It makes sense. CDs are looking like VCR tapes when you compare them to digital downloads and MP3 players. Why carry around a scratched up disc with a few songs on it, when you can transport 20GBs of music and have everything you own at your fingertips? Cars are quickly trying to integrate iPods and digital players but one company called Visteon is tossing out the CD player and going all USB. We say: Sign us up!

“A CD changer is two or three times the cost of the USB interface,” said Visteon mobile electronics project leader Ian Randall. “Those CDs would have only 70 to 80 tracks. With a 1-gigabyte stick you can get 400 or 500 songs.” By linking a USB port to a car’s entertainment system the car maker can offer customers audio and video options unavailable in most other models. That means a customer can play music loaded onto a memory stick in the car.

More Here

[tags]usb,ipod,mp3,realtechnews,auto tech,cd players,memory sitck[/tags]