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    Now Any Car Is An Android Auto
    mramsey1
    • Nov 8, 2016

    Now Any Car Is An Android Auto

    The evolution of the car dashboard: It’s all some folks in radio want to talk about. Understandably, since such a large fraction of radio...
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    Apple CarPlay And Android Auto Are About To Explode
    mramsey1
    • Oct 11, 2016

    Apple CarPlay And Android Auto Are About To Explode

    I have written a lot about the coming transformation of the auto dashboard and my belief that, in the long run, it will be the domain of...
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    Radio: Why Connected Cars Don’t Matter
    mramsey1
    • Aug 25, 2016

    Radio: Why Connected Cars Don’t Matter

    From Radio Ink: While the radio industry grapples with what it should be doing about the connected car, there may be some comfort in...
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    If Radio Wants to Matter in the Cars of the Future…
    mramsey1
    • Mar 23, 2016

    If Radio Wants to Matter in the Cars of the Future…

    Remember when buying a new car meant more than buying an entertainment system that also happened to contain wheels? In other words,...
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    No AM Radio? Automakers Should Listen To Their Customers
    mramsey1
    • Feb 8, 2016

    No AM Radio? Automakers Should Listen To Their Customers

    Now I am as pro-technology as anyone you’ll find in the audio space, but the reason to be pro-technology is to be pro-consumer. Because...
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    Your New Auto Dashboard Debuts This Month
    mramsey1
    • Jan 4, 2015

    Your New Auto Dashboard Debuts This Month

    In a preview of CES, The Hollywood Reporter cuts to the chase – the most fundamental reason why the technology of the car dashboard is...
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    The Nail in HD Radio’s Coffin – And What It Means For You
    mramsey1
    • Aug 28, 2014

    The Nail in HD Radio’s Coffin – And What It Means For You

    From Tom Taylor Now: A site named GMAuthority says among the changes for the [Chevrolet] Traverse, “HD Radio [is] removed.” There’s more....
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    Chevrolet’s Plan for Built-In Wi-Fi In Your Car
    mramsey1
    • Aug 13, 2014

    Chevrolet’s Plan for Built-In Wi-Fi In Your Car

    There’s a tendency for some broadcasters to put too much faith in the idea that consumers will prefer traditional radio over the online...
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    The New Auto Dashboard: Is Radio Screwed?
    mramsey1
    • Jun 30, 2014

    The New Auto Dashboard: Is Radio Screwed?

    Last week, Google announced Android Auto, which – like Apple’s CarPlay – aims to fully fulfill the promise of the so-called connected...
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    Radio’s REAL Problem on the New Auto Dashboard
    mramsey1
    • Apr 7, 2014

    Radio’s REAL Problem on the New Auto Dashboard

    Yesterday I wrote that some auto industry analysts believe radio needs to be easy to find and use on the new auto dashboard because ease...
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    Radio’s Spot on the New Dashboard – Time to Do a Deal?
    mramsey1
    • Apr 6, 2014

    Radio’s Spot on the New Dashboard – Time to Do a Deal?

    This past week I had a conversation with someone knowledgeable in the auto technology space: “The dash is getting crowded and...
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    What’s the Future of Radio in the Connected Car?
    mramsey1
    • Nov 6, 2013

    What’s the Future of Radio in the Connected Car?

    What does the crystal ball predict about the future of the so-called “connected car” and radio’s place in it? That was the purpose of my...
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    Making Sense of the Auto Dashboard
    mramsey1
    • Oct 29, 2013

    Making Sense of the Auto Dashboard

    It seems to me that radio is in a bit of paralysis by analysis when it comes to the “connected” auto dashboard. As we get lost in the...
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    Radio’s Auto Dashboard Strategy: We’ve Got It All Wrong
    mramsey1
    • Sep 19, 2013

    Radio’s Auto Dashboard Strategy: We’ve Got It All Wrong

    In the race to exploit new digital opportunities, Kleiner Perkins partner Mary Meeker has described three “consumer Internet ‘white...
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    How to Beat the New Car Dashboard
    mramsey1
    • Jul 25, 2013

    How to Beat the New Car Dashboard

    All this fretting over the evolving car dashboard is so much ado about the wrong stuff. Okay…. A flood of new content is coming. Lots of...
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    Here Comes the New Dashboard
    mramsey1
    • May 29, 2012

    Here Comes the New Dashboard

    So what’s in store for the auto dashboard of tomorrow? It may not be whatever’s on the drawing board in Detroit (or in the picture...
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    Radio’s Power on the Dashboard
    mramsey1
    • Sep 22, 2011

    Radio’s Power on the Dashboard

    There’s no doubt that technology is bringing new choices to an auto dashboard near you.  Nor is there any doubt that consumers will...
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    Pandora now “built in” to all 2011 BMW vehicles
    mramsey1
    • Apr 30, 2011

    Pandora now “built in” to all 2011 BMW vehicles

    Pandora is now available on all model year 2011 BMW vehicles – and it’s operated with the existing, familiar BMW controls. In other...
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    Using an iPod in your car just got easier – and better
    mramsey1
    • Feb 10, 2011

    Using an iPod in your car just got easier – and better

    The ubiquity and ease of use of radio are two of its greatest strengths compared to all the techno-upstarts on the horizon. And, as I’ve...
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    Toyota’s Entune raises the stakes for Radio Online and on the Road
    mramsey1
    • Jan 5, 2011

    Toyota’s Entune raises the stakes for Radio Online and on the Road

    Here’s a peek at Toyota’s new Entune in-dash entertainment system, which includes Pandora, iheartradio, local search, movie tickets,...
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