BMW Apps - Are you getting it?

[lazytrax]

anyone here getting the bmw apps? I saw the little commerical preview thing they got on youtube for the BMW Apps but dont know what i'll be using it for.. The only thing usage out of this BMW App is the facebook/twitter plugin thing and the web radio. Do you guys think they are going to add more features or will this be it?

[SamS]

Yes, I'm definitely getting it.

I don't do FB/Twitter, but I do like Internet Radio, and who knows what else they'll add in the future. $250 is too cheap for me to pass up, the potential is there.

[Denso]

Originally Posted by SamS

Yes, I'm definitely getting it.

I don't do FB/Twitter, but I do like Internet Radio, and who knows what else they'll add in the future. $250 is too cheap for me to pass up, the potential is there.

+1

I have ordered it as well

[skyphab]

I read about it and didn't order it.
As far as I understand "BMW Apps", it does not include applications directly on your car system, but does grant access to specific apps on your iPhone.

So you won't be using internet radio with the built in mobile card in the car, but use an app on your iPhone that does.

I might be wrong, but that's how I understood it: http://www.bmw.de/de/de/newvehicles/...apps.html#more

Sorry, in German. Trying to find it in English.

Endless possibilities: with the apps for the new BMW 1 Series Coupe will complement the entire range of BMW ConnectedDrive to another unique feature: the first time ever, Web-based services such as Facebook, Twitter, web radio BMW-specific use in the vehicle.
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Thanks to the special equipment Apps *, an Apple iPhone ™, and the free app "BMW Connected" from the Apple App Store, you can quite easily select using the iDrive system, international web radio stations or even outside your home or office, the latest status reports or Facebook and Twitter accounts can display.

You just have to install the app "BMW Connected on your iPhone and connect it via USB interface or Snap adapters with the iDrive or BMW. Thus, all are displayed with the app content available on the Control Display in the vehicle. And all functions can be safely and comfortably controlled with the iDrive controller.

Edit: Read it again and yes:
- Install a BMW app on your iPhone
- Use your iPhone through iDrive

Edit2: Not that bad that google translater thingy.

[lazytrax]

I will most likely order it when time comes.. Just hope there is more to it than just facebook/twitter and web radio. I love the Tunein app for iphone. You get all sorts of cool internet radio. If the 1M is equipped with a 1/8"miniplug input you can just plug that in and have web radio. It seems as if the current BMW App isn't a complete list of radio stations that Tunein offers. Wonder if it will ever be as complete as the Tunein App for iphone.

[as7920]

Yes. One of the reasons I chose the 1M over the RS3.

BMW tech seems to me to be more advanced than other similar manufacturers especially with their Apple integration.

[Joer]

Yup will definitely be getting it when my car arrives!

[elitt13]

I've take te bmw iphone apps

[DarthColin]

I ordered it, because I feel that BMW won't stop at just Facebook and Twitter. Upgrades will likely improve it regularly.
C///M

[kgifford51101]

Since the price was low, I went for it. I am not sure how often I will use it, but what's another $250 on top of $50k

[analogue]

That is the $5350 question, isn't it?

[AW 1M]

The app is available for download free from the iTunes App store. The internet radio is worth the price for me. It also has integration with the onboard navigation. Now all I need is the car.

[jdbunda]

Originally Posted by AW 1M

The app is available for download free from the iTunes App store. The internet radio is worth the price for me. It also has integration with the onboard navigation. Now all I need is the car.

Don't you already get internet radio anyway with either Bluetooth through A2DP or the USB adapter? That was my understanding, but of course, could be wrong.

It's not that expensive, but I was told if you get Apps, you also need to get the iphone cradle for the console (and give up that cubby to the phone cradle). When you do this, your phone uses the car antenna, you get better signal. But I don't think it's necessary to use the iPhone audio features.

[LeMansM5]

yes, for sure.

