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Its an old article, but I am excited about it. I have always liked BMWs, and if I could just stop buying computers, books, and tools, I can get one of these.

When someone mentions the hottest new mobile, 
Internet-enabled, multimedia computational system, what 
comes to mind is the latest handheld, cell phone, or PDA 
device. But in the not-too-distant future, you might also
think of . . . your car.

Siemens VDO Automotive, in conjunction with BMW, has enabled
the BMW 7, 6, and 5 series of cars with its Top Level 
Architecture (TLA), a Java technology-based software 
platform that provides for the seamless addition and 
integration of location-based services, web services, and 
multimedia functionality throughout the vehicle's entire 
life cycle. And as a result, TLA offers Java platform 
developers an unexpected but explosive new niche for 
developing mobile, networked device applications for the 
car.