Apr 15, 2011

What can’t a phone do these days. First there was the smart car, then there was the smart phone. It may have been the other way around, but the bottom line is thanks to some smart people the gadgets in our daily lives are getting ever so cool!

Ford Motor Company has teamed up with AT&T to give you more ways to link up and monitor your brand spanking new Ford Electric Hybrid. I talked to a guy the other day that sells an aftermarket kit that allows you to connect thru your phone to your car for all sorts of things. You could roll down your windows, start the car, even set all sorts of GPS settings so you can monitor where your car is. Trust me, when you have kids you’ll understand that last one.

The world keeps getting cooler and cooler when it comes to toys. The nice thing about this new one from Ford, it won’t be an aftermarket thing you have to pay through the nose for. Down in Frankfort, Ford is ready and willing to help you understand what it is I’m describing. Now up in Louisville, Ford is just as ready. Seems cryptic I know, but I feel like the more I learn about these new innovations to our industry, I can barely contain myself. It is like the first time I saw Nintendo. Do any of you remember how amazing Duck Hunt truly was!? Then Sega came out, then Sega CD and so on. Technology has always been there for me and yet I still look on in awe as it grows and improves.

My grandfather still has trouble accepting that there is little to no reason to have a landline because he can remember having no floor, let alone a phone. The world keeps getting more and more fun for us. It’s like the big bad world really is one big play ground. Everywhere you look there are more and more toys that do away with the notion of look but don’t touch. Forget that! I can see them, and believe me I’m sitting here toying with my smart phone and the new Focus.