[AW 1M]

Who knows what features will be available in a year or two. As a gadget junkie, I can't imagine not getting it.

[BadM4]

yes its on my list

[Advevo]

I don t need it i use the 1M only were its made for. Drive max attack on track or having 2 smoking rear tires when going fully sideways.

I twitter the movie when i am at home.

[///M1]

At first I was very skeptical because I find absolutely no use for Twitter and Facebook in a car (and frankly in real life, as I don't care to know whether my friend fed his cat with Chicken of the Sea, or with Friskie). I thought: great, now I can see chicks talking (not hands free) with cell phone tucked between shoulder and ear, one hand applying nail polish to other, all while driving of course. I actually have seen that very same scenario, in the neighboring lane! LOL And now, give same chick the power to simultaneously FB! (granted, car needs to be stationary, but you know a hack will come out soon to disable that, already seen it done for internet usage in Europe).

But the internet radio is definitely a cool feature to have, especially since Sirius/XM continue to look very shaky and their long term future is a questionmark. Personally, I'd be fine having Pandora thru the iPhone, but I recon over time more car and other apps will be rolled out and made available through this, so may be indeed worth the $2xx.

I'm attaching a doc that described BMW Apps in greater detail (has been posted prior in a different thread).

[hwelvaar]

No need for facebook or twitter, but I bought the Apps anyway, hoping interesting future apps will appear.

[EmmDrei]

Originally Posted by Advevo

I don t need it i use the 1M only were its made for. Drive max attack on track or having 2 smoking rear tires when going fully sideways.

Exactly that was my first thought, Andre. Then I started to do a little research on what exactly apps can already do in a BMW and what is theoretically possible. Data acquisition. Onboard video with data overlays. Imagine that and mix in the data from the cars various CPUs. With the help of a technology were components cost a couple of hundred Euros and not thousands. If the app option is actually an interface BMW is providing, then I am sure, you will see professional-level lap-timing and data acquisition apps, that use this functionality, very soon.

[1M Fan]

Originally Posted by EmmDrei

Exactly that was my first thought, Andre. Then I started to do a little research on what exactly apps can already do in a BMW and what is theoretically possible. Data acquisition. Onboard video with data overlays. Imagine that and mix in the data from the cars various CPUs. With the help of a technology were components cost a couple of hundred Euros and not thousands. If the app option is actually an interface BMW is providing, then I am sure, you will see professional-level lap-timing and data acquisition apps, that use this functionality, very soon.

That will be cool. I got it for the Internet radio.

[E821M]

Originally Posted by ///M1

At first I was very skeptical because I find absolutely no use for Twitter and Facebook in a car (and frankly in real life, as I don't care to know whether my friend fed his cat with Chicken of the Sea, or with Friskie). I thought: great, now I can see chicks talking (not hands free) with cell phone tucked between shoulder and ear, one hand applying nail polish to other, all while driving of course. I actually have seen that very same scenario, in the neighboring lane! LOL And now, give same chick the power to simultaneously FB! (granted, car needs to be stationary, but you know a hack will come out soon to disable that, already seen it done for internet usage in Europe).

But the internet radio is definitely a cool feature to have, especially since Sirius/XM continue to look very shaky and their long term future is a questionmark. Personally, I'd be fine having Pandora thru the iPhone, but I recon over time more car and other apps will be rolled out and made available through this, so may be indeed worth the $2xx.

I'm attaching a doc that described BMW Apps in greater detail (has been posted prior in a different thread).

LOL. This is exactly how I feel about facebook/myspace. Some people post what they ate for breakfast, when they go to the bathroom, where they are going on vacation, etc. It truly is amazing how some people (not everyone) on these social networking sites are just flat out self-centered and believe everyone out there cares about what they are doing or what they are going to do. I don't believe these sites are inherently wrong, it just seems some people use them for the wrong reasons when they were originally intended for connecting with other people, not to be someones personal bragathon.