Microsoft, Kia team to make your car into a smartphone

MS-Watch | at | by Mike

Microsoft is teaming with Kia Motors America to port an in-vehicle communications and entertainment system into the latter's vehicles. Known as Uvo, and built on the Windows Embedded Auto software platform, drivers and passengers will theoretically be able to use the system make and receive phone calls and SMS text messages, as well as access music from various devices (Uvo will feature 1GB of media storage, and allow users to rip music from CDs). At first glance it appears very similar to Sync, the in-car connectivity system designed in joint partnership by Ford and Microsoft.