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Microsoft and Fiat get cars going mobile

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By Jo Best

Published: 3 February 2006 16:45 GMT

This year's Geneva Motor Show will see Fiat debuting its Microsoft-equipped cars.

Fiat and Microsoft, who have been working together since 2004, are taking the wraps off a number of models sporting a new product known as Blue&Me, based on the Windows Mobile for Automotive operating system.

Blue&Me allows Alfa Romeo and Fiat owners to connect their in-car systems to their phones and other gadgets using Bluetooth, with data displayed on a panel controlled by buttons in the steering wheel.

The new motors will also come sporting USB ports, to connect drivers' MP3 players to their cars.

Fiat and Microsoft are also working on a version of the Blue&Me software that will work with GPS satellite navigation. It's expected to be in the wild by the end of this year.

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