Entune

When the 2012 Toyota Prius V arrives sometime, we hope, this year--it's been delayed by the aftermath of the Sendai tsunami--it will be one of the first Toyota vehicles to showcase Entune, the automaker's new telematics service. With Entune, which was unveiled earlier this year at the 2011 CES, Toyota's skipping the concierge-style services that have been the hallmark of GM's OnStar and are now rolling out in similar form across the Hyundai lineup in the form of Blue Link. Instead of human operators, Toyota's leveraging cloud computing and seizing the app-store zeitgeist to bring its cars...