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If you’re a reader of this site, you know about the Microsoft TBox. The short-attention-span-Hollywood-pitch is, windows can run your car, it will be like the Matrix meets I-Robot meets The Odd Couple. Ok, no that didn’t work. Ok, its 2001 A Space Odyssey meets Maximum Overdrive meets Gigli. Yeah, that’s it. See? Good.

Fiat has already signed on and will be including the Microsoft OS in their dashboards. I wonder if the Italian version of Windows has a Ciao button.

Apparently, MS is releasing a new version of the OS, or at least a very upgraded version. From everything I;ve heard, the old one was pretty good. With as many people making smart remarks about reliability (compounded by their first partnership with Fiat) I’m sure they’re throwing a lot of QA at the project and it’ll be pretty great.

The features they’re touting are better NAV with 3D mapping, simple media integration and simple phone integration. I’m sure that’s a small sample of their offerings and they’ll be adding more very soon.

My question is, will you be able to upgrade existing systems once you buy a car? Am I stuck with the 2007 operating system when it’s 2010 and new cooler stuff is out? The cat is out of the bag, you can’t offer things that you cannot upgrade anymore or people think its disposable. If any MS folks are reading this, I’d love to share some answers with our readers.