Apple now designing car interfaces...


	Apple now designing car interfaces...

djkraz

9-1-2007 9:07 AM

465 views

tags:

apple, jaguar, interface, automobile

djkraz says:

I think bmw tried something like this and nobody like it. I guess we'll see.

Add a Comment

Login to Comment. Not a member yet? Sign up

View the Top Clips from September 1, 2007

Embed This Clip In Your Site...

<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/c216effb-155a-47af-be05-708ae388089f/9A3485F0-8E6D-4A33-8827-A35A2F7359F3/" 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.autoblog.com/2007/08/31/jaguar-design-chief-says-xf-is-apple-flavored/" href="http://www.autoblog.com/2007/08/31/jaguar-design-chief-says-xf-is-apple-flavored/" style="font-size: 11px;">www.autoblog.com</a></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.autoblog.com/2007/08/31/jaguar-design-chief-says-xf-is-apple-flavored/"><div align="center"><img src="http://content7.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/www.autoblog.com/img/BC20B374-16F2-4231-9855-3C6929C0E954" alt="" /></div></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.autoblog.com/2007/08/31/jaguar-design-chief-says-xf-is-apple-flavored/"><DIV>That's a direct quote from, not Martin Winterkorn at Volkswagen, but Ian Callum, the design director for Jaguar, as quoted by <EM>CAR</EM> magazine. Callum says Jaguar's new XF's start button "starts to pulsate" when the driver gets into the car. Once running, the car's hidden air vents "rise up" and the JaguarDrive Selector pops up from the console. Actual buttons are kept to a min.</DIV></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.autoblog.com/2007/08/31/jaguar-design-chief-says-xf-is-apple-flavored/"><DIV>Sounds all very high-tech and somewhat Apple-like. The pulsating start button is very reminiscent of Apple computers' power indicator lights.</DIV></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.autoblog.com/2007/08/31/jaguar-design-chief-says-xf-is-apple-flavored/"><DIV>So now we have Apple confirmed to be working with Jaguar and rumored to be working with <A href="http://www.autoblog.com/2007/08/29/apple-volkswagen-creating-the-icar/">Volkswagen</A> and <A href="http://www.autoblog.com/2007/06/18/enter-the-rumormill-apple-developing-navi-for-benz/">Mercedes</A>. Another item of interest we came across in researching this post is a Macrumors story which says it heard about the <EM>CAR </EM>interview with Callum from Macrumors reader -- get this -- <EM>Chris Bangle</EM>. <A href="http://www.autoblog.com/2005/03/14/chris-bangle-q-a-about-another-new-design-direction-for-bmw/">Could it be?</A> Nah.</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/9A3485F0-8E6D-4A33-8827-A35A2F7359F3/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>

Clipmarks: Home; New Clips; Top Clips; Dashboard

Popular Topics: News; Life; Science; Technology; Entertainment

Get Started: Sign Up; Install Clipping Tool; How Clipping Works; Clip-to-Blog™; ClipSearch

Tools and Resources: FAQ; ClipWeek; Top Clippers; Top Tags; Site Map

About Clipmarks: About Us; Contact; Blog; Copyright; Privacy; EULA

Search Options

Related Clips

More clips from djkraz

Today's Top Clips