MONET (TOYOTA)

Toyota Media Station Inc; Launched in November 1997 This system offers more than 40 functions, including a live view function which provides road information in the form of moving images in real time; sending and receiving e-mail messages; connection to the Internet; provision of nationwide road traffic information; provision of information on eating, drinking and sight-seeing spots; maps of 302 major cities in the country; news; and weather forecasts. Other features include easy auto-dialing and a function which displays the current location in the map on the car navigation monitor. The information on the current location can be obtained using the voice operation function even while driving anywhere in Japan where mobile phones can be used.