Wireless communications relative to a vehicle using a wireless
communications device, a pocket for holding the wireless communication
device and an interface module in communication with the pocket are
provided. The pocket can include a processor for translating
communications between the wireless communications device and the
interface module. The interface module has processing capability and can
communicate with different pockets and thereby different wireless
communications devices. In at least one embodiment, the interface module
manages voice recognition and text-to-speech commands to facilitate
hands-free communications in the vehicle. The interface module can
function as a communications hub involving a number of vehicle subsystems.
In a preferred embodiment, the vehicle subsystems are separately
addressable using the interface module and/or other processing
hardware/software. However, in communicating over the Internet, a vehicle
IP address is utilized.