Americans won't be using them to browse the Internet as Asians and Europeans do, because that's what a desktop computer does best. Americans really want to surf the Web wirelessly in their cars. At least that's what Harel Kodesh, president and CEO of Wingcast , contends. Wired News delivered to your inbox or hand- held device. Calling All Air Conditioners Kodesh, who was the keynote speaker at the M for Mobile conference and as you might have guessed, heads a company that Web-enables cars, pointed out that 70 percent of mobile phone calls are made from cars.
Car services are the mobile platform of the century.
But what he's dreaming of is a car that could pretty much do anything except drive for you. Cars equipped with sensors and voice capabilities would talk to you and turn on most features automatically, such as the windshield wipers when it rains. Kodesh showed a video demonstrating that most of these capabilities are possible today. He then asks for the nearest caf . His car, of course, is gracious enough to give him directions.