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	The AutoPC: Vision vs. Reality (EasyPrint) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
		The AutoPC comes with a driving directions application, shown in Figure B, that is okay for getting you from point A to point B but it doesn't use the GPS except to obtain your starting location.
		A full feature navigation system for the AutoPC called Odyssey that gives the AutoPC full use of the GPS can be purchased from Infogation at http://www.infogation.com.
		However, looking at Microsoft's past press releases and the text of their AutoPC rollout announcements, it is clear that the AutoPC has the attention of both the auto sound and automobile industries.
	www.pocketpclife.com /issuesprint/issue199906/autopc.html (2426 words)

	EXN.ca \| Technology
		The spokesperson said AutoPC has a one-size-fits-all form factor that can be adapted for most vehicles.
		AutoPC includes "the first ever in-dash, Clarion-quality CD audio and CD-ROM drive," said the firm.
		Clarion AutoPC recognizes simple voice commands so drivers can keep their eyes on the road while choosing music or getting e-mail.
	www.exn.ca /Stories/1998/12/04/02.asp (526 words)

	Zandiant - AutoPC
		The first of its kind in the industry, the AutoPC was created from a partnership among Zandiant, Clarion, Microsoft and Citroën.
		In addition, the AutoPC supplies an electronic road map using GPS technology, as well as hands-free telephone and access to the Short Message Service (SMS).
		The Citroën AutoPC is available as a factory option from Citroën dealers in France and Germany.
	graphicwise.com /clients/zandiant/autopc.html (191 words)

	Microsoft's AutoPC may be a winner - some day
		It is widely acknowledged that the on-board computers, which run Microsoft?s Windows CE operating system, still have a long way to go before they are generally accepted, but it is also recognised that the potential gains are huge if the technology takes off.
		The AutoPC screen is much to small," he explained, while voice recognition has also been less than perfect in initial prototypes.
		Another key advantage to the AutoPC was its potential for acting as a hub to hook other devices such as cell phones and personal digital assistants together.
	www.vnunet.com /articles/print/2102816 (559 words)

	After AutoPC's hard ride, Detroit tries rebooting in-car computers: 11/22/00
		The current AutoPC clearly bears the marks of its PC heritage, with multilevel menus and a "help" key mounted on the faceplate.
		Behind the fold-down faceplate is the "reset" button familiar to PC users, operated in the case of AutoPC with a paper clip.
		Drivers are supposed to get the computer's attention by calling out "AutoPC." But the computer frequently misunderstands commands, and even Clarion engineers concede it will spring to life after hearing a similar-sounding phrase, such as "tonight on NBC." Such a tin ear, skeptics say, is another indication that the system isn't ready for prime time.
	www.s-t.com /daily/11-00/11-22-00/a03ho159.htm (1202 words)

	AutoTrader.com - Articles: In-Car Navigation: Real-Time Traffic
		Though AutoPC is the newest entry in the vehicle navigation/information systems market, also called infotronics or telematics, it has rapidly emerged as the model for the industry's future.
		But with the AutoPC and future competitors, the driver can set the readout to scroll or read to him only the reports that apply to his route and filter out the rest.
		At $1,200 for the AutoPC system itself, Clarion still hasn't cleared the other hurdle that the industry believes stands in its way: getting the price down to the $500 range, where consumers would give it the same consideration today's buyers give to a sound-system upgrade.
	www.autotrader.com /research/shared/article.jsp?article_id=2596&refpage=safetyinfo&restype=used (1250 words)

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		The AutoPC, which has already been on the French market for a while, links and combines a number of functions in one device.
		The special German launch price of 1,750 Euro includes the AutoPC option, which is available for the C5 and Xsara models, a top-quality radio with TMC (Traffic Message Channel) and integrated phone as well as a navigation system and a CD changer.
		AutoPC, which runs on Windows CE, can be programmed beforehand with the address to which the navigation system will lead the driver — via SMS or by organizer via infrared interface.
	download.microsoft.com /download/e/f/7/ef75b7df-69d4-41db-ba49-880bd58e5879/PT_Citroen_engl.doc (578 words)

