<P>Consider two notable developments in 2011 that will influence the development of consumer transportation:</P> <UL> <LI>China became the largest manufacturer of automobiles, producing more than 18 million vehicles, easily overtaking Europe and North America.</LI> <LI>Smartphone volume shipments surpassed the volume of laptops and desktop PCs combined.</LI></UL> <P>Reflecting these two rising economic rockets, the November Munich Telematics show drew its largest attendance yet, 500-plus participants, and a greatly expanded exhibit area.</P> <P>The rising dominance of smartphones &#8212; one participant observed that they are taking over the world &#8212;will have a big impact on how users expect to access or view their telematics data; that is, any wireless information accessed by them while in their car. Developers and manufactures used to have a problem regarding which system to support, but with Android now at more than 50 percent of smartphones share, it is becoming the de facto first-choice standard and will probably become the user interface model.</P> <P>&nbsp;</P> <P>기사원문보기 : <A href=&quot;http://www.gpsworld.com/Transportation/telematic-future-ecall-insurance-drive-share-12470&quot;>http://www.gpsworld.com/Transportation/telematic-future-ecall-insurance-drive-share-12470</A></P>