Mazda is purging touchscreens from its vehicles

Re:Mazda is purging touchscreens from its vehicles by marapuru on Monday June 17, 2019 @05:00AM (#20201106)

When you need to type a full name. Having a keyboard present could give a huge advantage. This is not equal to having a touch screen.

Next to that, my car has a system where you choose 1 letter and only the next possibility pops up. It decreases the need of a full keyboard. It's quite likely you only need to choose the first 3 to 4 letters.

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Re:Mazda is purging touchscreens from its vehicles by llampx on Tuesday June 18, 2019 @05:11PM (#20218452)

I would actually like a stronger integration with the phone for cases like this. If you need directions, just load it up on google maps and send it to your car. If you need to pull up a playlist, same thing. Of course if you are driving this should be done by the passenger.

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Re:Mazda is purging touchscreens from its vehicles by rockinghigh on Monday June 17, 2019 @08:24AM (#20202159)

I wonder if you’ve used Tesla’s touchscreen or even Apple CarPlay with a touchscreen and Google Maps. You only seem to mention these old UIs. The rotary control on a virtual keyboard is atrocious to type addresses and points of interest.

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