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04-15-2005, 03:16 PM
Toyota Motor Corp. said Thursday it has greatly renovated its G-Book telematics services by adding a range of ease-of-use functions including a summoning of emergency vehicles and onboard purchases of musical pieces.
The "G-Book Alpha" services will become available with new vehicles equipped with a G-Book Alpha-compatible car navigation system, the automaker said.
The emergency call service, offered as standard, alerts the police or fire department to summon an appropriate type of rescue vehicle in the event of a traffic accident or medical emergency.
The telematics also employs a car audio system enabling users to make on-the-go purchases of music they want to listen to, from an onboard library of more than 10,000 musical pieces stored in the navigation system's hard disk, according to Toyota.
It enables users to listen, free of charge, to up to 40 seconds of each song a maximum of three times with the playlist including a variety of genres from pop to classical music.
Users can download and buy a license, or a key to decrypt, for encoded musical pieces in the hard disk via a Toyota-operated wireless network system. Fees will range from 30 yen to 80 yen per piece for a one-day license, with those for an unlimited period ranging from 100 yen to 300 yen.
In addition, a data communications module recently developed for the G-Book Alpha adopts innovative technology to substantially improve various communications functions, drastically improving data communication speeds and enabling voice communications on par with car phone quality, the automaker said.
Kyodonews.co.jp
The "G-Book Alpha" services will become available with new vehicles equipped with a G-Book Alpha-compatible car navigation system, the automaker said.
The emergency call service, offered as standard, alerts the police or fire department to summon an appropriate type of rescue vehicle in the event of a traffic accident or medical emergency.
The telematics also employs a car audio system enabling users to make on-the-go purchases of music they want to listen to, from an onboard library of more than 10,000 musical pieces stored in the navigation system's hard disk, according to Toyota.
It enables users to listen, free of charge, to up to 40 seconds of each song a maximum of three times with the playlist including a variety of genres from pop to classical music.
Users can download and buy a license, or a key to decrypt, for encoded musical pieces in the hard disk via a Toyota-operated wireless network system. Fees will range from 30 yen to 80 yen per piece for a one-day license, with those for an unlimited period ranging from 100 yen to 300 yen.
In addition, a data communications module recently developed for the G-Book Alpha adopts innovative technology to substantially improve various communications functions, drastically improving data communication speeds and enabling voice communications on par with car phone quality, the automaker said.
Kyodonews.co.jp