Nokia and in-car entertaiment company Harman said Monday that the two companies intend to develop a smartphone-to-car interface that could pass information back and forth between the two computing systems.
Neither company revealed a timetable to complete development. Nokia and Harman indicated that the physical connnection would be made via a USB cord, with Bluetooth as a backup for short-range trips. However, the Bluetooth connection could also quickly drain the phone's battery, the two companies noted.
However, both companies said that they could add the functionality of the other device to augment its own.
Specifically, it appears that the two companies envision the smartphone as a communications and possibly authentication device, capable of feeding data to the automotive system and vice versa. In one example given in a joint statement the companies released on Monday, a car low on gas/petrol would alert the phone, which would then search out a list of nearby gas stations. The partnership also assumes that locations like parking garages would be able to signal their availability, and ADAS (Advanced Driver Assistance Systems) would be able to tap into the connection as well.
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