How would you like the ability to download music while you are filling up your gas tank? Perhaps access to digital TV for the screaming kids in the back seat? You name it and there is someone out there working on it. According to CNET, electronics makers are working overtime to come up with new and exciting gadgets that we can rush out and spend our hard earned dollar on.

Don’t get me wrong people. I love cool new tech goodies as much as the next guy. but downloading music from the gas station? Man, that seems a little extreme to me for some reason. I think that I can wait to get to my PC in order to sync up some new tunes rather than paying someones inflated prices on a whim. Then take into account all of the new hardware it will take to make stuff like this happen. Cray, crazy stuff.

Some of the efforts to transplant digital media technology from PCs and home entertainment centers are still on the drawing board, companies said at a technology conference here Monday. But other changes are likely to start appearing in new cars and SUVs as early as next year.

Prospective buyers of new vehicles should expect to see larger LCDs, up 2 inches from the current standard size of 5 inches, that will appear in more places around a vehicle’s interior. In a few years, manufacturers hope to switch to organic LEDs because of their improved color quality, response times and viewing angles.