Law, Health Policy & Disability Center Bulletin Board: Digital Link for Car Talk

Digital Link for Car Talk
(From:http://www.nytimes.com/2002/09/06/automobiles/06BELL.html?todaysheadline
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New York Times reporter Michelle Krebs reports (New York Times, 9/6/02) that in the 2003 model year, DaimlerChrysler will begin offering UConnect, a Bluetooth-based communication system, that will allow hands-free telephoning from your car. “Bluetooth is essentially radio, operating on an unlicensed broadcast band. UConnect can use it to let an ordinary hand-held cellphone, laid down casually on the seat, work with systems in the car. The driver dials the phone with voice commands and carries on a conversation by talking into a receiver installed in the car. The answering voice comes through the car's built-in speaker system.

“UConnect has other tricks - storing up to 32 numbers in an address book, transferring a call from a built-in car phone to a mobile phone, working with multiple phones. It will be available for the Chrysler PT Cruiser, Dodge trucks and sport utility vehicles, some Jeep models and Chrysler minivans. The suggested retail price is $299. Other automakers, including BMW and Saab, will offer Bluetooth in the next year, and new uses for it are on the drawing board.”

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