[W126 Coupe] OT:Road Wrrior Solution Sought

[Vance Rowley]

The new S500 and S600 has nearly all you mention as standard equipment, as well as a full surround sound, sound system.
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Dick Spellman" <spell.yy at verizon.net>
To: <mbcoupes at mbcoupes.com>
Sent: Monday, July 24, 2006 2:39 AM
Subject: [W126 Coupe] OT:Road Wrrior Solution Sought


>I am looking to understand the best mix of technology and software 
> available today for the road warrior.  I need to quickly assemble the 
> best 'all-in-one ' package that includes managing a database of customer 
> contacts, cell phone calls, appointments, emails and gps locations while 
> driving in a car.  In other words you might make a new contact, scan the 
> business card into your contact management program alleviating the need 
> to do a lot of typing, dial the customer phone number right from the 
> contact software without touching the car cell phone using say Bluetooth 
> and the system will also map your travels based on your schedules using 
> a gps system in the car as well.  The gps will talk and give you 
> directions from one appointment to the next based on your schedule and 
> current customer location/address.
> 
> A nice touch would be for the system when queried to volunteer other 
> similar business types that are within say some distance (5-25 miles) 
> that you could tag and say get me there and the system would then manage 
> your entire trip with way points etc using the gps system.
> 
> Figured I'd ask if an all-in one solution exists and if anyone can 
> comment on the preferred platform for all of this.  In other words a 
> portable laptop mounted to the car passenger area (easily packed to go), 
> a PDA using Microsoft Active Synch, or some other PDA OS.  The contacts 
> and notes need to be able to easily synch with a corporate server over 
> the Internet with or without VPN set-up and update individual fields vs 
> an entire customer record.  This may well be done from a hotel room or 
> perhaps through the cell phone if the monthly costs make sense.
> 
> I was thinking of a laptop with GPS card, , business card scanner, 
> cellular phone card and wireless capability, a power inverter and car 
> tray bolted up that would allow easy viewing, big keyboard for typing 
> while parked, and then the cell phone wired to mute the radio with a 
> handsfree configuration and Bluetooth interface to the laptop.
> 
> Let's see what any of you knowledgeable road warriors think.
> 
> Thanks in advance.
> 
> Dick
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