	SDAL Format - News
		The Clarion AutoPC is the first consumer electronics product to integrate car audio, computing functions, navigation and wireless communications through hands-free voice activation into a 1-DIN unit in the dash of an automobile.
		Additionally, the Clarion AutoPC uses NavTech's SDAL technology, a comprehensive data access software environment that delivers a common media format and enables CD-ROM interchangeability across navigation applications, and NAVTOOLS™, a suite of software libraries containing high-level algorithms used for building robust navigation applications.
		Designed with safety, efficiency and convenience in mind, the Clarion AutoPC recognizes more than 200 simple voice commands, allowing consumers to interact with the unit without ever taking their eyes off the road.
	www.navteq.com /sdalformat/news_120498.html (760 words)

	Car Computers: How Badly Do Road Warriors Want to Be Wired?
		She'll be late for her 11 o'clock, so she asks AutoPC to retrieve the number.
		AutoPC is powered by Windows CE, a scaled-down version of the Windows operating system, used on desktop and notebook computers and its palmsize handheld devices.
		One AutoPC option that will please the safety freaks is a $300 cradle that connects your car phone to AutoPC's address book.
	www.businessweek.com /smallbiz/news/coladvice/outbox/ob990604.htm (1013 words)

	SDAL Format - News
		The Clarion AutoPC is the first product that integratescar audio, computing functions, navigation and wireless communicationsthrough hands-free voice activation into a 1-DIN unit in the dash of anautomobile.
		With its text-to-speech application, the Clarion AutoPC canprovide status information and assistance, such as turn-by-turndirections or E-mail alerts, through "speech synthesis" and textinformation presented on the unit's display.
		The Clarion AutoPC will be shipping in limited quantities in spring 1998with mass production beginning in June 1998.
	www.navteq.com /sdalformat/news_010898.html (349 words)

	Summit Press Release (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
		AutoPC traffic updates are converted into audio messages alerting travelers to accidents and incidents along their travel route.
		The AutoPC is now available as an "after market" product at Car Toys and several other car stereo stores in the Puget Sound region.
		AutoPC is the result of collaborative efforts among a number of development partners.
	www.smarttrek.org /html/autopc_press.html (666 words)

	EXN.ca \| Technology
		The Clarion AutoPC system is a Windows CE-driven portable computer system that integrates car audio, computing functions, and wireless communications in a unit that fits in the dash of a car.
		As reported previously by Newsbytes, the NavTech database is a digital representation of the real-world road network and provides additional information such as speed ranges, road sign text, and turn restrictions.
		"The Odyssey development team has unmatched experience in building and integrating applications for the AutoPC," he said, adding that InfoGation was involved in the initial design of the platform and the company has been a major source of OEM (original equipment manufacturer) software for the system.
	www.exn.ca /Stories/1999/06/07/05.asp (589 words)

	Clarion to build AutoPC using MS software \| CNET News.com
		Demonstrated on the CES floor in Las Vegas, the Clarion AutoPC is based on software from Microsoft, including the Windows CE operating system designed for handheld and other small computer devices.
		Minarik expects that the AutoPC, which is built on an open platform, will face numerous competitors, but claimed his company is between 6 and 12 months ahead of that competition.
		The AutoPC is scheduled for limited consumer availability in April, with widespread distribution to follow in June.
	news.com.com /2100-1001_3-206922.html (696 words)

	Access - News (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
		AutoPC CADIAS is Clarion Co., Ltd.'s car-navigation system.
		AutoPC CADIAS is a car navigation system aimed at the next-generation automotive information terminal.
		In addition to the basic car audio features such as radio and CD player, it is equipped with an automotive Internet browser, e-mail, hands-free phone, MP3 player, DVD video player, and a voice recognition feature as standard features.
	www.access-us-inc.com /news_archives/news_2001/11082001.html (383 words)

