Staying connected on the road usually means carrying along a bag full of gadgets. To make telephone calls, you need a cell phone; to send and receive instant messages, a pager. Throw in a personal digital assistant to track appointments and various road maps to find your way, and your glove compartment is overloaded! That's changing. The next 10 years will see a rapid growth in automotive electronic systems designed to replace many of these devices. And Motorola's mobileGT™ architecture helps automakers integrate all the systems that drivers demand. You want to stay in touch, access the Internet, and enjoy enhanced entertainment and safety features while you drive. Installed in your automobile, the user-friendly and flexible mobileGT architecture will take care of all the tasks now handled by cellular phones, pagers, PDAs, Web servers, global positioning receivers, and security systems. But we're not just talking about staying connected. Motorola's mobileGT system is designed to respond to the comforts of individual drivers, too. It has the smarts to take care of the little things, like adjusting the seat and mirrors to your favorite positions. And, as an added benefit, it accommodates personal comfort zones and adjusts the heating and air-conditioning settings to suit each driver's preferences. With the mobileGT platform, your car is connected. A convenient paging system gives you the power to lock or unlock the car door by remote control. No more fumbling for keys in the dark. Plus, a programmable smart card allows you to control entry to the car, garage, and home. There's even a built-in theft deterrent to warn would-be car thieves to stay away. Motorola's engineers have designed the mobileGT platform with safety in mind. When daylight turns to dusk, sensors alert the system and automatically adjust the car headlights. Acting as an extra set of eyes to see where you can't, collision detectors can recognize objects in a car's blind spots and issue a warning in advance. With a mobileGT-equipped automobile, avoiding accidents isn't just dumb luck. It's smart sense. MobileGT can handle all of the serious stuff, but it also knows how to have fun! It offers a complete audio entertainment system, enabled for digital audio broadcasts and CD-quality sound. It automatically equalizes the speaker output to match the interior acoustic, based on the number of vehicle occupants. In the future, when picture phones replace telephones, the mobileGT architecture will be ready with the bandwidth that's needed to deliver colorful still images and full-motion video. With natural-speech recognition, a simple voice request can initiate an emergency telephone call or summon roadside assistance. Without you having to take your hands off the wheel, the mobileGT platform can help you find the nearest gas station, hotel, or ATM machine. It's personal productivity on the go, allowing both driver and passengers to check e-mail, consult a personal calendar, log travel expenses, and review vehicle maintenance schedules. When it's time for an oil change or a new air filter, your car dealer simply sends you a reminder through the system. That's cool. Equipped with Motorola's amazing mobileGT architecture, the automobile of the future is here today, providing comfort and safety for both driver and passengers. At last, the automobile has a brain!