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Subject:Re: The future of manuals From:Keith Hood <klhra -at- yahoo -dot- com> To:Gene Kim-Eng <techwr -at- genek -dot- com>, Erika Yanovich <ERIKA_y -at- rad -dot- com> Date:Sun, 18 Aug 2013 14:07:28 -0700 (PDT)
If I were designing it, the thing would not be detachable. A tablet per car would be too expensive and too likely to become a prime burglary target. I would make a port where you could plug in some other tablet that you already own, and downloadable owner's manual software.
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From: Gene Kim-Eng <techwr -at- genek -dot- com>
To: Erika Yanovich <ERIKA_y -at- rad -dot- com>
Cc: Techwr-l <techwr-l -at- lists -dot- techwr-l -dot- com>
Sent: Sunday, August 18, 2013 1:29 AM
Subject: Re: The future of manuals
I'm surprised we haven't yet seen a car with a dashboard display that
detaches to become a wireless tablet.
