<div style="margin: 12px 0px; font-family: arial; color: #333333; background: #ffffff; border: solid 4px #e5e5e5; width: 100%; clear: left;"><div class="CM_CTB_Content_Wrap" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;background-color: #ffffff;"><div style="border-bottom: solid 1px #dcdcdc; white-space: nowrap; margin-bottom: 8px; background-color: #eeeeee ;background-image: url(http://clipmarks.com/images/source-bg.gif); background-repeat: repeat-x; height: 24px; line-height: 24px; vertical-align: middle; padding-bottom: 4px; color: #666666; font-size: 10px;" ><a href="http://clipmarks.com/clip-to-blog/" title="see clips that are hot right now"><img src="http://content.clipmarks.com/blog_embed/7b38a1a6-42e7-467d-afc0-4e4a90fb8ea4/099034B1-A73C-4031-94AD-72321751C2A4/" alt="" width="19" height="19" border="0" style="vertical-align: middle; margin: 0px 4px; display: inline; border: none; float:none;" /></a>clipped from <a title="http://www.engadget.com/2006/12/20/microsoft-blueandme-in-car-computing-coming-to-us-via-ford-in-2007/" href="http://www.engadget.com/2006/12/20/microsoft-blueandme-in-car-computing-coming-to-us-via-ford-in-2007/" style="font-size: 11px;">www.engadget.com</a></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.engadget.com/2006/12/20/microsoft-blueandme-in-car-computing-coming-to-us-via-ford-in-2007/"><SPAN id="ppt721849">Microsoft Blue&Me in-car computing coming to US via Ford in 2007</SPAN></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.engadget.com/2006/12/20/microsoft-blueandme-in-car-computing-coming-to-us-via-ford-in-2007/"><DIV id="721849" class="post"><DIV align="center"><IMG vspace="4" hspace="4" border="1" alt="" src="http://www.blogsmithmedia.com/www.engadget.com/media/2006/12/blue_and_me.jpg" /><BR /></DIV> Remember <A href="http://www.engadget.com/2006/02/02/microsoft-powered-fiats-to-debut-in-geneva/">Microsoft's Blue&Me project with Fiat</A>, the one that equipped select models with an in-car computer system with all kinds of connectivity functionality? Well, we've learned from a source close to Microsoft's car-computer project that Microsoft and Ford are planning to announce the US availability of the system in 2007, no doubt with coinciding announcements at CES and the NAIAS (aka Detroit auto show). We don't yet have all the details nailed down, but the system (currently dubbed Blue&Me, although we can't confirm that will be the US market name) will have cross-platform smartphone support (i.e. not just Windows Mobile) with Bluetooth, SAP (i.e. SIM Access Porfile for contacts downloads, voice dialing, etc.), and all the fixins. No word yet on whether it'll support Sideshow, all the fun <A href="http://www.engadget.com/2005/04/05/microsofts-tbox-auto-computer-road-ready/">TBox stuff</A> like GPS and car diags, or be available for non-Ford and/or aftermarket installs, but we'll all know more come CES.</DIV></blockquote></div><div style="margin: 0px 6px 6px 4px;"><table style="font-size: 11px;border-spacing: 0px;padding: 0px;" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%"><tr><td style="background:transparent;border-width:0px;padding:0px;">&nbsp;</td><td align="right" style="background:transparent;border-width:0px;padding:0px;width:107px" width="107"><a href="http://clipmarks.com/share/099034B1-A73C-4031-94AD-72321751C2A4/blog/" title="blog or email this clip"><img src="http://content8.clipmarks.com/images/c2b-foot.png" border="0" alt="blog it" width="107" height="17" style="border-width:0px;padding:0px;margin:0px;" /></a></td></tr></table></div></div>

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