New IPad killer tablet: (NJR)

[Coligny]

The Renault R-Link:

• R-LINK will provide future Renault vehicles with affordable, intuitive multimedia connectivity, both with the outside world and with its users.
• R-LINK is a scalable tablet thanks to the input of application developers who will progressively upgrade its content.

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[LesTalk]

Oh yeah, Apple is totally shaking in their boots. Google too.

[Coligny]

Oh yeah, Apple is totally shaking in their boots. Google too.

Well... they like totally should...

Depending on how they really believe in their project (Renault being unfortunately becoming a copy cat of the Soviet Union as far as byzantine bureaucracy goes). It could be the first major push toward unified appliance interface systems. Car, TV, microwave, web tablet: 1 OS, 1 interface paradigm. Less user training needed, less error, more company ressource available toward reliability and research. Just for the Renault group that would make:
Samsung, Nissan, Dacia, Lada, Infinity, Alpine, Renault Truck, Renault Truck Defense, Mack Truck.

Guarantee of high volume to drag the cost down and world wide coverage.