With MyFord Touch debuting at this year's CES event and Audi's all-new A8 boasting "touch" technology, is this the next wave?
OR, is it merely a clumsy display of technological indulgence?
Are auto manufacturers beginning to implement technology for technology's sake or is this actually purposeful?
Let us know in the comments below....
The Wall Street Journal reports:
"Your iPhone operates by the touch of your fingers. Why not your car?
Auto makers are starting to roll out a new generation of dashboard technology that substitutes touch-sensitive pads and displays for knobs and switches and videogame-style graphics for drab two-dimensional displays. Technology created to power games, mobile phones and computer displays is now being adapted—and often significantly improved—for those two-ton hand-held devices that come with four tires and leather seats.
Later this year, Volkswagen AG's Audi unit will launch a redesigned A8 sedan with an optional touch pad that allows the driver to send commands to the car's navigation and Bluetooth telecommunications systems by tracing letters with a fingertip..."
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