The internet killing car radios?

There are more and more people using their ipods in their cars to listen to their libraries. Said by the New York Times, there are many internet music services such as pandora, slacker, and last.fm which will all be tailored by software developers, consumer electronics companies, and automakers to work more seamlessly with car radio stations.

Iphones, Blackberrys, and the Android are responsible for the internet music. These phones have free applications that play customized music channels that are streamed over the internet using the wireless data connection. When using the internet, depending on the phone, customers pay an extra fee on top of the talking service. With pandora, there are over 40 million users and 750,000 songs people can listen to in their car. When using these devices, a downfall is drivers have to change the station manually which may cause them to look away from the road even if just for a second they could cause an accident. Now there are companies that are trying to improve this situation by adding a voice control when using pandora. This device will set you back $1,200 not including installation. When using this new device, you can connect your ipod which will make the unit "shine". Here using At&ts iphone, sometimes in certain areas because of dead zones, the music can be cut off because you are using internet. The internet has been producing many opportunities for people to hear music, research, and do basically about anything on it. I dont think the car radio will ever go "extinct" because it has been around for many years and the internet has been around for some years now but people still like to listen to the radio every now and then. The radio isnt just for music, it can be used for news.