OE integration products (MP3/iPod integration units, aux-in adapters, universal controllers, FM modulators, cassette adapters and Bluetooth integration devices) is where the future is headed according to TWICE (This Week In Consumer Electronics)
. Other growth are mech-less (with no CD or tape mechanism) head units as well as head units with HD radio and A2DP stereo Bluetooth for music streaming. Full story here .
...And in a related story by AutoObserver : Satellite Radio Installation Increasing
estreka says:
06:32 PM, 08/ 9/07
These things may be "hot" but will they sell? HD radio I think will go the way of the dinosaur.
ateixeira says:
10:31 AM, 08/13/07
My BlackBerry has Bluetooth and a built-in MP3 player, but since it's not A2DP you can't use the Bluetooth headset to listen to music.
That's silly, if you have to use a wired ear piece for music why bother with the wireless one at all?
Stereo Bluetooth will solve that.
As for mech-less, Chrysler's myGig seems popular.