Barely a month seems to go by without some new announcement of a product or service that brings high-speed wireless Internet to automobiles. Chrysler is one of the major car companies leading this charge with both its Autonet and UConnect systems.
Though UConnect won’t hit the road until 2009, Autonet – an in car WiFi router that connects the car to the web via a 3G network – is available now. And a Gizmodo reader has posted a short note about the many problems that he encountered with the device.
Among the complaints are a difficult user interface, slow speeds, a 1 GB monthly download cap with expensive overage charges, and no out-of-the-box encryption, making the router open to anyone and the 1GB likely to disappear quickly.
No doubt, we will see ways to connect in-car wireless devices to the web as more common items in the future. It sounds, though, like Chrysler’s Autonet isn’t likely to be the way that happens until improvements are made to it.
On InformationAppliance: Chrysler AutoNet Problems | Digital Picture Frames wrote at September 15th, 2008 at 10:40 am
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