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Tuesday October 16 7:07 AM ET
NTT, Honda Car Navigator Lets Drivers Send E-Mail
TOKYO (Reuters) - Japan's Nippon Telegraph and Telephone Corp and Honda Motor Co said on Tuesday they have developed a car navigation system that allows drivers to send e-mail without taking their hands off the wheel.

The next-generation system, which lets drivers listen to their e-mail and encode voice messages into text, will be test launched next year, the two firms said.

Aside from map graphics, standard to all car navigation systems, the new system's voice function will also tell the driver about road conditions, said Mariko Yabe, spokeswoman for Honda, Japan's third-largest carmaker.

``The system will also weed out unnecessary e-mail when the road ahead looks too tough for the driver (to be distracted),'' she said.

Yabe said it was too early to say how popular the new system would be.

 

Another distraction. Like there aren't enough already.

 

i will want to send and receive the e mail through my pc at my home.but when i am driving.i want to totally concentrate on it. i do not even have navi on the car.

 

Email would be a distraction.. but the road and traffic conditions would be cool..

 

For the US, that's about 5 years away from now....if this country can survive the next 6 months.

 

I want access to www.acura-cl.com and the rest of the internet from my navigation screen.

 

forget email i want to surf the net so i can be on acura-cl 24/7. even when im on vacation. hehe

 

That will excite the family !!