mramsey1Nov 8, 2016Now Any Car Is An Android AutoThe evolution of the car dashboard: It’s all some folks in radio want to talk about. Understandably, since such a large fraction of radio...
mramsey1Oct 11, 2016Apple CarPlay And Android Auto Are About To ExplodeI 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...
mramsey1Aug 25, 2016Radio: Why Connected Cars Don’t MatterFrom Radio Ink: While the radio industry grapples with what it should be doing about the connected car, there may be some comfort in...
mramsey1Mar 23, 2016If 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,...
mramsey1Feb 8, 2016No AM Radio? Automakers Should Listen To Their CustomersNow 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...
mramsey1Jan 4, 2015Your New Auto Dashboard Debuts This MonthIn a preview of CES, The Hollywood Reporter cuts to the chase – the most fundamental reason why the technology of the car dashboard is...
mramsey1Aug 28, 2014The Nail in HD Radio’s Coffin – And What It Means For YouFrom Tom Taylor Now: A site named GMAuthority says among the changes for the [Chevrolet] Traverse, “HD Radio [is] removed.” There’s more....
mramsey1Aug 13, 2014Chevrolet’s Plan for Built-In Wi-Fi In Your CarThere’s a tendency for some broadcasters to put too much faith in the idea that consumers will prefer traditional radio over the online...
mramsey1Jun 30, 2014The 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...
mramsey1Apr 7, 2014Radio’s REAL Problem on the New Auto DashboardYesterday I wrote that some auto industry analysts believe radio needs to be easy to find and use on the new auto dashboard because ease...
mramsey1Apr 6, 2014Radio’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...
mramsey1Nov 6, 2013What’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...
mramsey1Oct 29, 2013Making Sense of the Auto DashboardIt 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...
mramsey1Sep 19, 2013Radio’s Auto Dashboard Strategy: We’ve Got It All WrongIn the race to exploit new digital opportunities, Kleiner Perkins partner Mary Meeker has described three “consumer Internet ‘white...
mramsey1Jul 25, 2013How to Beat the New Car DashboardAll 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...
mramsey1May 29, 2012Here Comes the New DashboardSo 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...
mramsey1Sep 22, 2011Radio’s Power on the DashboardThere’s no doubt that technology is bringing new choices to an auto dashboard near you. Nor is there any doubt that consumers will...
mramsey1Apr 30, 2011Pandora now “built in” to all 2011 BMW vehiclesPandora is now available on all model year 2011 BMW vehicles – and it’s operated with the existing, familiar BMW controls. In other...
mramsey1Feb 10, 2011Using an iPod in your car just got easier – and betterThe 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...
mramsey1Jan 5, 2011Toyota’s Entune raises the stakes for Radio Online and on the RoadHere’s a peek at Toyota’s new Entune in-dash entertainment system, which includes Pandora, iheartradio, local search, movie tickets,...