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Friday, June 12, 2015

Apple Announces CarPlay Vehicle Integration Feature Demo Videos and It Works Alongside BlackBerrys QNX Car Platform

Apple announced at the Geneva Motor Show, CarPlay (earlier named as iOS in The Car), the feature introduced alongside iOS 7 at its Worldwide Developers Conference (WWDC) in 2013, which allows an iPhone to take over the in-dash display of a car, providing Siri voice controlled access to some features such as navigation, phone functions, messages, and music.

CarPlay is limited to Lightning-enabled iPhones (iPhone 5, 5c, 5s), the feature can be summoned and controlled on compatible cars through Siri voice control, on-board buttons, and a touchscreen. From there, users are able to make calls, return missed calls, listen to voicemail, get spoken, turn-by-turn directions using Apple’s Maps application, and Music. Third party apps such as Beats Radio, iHeartRadio, Stitcher, and Spotify are also supported, with Apple promising compatibility with more apps soon.

“CarPlay has been designed from the ground up to provide drivers with an incredible experience using their iPhone in the car,” said Greg Joswiak, Apple’s vice president of iPhone and iOS Product Marketing. “iPhone users always want their content at their fingertips and CarPlay lets drivers use their iPhone in the car with minimized distraction. We have an amazing lineup of auto partners rolling out CarPlay, and we’re thrilled it will make its debut this week in Geneva.”

We’ve seen several leaked photos and videos of how the feature will work, Apple has not provided much details, except for some signals on the strength of the feature. Apple executives went on record to say that the functionality was "very important to the company" and is an essential "part of the ecosystem," some rumors claimed that CarPlay was plagued by development issues.

However, a new promotional video by Volvo, one of the launch partners, have just given us the first glimpse of what Apple CarPlay’s user interface will look like.

Volvo also goes a step beyond the basic CarPlay implementation to take advantage of the large portrait touch screen on the upcoming XC90 SUV, making both Apple and Volvo controls available simultaneously.

Volvo enhances Apple’s capabilities by linking them to a specially-developed interface that allows drivers to use voice and touch controls to access Apple features and services, ensuring the entire interaction is always safe and easy to use.

With Apple CarPlay, users will immediately recognise their basic iPhone applications, such as phone, messages, music and navigation. The initial offer also features third party audio apps including Spotify, the popular music streaming service.

The press release also reveals that CarPlay currently will require a wired connection using an iPhones Lightning connector, Wi-Fi connectivity will be "coming in the near future".

After Volvo, Mercedes-Benz also released a seven-minute B-roll overview video, shared by iFun.de. While the clips are repetitive and disjointed as they are meant to be edited together for promotional purposes as needed, the video shows how the system can be controlled without directly touching the screen, using a combination of Siri and a physical control knob.

After the announcement of Apples new CarPlay iOS vehicle integration and the release of promotional materials from launch partners Volvo and Mercedes-Benz, Apple participating in Ferraris launch at the Geneva Motor Show.

Ferrari chairman Luca di Montezemolo and Apple vice

president Greg Joswiak at Ferrari booth

As shared by macprime.ch, Apples iOS marketing chief Greg Joswiak joined Ferrari chairman Luca di Montezemolo to introduce CarPlay integration with the Ferrari FF. Apple representatives were also on hand to provide demos of CarPlay, with Engadget sharing a video walkthrough of CarPlays features.

The first thing we noticed is how speedy everything is. Apps load quickly, and Siris contextual algorithms hastily recognized our voice commands and responded appropriately. Apple has also implemented safety features to ensure services do not draw your attention away from the road and push forward its "hands-free" theme. For example, when we sent or received a message from a contact, Siri would only read the message back to us and we never once got the chance to see its contents.

Jalopnik has a hands-on video of Volvos CarPlay implementation. While the video is of fairly poor quality, it does show somewhat better responsiveness than seen in the Ferrari.

CarPlay iOS vehicle integration system, also has been designed to work with BlackBerrys QNX operating system. The QNX Car Platform powers many in-car infotainment systems and includes a mobile connectivity framework that supports many mobile development environments, including iOS.

In a statement made to Lucas Atkins of N4BB, BlackBerrys Paul Leroux confirmed that CarPlay works alongside the QNX systems installed in many cars.

Connectivity to smartphones and other mobile devices is a key strength of QNX Software Systems platform for car infotainment systems, and many automakers and tier one automotive suppliers use our platform to implement smartphone/head-unit integration in their vehicles. We have a long-standing partnership with Apple to ensure high-quality connectivity with their devices, and this partnership extends to support for Apple CarPlay.

In addition to Volvo, Ferrari, and Mercedes-Benz that had offered vehicles with CarPlay integration. Other manufacturers, such as BMW Group, Ford, GM, Honda, Hyundai, Jaguar Land Rover, Kia, Mitsubishi, Nissan, PSA Peugeot Citroën, Subaru, Suzuki, and Toyota, are expected to launch vehicles with CarPlay support in 2014.

