I will always keep an open mind. I sat in my customers' Mercedes CLS the other day, and his OEM iPod doohicky was pretty amazing. It had a dashboard display, he could play any of the playlists on his iPod using the buttons on the steering wheel, the sound was great and it had a Bluetooth phone where you can browse the phonebook on the screen and everything. These things have improved a lot, and I can see it being more widespread soon - all this Mercedes technology always filters down to every other manufacturer.

No matter what happens in the future, the Empeg is still totally sweet when you look at the history, the Linux geek factor, the community and great design. All from 1999. While mine is working, I'm never selling it.