Widget Watch: Volkswagen creates Dashboard and Yahoo! widgets

It's nice to see the widget train making its way across the land, and yesterday I noticed that Volkswagen of all companies has even hopped on board. The German car company has released a Rabbit Widget for both Dashboard and the Yahoo! Widgets Engine that lists free public events in over a dozen US cities.

The widget's design is obviously heavy on the revitalized Rabbit they seem to have replaced the Golf with; in fact, I can't find this widget anywhere else on VW's site besides the actual Rabbit page. On the right, the widget displays names of the events with small icons that help categorize said event (General Interest, Theatre, Music, etc.), and clicking on any event provides a brief description and links to more information.

At first a widget like this that helps promote a German car doesn't make much sense, but part of the Rabbit's marketing campaign is all about saving you money, so a free events widget then makes a bit more sense. Ultimately, it's a unique widget with a great design that's hocking quite a few events that some of you major city goers might not otherwise know about.

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Source: http://www.vw.com/rabbit/index.html

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oneighturbo

ya this is way old! posted on my blog back in Dec. It was posted to Apple end of Nov.

February 14 2007 at 5:00 PM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down Reply

Buran

The Rabbit IS the Golf. It's simply a rebadge for the North American market. There has never been a separate "Rabbit". Here's how it worked:

The first-gen (Mk.I) Golf was sold in the United States as the Rabbit. Three subsequent generations (Mk.II through Mk.IV) were sold as the Golf worldwide. The car sold in NA as the Rabbit today is the Golf Mk.V.

The GTI is a similar rebadging victim. Outside of NA it is the "Golf GTI" since the GTI is actually just the sport package version of the Golf, but here in NA, it's marketed as a wholly separate model.

What's the difference? Not all that much, in the end: Interior, electronics, engine, headlights, transmission are the big ones. Yes, you can morph a Rabbit/Golf into the GTI version, but why bother when it's cheaper to order it pre-built from the factory?

As for the widget, it doesn't have any events for the city I live in now, but does for the area I will be moving to this summer.

February 14 2007 at 12:32 PM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down Reply

Jeem

Dude, it's 'hawking'. As in Stephen.

February 14 2007 at 9:47 AM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down Reply

Zach Everson

Hopefully VW's widgets work been than its cars.

February 13 2007 at 11:07 PM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down Reply

Pete

Sounds quite useful and might actually get me using widgets more. If it worked in the UK that is.

February 13 2007 at 6:12 PM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down Reply

Ahmad

this is kinda old. I've had it for a few months now.