At the Chicago auto show this week, GM plans to introduce the latest version of its OnStar telematics system, which will darn socks, provide legal advice, offer tips on racehorses, stain furniture, make scrambled eggs, feed the cat, fold newspaper hats, recount life in Brooklyn during the Great Depression, clean the garage, bowl a strike, mail a letter and argue in favor of the Aether Model of the Universe. Would that it did. It will, however, include a "turn-by-turn" navigation system using automated voice prompts. The system will be available starting mid-year on 2006 Buick Lucerne, Cadillac DTS and Cadillac STS models, with other GM vehicles being phased in over the next two years.

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