	NASIOC - Clarion's AutoPC
		Once upon time the navigation system are sold as promo with the autopc also.
		Other addons are 6 cd changer,Nokia phone craddle (or old motorola microtac flip phone), CUE, carport.
		Autopc 2 "Joyride" came out this month adds DVD feature.
	forums.nasioc.com /forums/showthread.php?t=23600 (123 words)

	Clarion AutoPC installed in AMG Hummer (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
		The AutoPC also can be equipped with its own GPS receiver and remote antenna (as mine is).
		The AutoPC's major user interface is through voice control implemented under Microsoft® Windows CE® for the AutoPC.
		You speak to the AutoPC and it can tell (speak) the time, change radio stations, adjust radio volume and tonal qualities, switch tracks on a CD, give you navigational information (turn-by-turn directions using the GPS), dictate voice memos, and read your email to you too.
	www.qsl.net /n2iph/autopc.html (421 words)

	Clarion Unveils World's First Auto PC Powered by Microsoft Windows CE
		The Clarion AutoPC, powered by the Microsoft Windows CE operating system, is now available -- for the first time -- in select locations in California, Washington and Oregon.
		The Clarion AutoPC is a high-powered AM/FM stereo with integrated Digital Signal Processing (DSP) equalization and a built-in 35 watt x 4 channel amplifier, which comes standard with Windows CE, Hitachi SH3 processor and 16 MB DRAM/8 MB ROM.
		With optional map data from Navigation Technologies, the Clarion AutoPC is able to provide route calculation from a user-specified starting location and destination, as well as spoken turn-by-turn directions.
	www.theautochannel.com /news/press/date/19981204/press001194.html (791 words)

	Mobile Media
		Clarion had long been working towards refinements in mobile media, and the AutoPC is the current state of the art.
		The Clarion AutoPC fits in a DIN slot, and uses a Pentium II processor to do everything from play your CD's to call phone numbers on command.
		The AutoPC also handles cellular protocol to enable it's communications, or you could simply ask it to call someone so you can speak to them.
	www.teamrocs.com /technical/pages/mobilemedia.htm (1223 words)

	A Year Ago: Bluetooth car stereo? Watch Clarion... - ZDNet UK News
		Devices are then controlled through the AutoPC, which also offers a text to speech function, enabling the device to ‘talk' to the driver.
		According to Sierocinski, the AutoPC is set for rapid development and that will mean more devices being connected and a much more complicated wiring system.
		The AutoPC features include CD ROM/CD player, removable faceplate, 32MB Ram, 16MB Rom, Type II Compact Flash Slot, FM/AM/LW radio, 4x45 watt, 6ch pre-amp audio outputs, AUX input, infrared data port, USB port, serial port and a microphone input port.
	news.zdnet.co.uk /software/0,39020381,2078884,00.htm (375 words)

	EETimes.com - Voice interface next frontier for cars
		A solution used by Microsoft in its AutoPC platform, is to complement a minimal set of traditional tactile controls (buttons, pointers, keypads, etc.) with a speech user interface.
		Though the AutoPC is in the passenger space and not under the hood with the engine, it has to offer a noise-robust, word-based recognizer, provide speaker-independent command and control of system functions and applications, such as the ASR200.
		For implementation in the AutoPC, such a device has to meet several critical design requirements, including high accuracy in a noisy environment, speaker independence, speaker-dependent capability and high reliability, to name a few.
	www.eet.com /story/OEG20000418S0017 (1119 words)

	Clarion U.S.A. \| AutoPC
		My friend's PDA is Cassiopeia and it works with his AutoPC.
		The AutoPC has a fixed 16 MEG of RAM, but more data and programs can be stored onto CF cards.
		The AutoPC uses the Windows CE OS and will communicate with most CE devices.
	www.clarion.com /us/en/support/faq/AutoPC (237 words)

