The CES demonstration featured a Windows Automotive-enabled Alpine Electronics stereo and navigation system installed in a Lincoln Navigator. The demo showed audio files being purchased from the Dresser Wayne fuel dispenser, downloaded to a compatible media device such as a cellphone or entertainment system, and then played through the Alpine IVA-W200 stereo system located within the vehicle.

 

According to Dresser Wayne, it was easy to integrate the fuel dispenser, stereo and navigation system, and cellphone thanks to their common use of Windows CE, the .NET framework, and Bluetooth interface. Also highlighted in the demo was iX Media Enterprise, the dispenser's software application that supports audio and video functions.

 

The application can provide real-time Internet news headlines, traffic updates, and weather reports along with customized, full-motion video promotions, Dresser Wayne said. Additionally, customers can print coupons for special offers, such as for a discount on a cup of coffee or an oil change. Dresser Wayne introduced its Windows CE-based gas pump at last year's CES.

 

Later in the year, the company was honored as Microsoft's OEM Partner of the Year at the Mobile and Embedded Developers Conference, for "one of the more unique applications of Windows CE." The Ovation2 iX, featuring a 15-inch LCD touchscreen display, is expected to be available later this year, according to Dresser Wayne. Meanwhile, the Ovation iX, with a 10.4-inch VGA screen, is available now in North America and should be available globally "soon."

 

Source: WFD