Vehicle mount computer with configurable ignition switch behavior

A computer program product, comprising:

• a computer-readable medium having computer-readable program code embodied therein for causing a vehicle mount computer to perform an action, the computer-readable medium comprising:
• computer-readable program code causing a vehicle mount computer to receive user input specifying an action for the computer to perform automatically in response to an ignition switch of a vehicle switching from a first position to a second position;
• computer-readable program code causing a vehicle mount computer to receive a signal indicating that the ignition switch has switched from the first position to the second position;
• computer-readable program code causing a vehicle mount computer to perform the specified action in response to receiving the signal;
• and
• computer-readable program code causing the vehicle mount computer to operate in a wireless networked environment using logical connections to one or more remote external computers.

A vehicle mountable computer system, comprising:

• memory storing a specified action for the vehicle mount computer system to perform automatically in response to an ignition switch of a vehicle switching from a first position to a second position;
• an input for receiving an electrical signal indicating that the ignition switch has switched from the first position to the second position;
• and
• an application module logically coupled to the input for causing the vehicle mount computer to perform the specified action in response to receiving the electrical signal;
• wherein the vehicle mount computer operates in a wireless networked environment using logical connections to one or more remote external computers.