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SlashGear Evening Wrap-Up: January 27, 2012

Mark Raby, Jan 27th 2012 Discuss [0]

As we wrap up the last full work week of January, we saw a big chunk of mobile news today. For example, watch your back if you have an Android device because the Android Market is having its largest malware infection ever. If the iPhone is more your style, but you're stuck on T-Mobile, you might be pleased to know that the magenta-colored carrier plans to start boosting unlocked iPhone support at the end of the month. Read The Full Story

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Mercedes-Benz mbrace2 in-vehicle technology and apps hands-on

Chris Burns, Jan 27th 2012 Discuss [0]

The folks at Mercedes-Benz have given us a demonstration and hands-on look at their second-generation in-car technology environment mbrace2, here with a set of built-in apps as well as a mobile application working on an iPhone connected directly with the vehicle. In the group’s brand new SL-Class we get to check out how a fabulous looking set of menus will bring us everything we could possibly need or want to the drivers seat of our car. No need for a dongle anymore also, as mbrace2 brings with it a brand new mobile application that is able to control your car from your iPhone.

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Mercedes-Benz DICE interior concept hands-on

Chris Burns, Jan 27th 2012 Discuss [0]

Attendees exploring CES 2012 earlier this month traveling through the automotive section of the convention would have had a difficult time not at least glimpsing the Mercedez-Benz DICE Interior Concept. In a giant mirrored box sat a completely cushiony set of seats with car dashboard and driving wheel as well as a front windshield, both the windshield and the dashboard proving themselves instantly to be more than meets the eye. This was the DICE, or Dynamic and Intuitive Control Experience, and it was with gestures that one controlled this futuristic dream technology.

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Maybach axed as 2013 Mercedes S-class takes the wheel

Chris Davies, Nov 28th 2011 Discuss [3]

Mercedes will axe its luxury Maybach line in 2013, insiders in the company have revealed, with a new S-class expected to sate the needs of wealthy road users. "It is better to cut our losses with Maybach" a supposedly high-level Mercedes-Benz source told Autoweek, "than to continue into an uncertain future with a brand that has failed to live up to original sales expectations." Read The Full Story

Mercedes-Benz shows off “iPhone Interface Plus” concept for 2012

Rue Liu, Sep 16th 2011 Discuss [0]

During the IAA Motor Show in Frankfurt, Mercedes-Benz showed off a new "iPhone Interface Plus" concept, which it promises to launch by the summer of 2012. The concept builds on the company's Media Interface Plus system that aims to provide users with a continuous experience of being connected through their smartphones or tablets even while they're driving. All this done so with safety measures in place of course. Read The Full Story

Blackbird Mercedes TRON Concept For Great Light Justice

Chris Burns, Jan 18th 2011 Discuss [0]

This is a design straight out of the concept books of both Peter Vardai and Tamas Fodor, both of whome have brought to life this magnificent machine for the world to get their TRON on in. It seems like this TRON fad has become a movement as the movie itself is leaving theaters yet concepts keep popping up. The goal of the designer of this project (Vardai) was to both reinforce the emotions people feel toward the Mercedes brand and bring their eyes up and out forward toward the future. Light strips on black sides will do that! Read The Full Story

Mercedes-Benz Biome Concept Car is Grown Inside a Nursery

Evan Selleck, Nov 17th 2010 Discuss [3]

Concept cars are meant to look fantastic. They're a shining image, or model, of what car company's have planned for the years to come. It's unfortunate that most of those concepts are never brought to life, especially when they look as unique, and as awesome as this Mercedes-Benz Biome concept car does. Just one look, and this is a vehicle that you'd want to drive. But, it's when you get into the details of the vehicle, that things great really interesting. Read The Full Story

Mercedes Benz unveil 2010 SLS AMG gullwing

Chris Davies, Sep 10th 2009 Discuss [0]

When you're Mercedes Benz you have a pretty great history of iconic cars from which to pillage, and that's just what the German marque have done with their new 2010 SLS AMG. Based on the original 300 SL Gullwing, the 2010 model keeps the top-hinged doors but fixes them to a carbon fiber body with an AMG-tuned V8 5.3 liter, 564 horsepower engine under the hood. Full gallery of the 2010 Mercedes Benz SLS AMG after the cut Read The Full Story

Mercedes-Benz announces SPLITVIEW COMAND display for both passenger and driver

Staff Editor, Dec 11th 2008 Discuss [1]

Mercedes Benz has announced that in the summer of 2009, a new SPLITVIEW technology will be featured in S-Class models. Developed in collaboration with Bosch, this single Command display allows both the driver and passenger to view two separate programs simultaneously. Read The Full Story

Mercedes myCOMAND in-car PC concept demo

Chris Davies, Nov 21st 2008 Discuss [1]

Mercedes Benz have announced their latest myCOMAND "Internet-Based Infortainment System" at the LA Motor Show, and while the name might be a bit tacky the system itself is anything but. Controlled by a multifunction dial and joystick, the system makes the most of a large, high-resolution LCD display to offer VoIP, a web browser, GPS with satellite imagery and a hard-drive based media server. Video demonstration of myCOMAND after the cut Read The Full Story

NASD Technology NS-2010 Mercedes themed PMP

James Allan Brady, Nov 6th 2007 Discuss [0]

It has a 2” screen that can display up to 262k colors. You can play MPEG-4 and AVI video files on it too. MP3 and WMA are the compatible audio formats. It also has an FM radio tuner built in and an SD card slot for storage. Read The Full Story