Today Sprint CEO Dan Hesse announced, at CTIA, Sprint® Drive FirstTM . The android based app created by Location Labs will cost $2/month and is designed to: Lock the driver’s cell phone screen and redirect calls to voice mail. Block text-message alerts and auto-respond to the message sender that the driver is currently unavailable. Allow [...]
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Sprint Offers Android Based Distracted Driving App err… App to Reduce Distracted Driving
March 22nd, 2011 
Jeff Shariat 
Posted in Apps + Products, Safety + Security, Telematics 
Tags: android, apps, automotive, distracted driving, DoT, Emerging Tech, safety, Safety + Security 
Comments OffContent and Apps for Automotive by Telematics Update Wrap-Up
December 13th, 2010 Jeff Shariat Over the two days of Telematics Update’s Content and Apps for Automotive Conference there was a lot to be learned about the state of the industry and where people think it’s going. We covered the industry from end to end and touched on all the leading technology frameworks and business models. The event as a [...]
Posted in Apps + Products, Emerging Tech, Featured, Telematics Tags: 2010, apps, automotive, convergence, distracted driving, DoT, driver distraction, Emerging Tech, infotainment, tech, technology, Telematics Comments OffLaHood Still Looking at Cell Jamming Technology for Cars
November 30th, 2010 Jeff Shariat Ray LaHood has once again shown a tendency to want to completely block technology in the car. “There’s a lot of technology out there now that can disable phones and we’re looking at that,” Raymond LaHood, the Secretary of Transportation said during a discussion during MSNBC’s “Morning Joe.” This will never happen. Ever. There are to [...]
Posted in Apps + Products, Emerging Tech, Etc..., Featured, News, Safety + Security, Telematics Tags: apps, automotive, DoT, driver distraction, Emerging Tech, infotainment, iphone app, mobile, News, safety, Safety + Security, security, Sync, tech, Telematics Comments OffChallenges with Telematics Adoption
March 4th, 2010 Jeff Shariat We’ve previously discussed some issues with the telematics business case and while its clear to many that the market is there someone does have to make the numbers work before any feature can be broadly adopted. On Telematics Update, Andrew Tolve highlights that CES this year marked the first time OEMs were perceived to be [...]
Posted in Emerging Tech, Etc..., News, Telematics Tags: convergence, DoT, Emerging Tech, Ford, Ford Sync / Touch, infotainment, iphone, LBS, mbrace, mobile, MyFord, MyFord Touch, onstar, real-time data, real-time traffic, Safety + Security, Sync, tech, technology, Telematics 2 Comments »Will Toyota’s Issues Shine Spotlight on All In-Car Electronics?
February 24th, 2010 Jeff Shariat 
Yesterday I spent some time listening to Ray Lahood be questioned in the Senate hearings over Toyota. Today I’m listening to the Toyota executives. It’s pretty clear that this is not good for Toyota, but what the future holds nobody knows. The responses across the board are basically, We’ll start doing everything we weren’t doing. [...]
Posted in Etc..., Featured, News, Safety + Security, Telematics Tags: DoT, Ford, Ford Sync / Touch, infotainment, Ray LaHood, Safety + Security, Sync, tech, Telematics, Toyota 2 Comments »Transportation Secretary ‘LaHood fears spread of in-car technology’
February 10th, 2010 Jeff Shariat Detroit News reports: Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood is concerned that a host of technologies in new vehicles are distracting drivers. “Some of these car manufacturers are putting all these gadgets and bells and whistles that are going to distract people — and we’re trying to get gadgets and bells and whistles out of their hands [...]
Posted in News, Safety + Security, Telematics Tags: convergence, DoT, Ford, News, regulations, Safety + Security, technology, Telematics 1 Comment »
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