hatch can be locked and the main key (not the valet key, for example) would open it.

Depending on your stereo system you would either control the ipod functions from your head unit or the steering wheel/visor controls! All in while your ipod sits secure and locked and stays fully charged. That would rock.

In the near future when cars have integrated 3G broadband, itunes mobile will allow you to download new music on the go.

No more squelchy FM transmitters, dangling cords, or funny suction cup things that look like a broken spacecraft idea from the 60's. 😉

 

[Aimster]

I think what you just described is available in BMWs

just not with the whole lock away thing.

 

[ironcrotch]

http://www.apple.com/ipod/ipodyourcar/

 

[Minerva]

Yes the BMW option is off to a good start. Of course the refinements come later.

LOL at the Ferarri on that link. I know people that have Ferarris and they don't even turn on the stereo. They say the car is the stereo. 🙂

 

[z0mb13]

yep I have the BMW ipod adapter.. the bad thing is u cant see the song titles, and u are pretty limited in the playlist department. But it is still much better than using a cd changer.

 

[LtPage1]

Originally posted by: Minerva
Yes the BMW option is off to a good start. Of course the refinements come later.

LOL at the Ferarri on that link. I know people that have Ferarris and they don't even turn on the stereo. They say the car is the stereo. 🙂

Oh, it is. But in a real GT car, like the 612 pictured there, I'd want some music for my cross-Europe cruising trips. 🙂