I've gotten to spend time in cars that have run almost the complete range of VW/Audi's "infotainment" systems, and I'm pretty "meh" on all of them, and IMO, car makers should stick to making cars and systems that are related to driving those cars. E.g. Adaptive Cruise Control -- it rocks. Set it for whatever speed you'd like to cruise if there were no traffic and it takes care of the rest. But it HAS to be tightly integrated into the car's systems. The phone/data/entertainment/nav doesn't, and in fact, the phone I already have with me does all of that better than any system I've seen integrated into a car. So car makers, are you listening? Instead of your stupid screen, give me a blank spot which will comfortably hold my phone, provide it power (preferably wireless, there's a standard for that), and let it stream audio and do hands-free telephony via BT. The only hard part is figuring out how to attach various phones. Velcro will work, but set some mechanical engineers to it to see if you can't come up with a more elegant solution that's reasonably universal.I just read an article about this today: http://www.zdnet.com/the-dashboard-is-due-for-disruption-7000027071/#ftag=RSS14dc6a9
Oh, and some reliable USB power outlets (capable of 2.1A each) would be nice too; I've got all kinds of stuff that I'd like to be able to charge on long trips and stinking adapters into 12V lighter sockets sucks.
/rant
-Uwe-