Exclusive: GM Files For Buick AppShop And GMC AppShop Trademarks
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General Motors has filed for two trademarks for the terms Buick AppShop and GMC AppShop. The two records have a filing date of March 20, 2012 and join the Chevrolet AppShop trademark filing that was submitted back in February and about which GM Authority was first to report.
The filings fall under the goods and services category and have the following descriptions:
Computer software to manage connectivity of downloaded software applications with motor land vehicle electric, information and entertainment systems
Online retail platform featuring computer software to manage connectivity of downloaded software applications with motor land vehicle electric, information and entertainment systems
The GM Authority Take
This is further proof that General Motors is going to bring some sort of an app store shop experience to its new infotainment platforms, including Chevrolet MyLink and Buick/GMC IntelliLink. It will be interesting to see what form the app stores take. For instance, how will users acquire, pay for, and manage apps?
Perhaps the recent announcement of the GoGoLink navigation app for the Spark and Sonic is a signal of how the AppShops will work: users download an app to their smartphones and the driver is able to interface with the app (running on the phone) using voice commands and/or the vehicle’s touchscreen. In effect, the vehicle’s infotainment system is capable of controlling the app running on the smartphone… Ford SYNC AppLink better watch its back!
As for Cadillac, the Wreath and Crest brand is already working on an app store component for its CUE infotainment system. Stay tuned to GM Authority for the latest GM News as we find out more.
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so..it’s not actually a “shop” were one can download applications directly to the car’s hard drive? I’m curious how this will work with data caps, or am i simply not understanding something here?
Well, we don’t know much about it yet… so we can’t speak with confidence. But seeing how GoGoLink will be an app run on the smartphone with an in-vehicle integration component/mirroring, something tells me this will be a collection of “compatible” apps that you already buy and use on the device that integrate with the car.
I think to buy an app you buy a small usb drive from the dealer or online and you just plug it in and the app is downloaded.
It certainly be very different from say, the iphone appstore
Yea, more like Android where you can down load Apps to your SD Storage Card which iPhone don’t offer at all!!
Removable storage is so 2005.
Honestly, i’m more interested the Power Mat wireless charging solution that was announced a year ago. The last i heard, it was going to debut in the 2013 Volt sometime in mid-2012 – that information is a year old now.
The Dodge Dart is slated to get a wireless charging mat for phones.
But for something like the Volt, a charging mat for the Volt’s battery isn’t going to happen anytime soon.
Yes, Grawdaddy, that was my reference. GM and the company PowerMat Technologies back in January 2011 showed off the wireless electronic charging solution for GM cars. Later they mentioned work on an actual mat for charging the Volt.
Likely a “proof of concept” demonstration.
I mean the difference between a charging mat for a phone vesus a charging mat for an EV are huge. Not just the voltage required, but it’s uninsultated unlike a corded charging wire. On top of that, a charging mat fit for an EV needs to be engineered to support the weight of the car on top of it, plus any live weights. Also, it needs to be resistant to fluids and chemical interactions that are around EV’s and ICE’s cars; you can’t rule out the possibility of an ICE car parking on top of a charging mat and leaking something.
There is likely other matters that concern electical engineers, of which I am not one. But on the surface, I can say that making a charging mat for an EV isn’t as simple as stiching several smaller charging mats together.
Besides, I prefer the cord. More efficient over time and technology that already is available now.
Eh guys, I got your PowerMat right here… only it’s called Dockspot:
http://gmauthority.com/blog/2012/06/gm-trademarks-dockspot-possible-wireless-charging-system/
Sorry, we must have misunderstood one another, this whole time I’ve been referring to my interest in seeing the implementation of wireless charging for electronics like mobiles, mp3 players, and other electronics via the Powermat deal. The only reason I mentioned the Volt was because it is supposed to debut in the Volt and proliferate to other GM vehicles thereafter.
Ricardo — this is interesting, as I totally forgot about the PowerMat implementation and didn’t realize it wasn’t on the options list of the MyLink/IntelliLink-equipped vehicles.
Let me do some digging and I’ll get back to you on the status; but if the MyLink rollout is anything to go by, then I’ll bet that the inductive charging has been delayed.
Thanks Alex!