The iCar

Since the beginning of time, people have constantly been trying to come up with things that would help make their lives easier. Perfect examples are the wheel, electronic ab belt, and the slap chop. Really, just watch any infomercial. In this day and age, technology provides us with an even greater medium in which to create even more convenience. Sure, if you want to be a “non-conformist” you can pull a Spencer Pratt and not be “connected”. But what fun is that? If Amish life were enjoyable, they would accompany more than .0006% (actual statistic) of the U.S. population.

So let’s take a look at music. Everyone loves it, in some form or another. It is universal. It has been around since forever. It brings joy to the lives of babies, the middle aged, and elderly alike. It encompasses all genres and it’s only natural that there has been such a movement to make music portable. As we all know, Apple has revolutionized how and where we listen to music with the iPod, but it’s still missing a huge market. Think of where people take their jamz the most… 1) Exercising, 2) Car. Of course it seems like those aren’t areas of concern since you can rock your pod with you during both, but we think a little outside the box.

My idea is to cut out the middle man when it comes to listening to music in our cars. Why should I have to take my ipod into my car everytime I want to listen to my iTunes? The answer, I shouldn’t because, as everyone knows, that can be such a hassle. Everything these days is wireless anyways. Hell I saw a trapeze act last week that didn’t use wires (only a couple people died), but the trend is either wireless, Bluetooth, or some other form of technology without wires.

It’s really simple and I’m not sure why it hasn’t been done yet. This program takes your iTunes and stores it in your car. Plenty of cars nowadays have some form of media screen/storage in them so it doesn’t make sense why this hasn’t been done. If you download that new MGMT album or Tiny Dancer and you press the sync car button, it syncs the car with your iTunes. It comes up as any other option would. AM, FM, Tape, SAT, CD, iTunes. You can even fix the presets on your computer or play by genre. Got some little brats in your backseat that won’t shut their holes unless Sponge Bob or Hannah Montana is on? Well thank goodness you downloaded a couple shows and synced them to your car.

Let’s highlight some of the most obvious benefits that this idea would entail…

1. No need to worry about recharging your iPod. The car has everything built in, so on those long road trips you can listen for days.
2. Access to video. Like I said before, just sync it up and let it play through the TV in your ballin’ minivan.
3. The ability to get new music on the go. So, unless I am mistaken, there are cell phones now that can hear a song that’s playing, figure out what it is, and provide you with the info. Let’s add that to the list of what this baby can do. What if you are listening to the radio and hear a song you really like but don’t have? Just press the button and find the song. The best part is that you could then download it straight to your car. This gets a little involved, so bare with me. You’ve got to have wifi in your car to do this, which can’t be far away from happening, especially if something like this takes off. All you have to do is press download and when you pull in the driveway and connect to the iCar, it automatically downloads to your iTunes. So if you’re not at home or don’t have a connection when you hear that new Ke$ha track, just pull into any fine Krystal establishment and use their free wifi hotspot to download it.

We could even get Tiger Woods to fully endorse this because everyone knows, the night he wrecked his Escalade, he was actually looking down at his iPod. But, of course, Apple didn’t want to get blamed for the biggest star athlete getting injured so they fabricated another story. You have to hand it to them, they go all out.

Did you think I was done? No way! This idea has about 500 more things you could do with it. Audio books would become more popular than Grey’s Anatomy (can you believe that finale! I can’t believe he got shot! OMG!!!). All you 16 year olds that listen to that “rap crap” are probably asking, “But what if my parents drive my car?” Well, first off, screw you for having a nice enough ride that has this feature but second, we have an app for that. Just put your passcode on it which will block any inappropriate songs from playing unless it is typed in. It’s like a reverse parental control. Hey…That’s what mom and dad get for buying you a 2011 Infinity G37.

Since the people at Apple are greedy bastards, someone trying to push this idea outside of the company walls would end up being more controversial than a Maury “Is he the father?” episode. Well here is a quick solution. Just have a 30 second commercial run after every 4th or 5th song or after 15 or 20 minutes (if you’re the Carson Daly type that can’t listen to a full song). I definitely ripped this idea from Pandora but who really cares?

We could keep going but we don’t want Steve Jobs reading this and making money off us. So make sure not to tell him about it next time you see him. Remember to keep your ideas rolling in and one of them might just be Borderline Genius worthy.