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SquawkBox - Tuesday, July 8, 2008 - WiFi in cars and wearable computing

Posted on July 09, 2008

Do we really want to turn our cars into rolling WiFi hotspots? Will this be a boon to the always-on culture or just yet another source of driver distraction? And do we really want wearable computers that involve us answering a phone by sticking a finger in our ear?On today s Squawk Box we ll journey a bit into new technologies coming out in the consumer space. First, in the past few weeks Chrysler has announced that starting with the 2009 models they will introduce UConnect Web where the car gets turned into a WiFi hotspot using a 3G cellular connection. Is this a good thing? O...

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3g , bluetooth , cellular , facebook , hotspots , tech , web , wifi , wired
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