	The Technology is Here (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
		AutoPC, consumers at select stores along the West Coast on Dec. 4 were given the first chance to buy AutoPC, the first-ever in-vehicle device combining a voice-activated computer that understands American English with an audio system and communications port and whose Web site promises: "There's very little I wouldn't do for you.
		Manufactured by Clarion Corporation, which is based in the Los Angeles area, and powered by Microsoft's Windows CE operating system, the AutoPC has a base price of $1299.
		The device relies on communications technology developed by Lernout and Hauspie, voice recognition specialists whose catchphrase is "21st Century Eloquence." "AutoPC has a vocabulary of about 200 words," said Thomas Yamasaki, a business development manager with Clarion, which spent three years developing AutoPC.
	www.islandnet.com /~rajames/ite/Feb99_Tech.html (587 words)

	Craig's AutoPC Pages
		The Clarion AutoPC, built on a revolutionary open architecture platform and powered by the Microsoft Windows CE operating system, demonstrates Clarion's aggressive commitment to developing a new generation of mobile multimedia products that converge car audio with personal computing.
		The Clarion AutoPC is a high-powered AM/FM stereo with integrated Digital Signal Processing (DSP) equalization and a built-in 35 watt x 4 channel amplifier, which comes standard with Windows CE, Hitachi SH3 processor and 8 MB DRAM/8 MB ROM.
		The Clarion AutoPC supports an optional Compact Flash Memory Card that can be used to expand the on-board memory as well as provide an interface for other products such as paging and hardware accessories that conform to the Compact Flash Memory Card specification.
	www.craigtech.co.uk /autopc (854 words)

	Talk radio (Seattle Weekly) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
		In its current iteration, in short, the Clarion AutoPC is only for the most passionate and tweak-tolerant of early adopters.
		New cars are already crawling with computer chips; the AutoPC is a logical extension—a programmable command center for your car, offering no-hands (and no-eyes) control over everything from window wipers to door locks to air-conditioning to security.
		The problem for AutoPC's CE platform is not lack of software but "usability": In theory, you can do just about anything you need to with Clarion's system through its built-in set of voice commands.
	www.seattleweekly.com /news/9911/tech-downey.html (841 words)

	AutoPC 2 Review [Page 5 of 5] -- Charon Software (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
		Then again, the Clarion 310C, available widely since early 1999, has most of the ICES's functionality available now and the 320DV looks to blow it away when it is available in about six months to a year.
		Best wishes in all your AutoPC ventures; we are planning some very exciting new AutoPC products ourselves which should be ready to coincide with the release of Clarion's 320DV.
		Chris Walker is President and CEO of Charon Software, Inc., an independent software company providing custom programming services, software for programmers, and the upcoming Desktop Notes product.
	www.charonsoftware.com /windowspowered/auto/ces2000/page5.htm (300 words)

	Zandiant Press Room
		The Citroën AutoPC, introduced earlier this year, will connect with the PTV-operated Mobile Services portal, opening the way for a variety of new services to come into the vehicle.
		Citroën is now marketing its second generation of the AutoPC on C5 and Xsara models in selected European markets.
		By combining voice and data communication, AutoPC users will be able to place a simple call to Citroën Mobile Services and receive information from the remote server.
	www.graphicwise.com /clients/zandiant/news_frankfurt.html (456 words)

	Autopc (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
		I was able to fool around with it a bit at the Los Angeles Auto Show on January 3, 1999.
		The booth at which it was displayed had a pretty girl, charmingly exhibitionistic enough to be a shade distracting (alas, no pictures), and a back area where the AutoPC and a McIntosh CD player were located.
		You could go into the back area and twiddle knobs to your heart's content.
	www.amazing.com /david/portfolio/auto-show/autopc.html (365 words)

	HTINews Release (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
		DSDA microphone arrays enable the user to be at a distance from the microphone, thus providing hands-free use.
		The Clarion AutoPC is the first product that integrates car audio, computing functions, navigation and wireless communications through hands-free voice activation into a 1-DIN unit in the dash of an automobile.
		The Clarion AutoPC, built on a revolutionary open architecture platform and powered by the Microsoft Windows CE 2.0 operating system, demonstrates Clarion's aggressive commitment to developing a new generation of mobile multimedia products that converge car audio with personal computing.
	www.hometoys.com /htinews/feb99/releases/andrea03.htm (907 words)

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