Showing posts with label services. Show all posts
Showing posts with label services. Show all posts

Friday, May 8, 2015

Honda Boosts iOS Car Integration with New HondaLink Services for 2014 Civic 2015 Fit


Following last weeks announcement of Siri "Eyes Free" integration for select Honda and Acura vehicles, Honda today held a Google Hangout to announce even deeper integration for the 2014 Honda Civic and 2015 Honda Fit.


The new Civic, which goes on sale tomorrow, and the upcoming Fit, which launches early next year, will offer an all-new Display Audio interface featuring a 7-inch touchscreen that will be familiar to smartphone users, offering easy access to a variety of features.

Offering one of the largest touchscreens in its class, Display Audio uses the familiar pinch, swipe and tap functionality of a smartphone to access audio, phonebook, media, vehicle information and available navigation features.

Icons resembling smartphone apps are displayed on a 7-inch, high-definition, capacitive touchscreen, making the interface intuitive and easy to use.

Leveraging the large touchscreen display, new HondaLink apps for iOS will allow users to seamlessly connect their iPhone 5, 5s, or 5c to vehicle systems for accessing online content. The suite consists of four iOS apps now available:
- Connect App – Provides convenient access for many services including location searches, local weather, messaging, Maintenance Minder alerts, service scheduling by phone, and access to the Owners Guide. Users can tap for weather updates and store favorite destinations for quick routing with the Navigation app.

- Navigation App – For the first time Honda is offering a comprehensive cloud-based navigation app for purchase that includes 3D mapping and continuously updated traffic information. As the first navigation app developed by an automaker with mapping data provided by HERE, a Nokia business, this app offers a variety of location search options including search by point of interest, text search, or previous locations. Routes can be pre-planned on a smartphone and will display on the vehicle’s touchscreen. Turn-by-turn routing guidance is available through the vehicle’s audio system as well.

- Aha App – provides access to an extensive and diverse selection of audio content across multiple genres and demographics, plus featured new stations, Internet radio, podcasts, audiobooks, news, Twitter and Facebook updates and nearby location listings for restaurants, coffee houses, hotels, weather, parks, and gas stations. Users can tap to personalize stations or add favorites via smartphone or directly through the Display Audio interface.

- Launcher App – Finds and organizes Honda-approved 3rd party apps so they can be quickly integrated into the Display Audio system. Approved apps can be found through the Launcher and shown on the Display Audio screen for easy access.
Beyond the new HondaLink features, the Civic and Fit with Display Audio will also be the first Honda vehicles to have factory installed support for Siri Eyes Free, with the compatibility for 2013-2014 Honda Accord and 2013 Acura RDX and ILX modelsannounced last week arriving as a dealer installed accessory.


Hondas Google Hangout offering more information on iOS integration with the new Civic and Fit is archived here.


Data source: via MacRumors (By Eric Slivka)

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Sunday, January 25, 2015

Worried Troubled iOS 7 Nokia Remove Services HERE Maps

Worried Troubled iOS 7, Nokia Remove Services HERE Maps

Service mapping "HERE Maps", which was developed by Nokia has now been removed from the Apple iOS App Store, but the service has been rolling for iPhone and iPad users since November 2013 yesterday. Not only that, here.com already moved her official website can not be accessed via iOS devices.

The underlying reason for Nokias decision is related complaints over the use of the service, especially when there is a change Apples policy to give priority to the continued development of the iOS version 7 for compatibility of their applications to all devices.

As reported IndianExpress, when asked to comment, a spokesman for Nokia said, "We have made the decision to remove our application HERE Maps of Apples App Store, due to recent changes IOS 7 jeopardize user experience. IPhone users can continue to use the mobile web version of HERE Maps through m.here.com access, by offering them the location of the core requirements, such as search, routing, orientation, transit information and much more, all for free. "

Sales of Nokias hardware division to Microsoft does not include a business for one of the Nokias mapping service, and HERE Maps to be one of the three main businesses owned by Nokia today. (Hito tabloidpulsa)
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