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Ford trying iPads for sales consultants at dealerships

by Mike Schramm (Aug 14th, 2012)

Ford has launched an iPad app specifically for its dealers around the US to use. Fourteen different dealerships participated in a test program earlier this year, in which sales consultants (car salespeople) used iPads to access information about cars on sale, show presentations on various car ...

Control a car's interior via a dashboard-mounted iPad from Visteon

by Keith M (Jan 7th, 2011)

Visteon doesn't have the first idea for integrating an iPad into an automobile in some way, but it has arguably the most ambitious one so far. At this year's CES, Visteon brought forth their iPad dash product which not only integrates into an auto's audio controls, but it has the ability to ...

Aol Autos app strips down car buying data for research, daydreams

by Sebastian Blanco (Mar 17th, 2010)

Most people don't buy a car but once every few years (or more). But that doesn't mean that people don't like shopping for new cars. If you're one of those kind of people, then a new app from Aol Autos*, released today, could be your new favorite toy. Basically, the App is a stripped down version ...

HOWTO: Connect your iPod to a video screen in older cars

by Erica Sadun (Mar 27th, 2007)

Although many newer cars now ship with integrated iPod audio and, sometimes, video playback, retrofitting an older car can also be an easy and not-too-expensive option. Sure you can drive over to Car Toys and pay large sums of money to have a roof-mount video display system installed, or you can put ...