gadget reviews : Cadillac Cue Hands On - Changing the Way We use Cars?

Cadillac Cue Hands On - Changing the Way We use Cars?
Cadillac Cue Hands On For more tech goodness, check us out at: www.technobuffalo.com Follow Us on Twitter www.twitter.com Like Us on Facebook: www.facebook.com Check Us Out on Google + tchno.be Up until the release of the highly intuitive Cadillac Cue driver user interface, automobile dashboard technology had been quite lackluster. Resistive screens, reliance on too many menus, and limited compatibility with peripherals are a few primary illnesses that have been plaguing the auto industry for years. But as the latest technology continues to barrel toward the automotive industry at a colossal rate of speed, we're bound to see substantial changes in how we interact with our vehicles. Cadillac invited me out to San Diego to demo their new Cue interface, and it was a substantially advanced experience compared to what I just went through on the Chevy Volt. 2012-Cadillac-CUE-008The Cadillac Cue driver interface is not just a fancy duo of capacitive touch screens that offer the ability to pinch and zoom, flick and tap. The 8-inch center stack LCD display features haptic feedback and has a 24-bit color depth and 1000 nit brightness, which is double that of an iPad 2. The 12.3-inch reconfigurable gauge cluster can be controlled via a joystick located on the steering wheel in order to toggle readouts for fuel levels and speed, navigation, phone and entertainment. These screens were tested to withstand temperatures that dip down to -40 Fahrenheit. The finalized software will allow