Ford to ditch CD Players?

[TheMightyFavog]

http://thedroidguy.com/2011/07/ford-ditching-cd-players/

The first car I remember ever riding is was a Datsun station wagon my parents had and it had an 8 track player. Then we got the next technology in our next car, a cassette player with auto reverse. Of course we’ve had our share of cars with CD players, but now Ford is starting to initiate a change we all saw coming.

Sheryl Connelly, Ford’s Manager For Global Trends and Futuring told Digital Music News;

“The in-car CD player – much like pay telephones – is destined to fade away in the face of exciting new technology.”

Ford has announced that starting next year they will remove the CD player in some models as a standard. In exchange you will find a USB outlet for your thumb drives and mp3 players. Ford is also working with developers and vendor partners on ways to do digital cloud based music storage and internet streaming in-dash.

[NightWatcher]

1. as long as they put in an Aux input plug so I can plug in my ipod/phone

my current ride is a ten year old f150 and it only has am/fm. One of these days I'll put in an aftermarket stereo