Source: Apple via MacRumors

Suzuki Cultus VXRi EURO II Car Price in Pakistan Specification Price Rs 1 005 Million

Suzuki Cultus VXRi EURO II Car Price in Pakistan, Specification, Price Rs. 1,005,500.00

Engine : 993 cc
Transmission: Manual
Fuel Type: Petrol
Color : White, Aqua-Blue, Silky Silver, Indicia, Eminent Blue, Graphite Gray
Engine Type: G10B EFi
Body Type: Hatch Back
Model: Cultus
Steering Type : Rack And Pinion
Fuel Tank Capacity: 40 Liter

Rs. 1,005,500.00

Suzuki Cultus Vxri EURO II is giving basic yet completely advance speedometer, automatic and manual windows, power steering and effectively flexible seats. Actually, 2012 Cultus is 4 Cylinders auto having Bore x stroke 72.0 x 61.0 (mm), 5-speed All Synchromesh transmission fueled with New G10b Efi 1000cc engine that can junk you anyplace you need.

FeatuersAir Conditioner    Yes
AM/FM Radio    Yes
Cassette Player    Yes
Remote Boot/Fuel-Lid    Yes
Cup Holders    Yes
Folding Rear-Seat    Yes

Dimensions and Weights
Overall Length (mm)    3845
Overall Width (mm)    1590
Overall Height (mm)    1380
Wheel Base (mm)    2365
Ground Clearance (mm)    170 mm
Boot Space (liter)    N/A
Kerb Weight (kg)    650
No of Doors    5

Engine
Displacement cc    993
Engin Power (PS@rpm)    60.35 [60.20] @ 6,000
Torque (Nm@rpm)    78[7.8] @ 4,500
Valve Mechanism
Compression Ratio    9.3 : 1
No of Cylinders (cylinder)    4
Cylinder Configuration    N/A
Valves per Cylender (value)    N/A
Fuel Type    Petrol
Fuel System    EURO II

Steering
Steering Type    Rack and p
Power Assisted    N/A
Minimum Turning Radius (meter)    4.8

Suspensions
Front Suspension McPherson strut and coil spring
Rear Suspension Strut coil spring independent

Capacities
Seating Capacity (person) 5
Fuel Tank Capacity (liter) 40 L

Wheels and Tyres
Wheel Type    Steel
Wheel Size    13 inch
Tyres    155/80 R 13 78S

Brakes
Front Brakes Disc
Rear Brakes Drum

Transmission
Transmission Type Manual
Gears/Speeds 5-speed Al

Suzuki APV GLX Car Price in Pakistan Specification Price Rs 2 418 Million

Suzuki APV GLX Car Price in Pakistan, Specification, Price Rs. 2,418,500.00

Rs. 2,418,500.00

Company : Suzuki
Model : APV GLX
Engine Type :G15A
Transmission: Manual
Fuel Type: Petrol
Color : G.Gray, Purplish Silver, C Black, S. Silver, Burgundy Red, Night Blue, Ocean Light Blue
Gear Box : 5 Speed
No of Doors: 4
Body Type: Mini Van
Steering System :Rack And Pinion

Because of the extraordinary interest of enormous hatchback and excursion vans, Suzuki has as of late dispatched another vehicle in Pakistan, known as APV. APV was initially discharged in the year 2004 and till today this hatchback has set an incredible business worth particularly in Pakistan on the grounds that there is a substantial utilization of high top vehicles for inner part territories drive, and as APV is stacked with innovative motor that is the reason individuals are much of the time purchasing this family vehicle.

Magnificent Interior Features

In the new APV, Suzuki has included numerous captivating components that make your ride chipper and energized. Like the new AM/FM radio with CD/ tape player in which you can unite your ipod, USB and Aux music source, focal locking, A/C environment with agreeable 7-8 individuals seating limit without any shaking drives in light of the fact that in the new APV 2014 there is Mcpherson and curl spring for the front suspension and 3-connection unbending hub with loop spring at the back. The best piece of this van is its back collapsing seat; you can crease it and make more space for your gear. Besides, Suzuki APV has force guiding with new modification engineering, force windows and entryway locks, container holder, new tachometer and remote boot refueling framework, which makes this hatchback more agreeable and easy to understand.

Forgot where you parked the car Its cool iOS 8 will have you covered

iOS 8 might not deliver the improvements to Apple Maps that Cupertino intended, but theres one nifty feature that might make its way through.

As spotted in a screenshot, iOS 8 contains files that reference parking pins, which we assume would give you a reminder of where you parked the car.

Its especially worth noting as the rumour of this feature actually popped up last September, where sources said Apple would use the M7 chip to analyse your parking location and register its exact position, helping you to find it when you return.

Park it, pal

Apple said nothing of this during WWDC, so we cant guarantee that this will come in iOS 8 - perhaps well see it in iOS 8.1 instead.

For now, wed take improved mapping data over extra features such as this, however handy it might be. It wont be much use if Apple Maps is telling us we left the car in the middle of Euboea.

After all, it needs to catch up with Google, which rolled out a similar car-finding feature for Google Now earlier this year.

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