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Integrating my Phone w/ my car's GPS system

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@tomheinan recently noted that it should be possible to send addresses from ones cellphone to the car's GPS system.  Seriously, this is so brain-deadly obvious, its obviously not something that we're going to see soon. Unless, of course, you're Samsung, in which case it turns out that you are thinking about precisely this . Or, to be a wee bit more technically accurate, they're talking about creating ... an in-car solution that seamlessly connects Samsung smartphones to Toyota's In-Vehicle Infotainment (IVI) system.    The collaboration will see the integration of a wide array of Samsung's smartphone and mobile communication technologies with Toyota's cutting-edge IVI to add enhanced connectivity, multimedia capabilities and internet services. Absolutely no more information here.  But its been a long time coming, and I, for one, welcome it.  Mind you, this does coincide with me (most likely) selling my car since it doesnt look like we'll eve...

Who buys dedicated GPS units? Really, who?

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Inspired by the release of Garmin's latest unit Taxis Delivery services (including custom units for UPS/Fedex, etc.) The occasional person traveling abroad  The occasional foreigner coming to the U.S. People w/ Nokia phones People frustrated w/ the sucky performance of phone GPS (ref. @JimNotGene) ???? Anyone else I missed?