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Other stuff being replaced by smart devices: watches, alarm clocks, portable radios, cheap digital cameras, spirit levels, dictionaries and perhaps soon your wa

Other stuff being replaced by smart devices: watches, alarm clocks, portable radios, cheap digital cameras, spirit levels, dictionaries and perhaps soon your wallet and physical mass-produced books. Looking at some of the creative stuff people do with mounting their iPad in vehicles, perhaps iPad-like devices will replace traditional dials in cars in the near future. The only reason we even consider calling them "mobile devices" is that the iPhone preceded the iPad. If the iPad had come first, we wouldn't think of the iPhone as a phone; we'd think of it as a tablet small enough to hold up to your ear. Hence the joke calling the iPad a giant iPhone. That was a pretty good description. If the future of telephony is VoIP, then that is pretty much bang on.

roc 16y ago
> "perhaps iPad-like devices will replace traditional dials in cars in the near future." The dashboards of the near future are going to start piping a lot of control over to paired devices, but I think they'll maintain their current level of sophistication in and of themselves. But those paired devices will be a huge opportunity. And in the same arena: automotive diagnostic machines are going to be replaced. (e.g. OBD tools becoming an OBD->bluetooth adapter + software) As well as repair and service manuals. (Who needs a book to tell them when to rotate the tires if the car tells your phone?)
- patrickk 16y ago
  I'm actually working on a college project getting OBD-II diagnostics to your i-device. Some amazing stuff avaliable already e.g: http://www.devtoaster.com/products/rev/ http://www.devtoaster.com/products/rev/
archangel_one 16y ago
I think there's already been some slow moves in that direction - I recall the presenters on Top Gear playing with a couple of vaguely similar things, eg. a Lamborghini where you could cycle the appearance of the dials (so you could make it look like a "jet fighter" or whatever) and a Skyline that had a screen with heaps of different displays (g-force meter and what have you). Those aren't near a fully programmable tablet but I think that's still a long way off since there might be regulatory problems, eg. maybe you have to be able to see the speedometer at all times. I'm not totally convinced I want a fully programmable display though anyway - I don't think that a million customisable settings would enhance my car. But I'm sure there are people who would like it...
- patrickk 16y ago
  "Lamborghini where you could cycle the appearance of the dials (so you could make it look like a "jet fighter" or whatever)" Lamborghini Reventon: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BBOPwHgpkFk http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BBOPwHgpkFk (skip to about a minute in) " Skyline that had a screen with heaps of different displays (g-force meter and what have you)" You're thinking of the Nissan GTR: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YXFSVoVqhYw http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YXFSVoVqhYw
nradov 16y ago
The car dashboard thing has been done. For Android I use Torque. http://torque-bhp.com/ http://torque-bhp.com/
Psyonic 16y ago
Calling the iPhone an iPad mini (or iPad nano) is a common joke as well.

roc 16y ago

> "perhaps iPad-like devices will replace traditional dials in cars in the near future." The dashboards of the near future are going to start piping a lot of control over to paired devices, but I think they'll maintain their current level of sophistication in and of themselves. But those paired devices will be a huge opportunity. And in the same arena: automotive diagnostic machines are going to be replaced. (e.g. OBD tools becoming an OBD->bluetooth adapter + software) As well as repair and service manuals. (Who needs a book to tell them when to rotate the tires if the car tells your phone?)

patrickk 16y ago
I'm actually working on a college project getting OBD-II diagnostics to your i-device. Some amazing stuff avaliable already e.g: http://www.devtoaster.com/products/rev/ http://www.devtoaster.com/products/rev/

archangel_one 16y ago

I think there's already been some slow moves in that direction - I recall the presenters on Top Gear playing with a couple of vaguely similar things, eg. a Lamborghini where you could cycle the appearance of the dials (so you could make it look like a "jet fighter" or whatever) and a Skyline that had a screen with heaps of different displays (g-force meter and what have you). Those aren't near a fully programmable tablet but I think that's still a long way off since there might be regulatory problems, eg. maybe you have to be able to see the speedometer at all times. I'm not totally convinced I want a fully programmable display though anyway - I don't think that a million customisable settings would enhance my car. But I'm sure there are people who would like it...

patrickk 16y ago
"Lamborghini where you could cycle the appearance of the dials (so you could make it look like a "jet fighter" or whatever)" Lamborghini Reventon: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BBOPwHgpkFk http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BBOPwHgpkFk (skip to about a minute in) " Skyline that had a screen with heaps of different displays (g-force meter and what have you)" You're thinking of the Nissan GTR: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YXFSVoVqhYw http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YXFSVoVqhYw

nradov 16y ago

The car dashboard thing has been done. For Android I use Torque. http://torque-bhp.com/ http://torque-bhp.com/

Psyonic 16y ago

Calling the iPhone an iPad mini (or iPad nano) is a common joke as well.