At last a car manufacturer has realised it is about time they put some computer technology into their vehicles.

I am a fully paid up member of the geek club, I have often toyed with the idea of installing a pc in my car but worried that my wife might kill me if I did.

With the advent of 3G networks and GPS there are more and more reasons for having technology on the move.

What would be cooler than on your next road trip having a wifi access point in your car so your friends / familly can surf on the journey, you could check the traffic reports. You could also look for good places to stop on the way.

SYNC looks like the first tentative step towards what a geek like me would consider an automotive utopia. Microsoft have developed voice activated integration for mobile phones and ipods (and their own Zune player), as of right now this is only available in the US but the early signs are customers are warming to it, so it should be long before UK vehicles are being offered with the system

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