Nokia and Continental have recently announced about the integration of efforts for the development of Terminal Mode – a new technology developed by Nokia for the mutual integration of various applications on a single car display.
As it is said in press release of the company, this partnership is aimed to “a significant increase of drivers’ convenience considering the unification of telecommunications, GPS navigation, social networking services and music player, as well as automotive sensors in a single device that enables drivers to fewer distractions from traffic”.
Terminal Mode was announced a few weeks earlier at the Motor Show exhibition in Geneva. Alpine, Harman Becker and Fiat have already expressed their interest in this product.
Nokia worked together with German working group Consumer Electronics for Automotive (CE4A) for the standardization of this technology, developed by Nokia Research Centre in California, in accordance with international standards.
The press centre of Nokia says, “Nokia is still in urgent need of mobile applications available through the Ovi. Our goal is to unite people in what they consider to be the major. That’s why we think about how to make people feel as comfortable as possible in their cars. Now we are working hard to gain control over the smartphone through a large touch screen in cars, which will allow drivers to pay more attention to control of the road”.
