Thursday, July 1, 2010

BMW ConnectedDrive integration for BlackBerry available in vehicles later this year

 wonder if this gets around all the laws against using your phone while driving...  probably means i need a new BMW lol

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Posted on: Friday, June 25, 2010 9:11 AM
Author: Adam Zeis
Subject: BMW ConnectedDrive integration for BlackBerry available in vehicles later this year

BMW ConnectedDrive BlackBerry
BMW has announced that they will be making their ConnectedDrive with BlackBerry integration available starting this fall. The service from BMW is the first of its kind and will allow users to receive email messages in vehicles via Bluetooth from their BlackBerry with the Pearl 3G will be the first supported device. The emails can be displayed on the iDrive control panel and even read aloud through the vehicles speakers. Users can also transfer tasks, calendar entries, text messages and more from the device for display on the control panel in the vehicle. As if that weren't enough, you will also be able to control the media player on your device via the iDrive system. This will be available to all BMW's fitted with a navigation system and will be offered in Europe and North America. Full press release after the break. Thanks to Eric for sending this in.
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