The LTE Connected Car is a platform for in-car entertainment, navigation, management and services. At MAX 2009 QNX won the mobile and devices award because of their excellence in working with the Flash Platform. Working with the geniuses at Alcatel Lucent QNX have enabled LTE connectivity (read: 4G) into the car to prep for a future of wireless networking at 100x the bandwith of 3G (100Mbps in theory).

It is by definition “mobile” but at the same time it’s much more, the platform interface is based on Flash Lite 3.1 running on the RTOS QNX platform with all manner of extensions for GPS, Bluetooth, video playback and even integration into the dashboard. I even spotted Chumby and Kabillion content built-in and QNX are looking for partners here.

Features:
* on-demand movies, streamed or downloaded
* access to personally recorded TV programs via cloud storage
* in-vehicle Internet radio and on-demand music stores
* multi-player online gaming
* social networking
* dynamically updateable navigation and location-based services
* GPS augmented by Google Maps’ point-of-interest indicators

Although no-one was brave enough to create the actual dashboard in Flash for safety reasons

Check out the video, and the extremely chirpy and fantastically named QNX CEO Dan Dodge.

Adobe MAX 2008 is only a few months away and I hope that all of you find the time to attend in San Francisco, Milan or Tokyo.

As part of the event we host the MAX Awards ceremony and I’d like to extend the opportunity for you to nominate individuals or companies.  There is a specific category for “Mobility and Devices” and you can also select a region.

Nominations can be for applications, services and experiences that you have seen over the past year.

If you haven’t been to the MAX 2008 site, be sure to have a look at the fantastic sessions.