Focus: Apple Announces GPS Solution For Your Car

The German news magazine “Focus” reports [Google Translation] today that Apple has signed a deal with Mercedes to incorporate an Apple Navigation and Multimedia system in their cars beginning in 2009. The deal is reportedly exclusive for the first six months, after which other car makers can utilize Apple’s built in navigation solution.

Apple’s announcement to produce a navigation system for cars didn’t come as a surprise. With its product world, the U.S. company now occupies more and more areas in our digital life.

According to FOCUS-Information, Mercedes will equip its vehicles exclusively with the high-tech from Apple’s design-laboratories starting in 2009. After six months other car manufacturers shall follow.

Since I was born and raised in Germany, I can assure you that Focus is a highly respected magazine that, usually, doesn’t involve itself in gossip. It is unclear, however, when this Apple “announcement” was supposed to have happened. Further, it is curious why Focus would have been the only news outlet to acquire such information.

We have contacted the author of the article and will let you know as soon as we get new information. Until then, please take this information with a grain of salt.

Update 6-18-2007: We’ve received an email from the author of the Focus article. Please take a look at this post for more information.