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      03-03-2014, 08:38 PM   #1
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Apple CarPlay 2016 F8x

This looks very awesome for iphone users. Siri control would be so much better than BMW voice command. Mercedes, Ferrari and Volvo are on board at launch. BMW and other makers in the future. Sucks that M3 won't have this at launch. Bet 2015 C63 will. I'm guessing 2016 M3/M4 might hopefully.
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      03-03-2014, 09:59 PM   #2
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I'm kind of an iPhone fanboy for sure, but I don't know what this does that you can't already do in BMW's latest and greatest. Access music? Check. Activate Siri? Check. Read texts/emails? Check. What's the attraction?
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      03-03-2014, 10:56 PM   #3
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When the car is 3 years old the technology will be ancient - need a way to upgrade every couple of years
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      03-03-2014, 11:37 PM   #4
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I believe that is called "leasing".
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As far as I know (need to look for the thread/post), BMW is not among the IOS "in car" partners stating that iDrive provides a better user experience to the user!
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As far as I know (need to look for the thread/post), BMW is not among the IOS "in car" partners stating that iDrive provides a better user experience to the user!
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      03-04-2014, 09:29 AM   #7
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As far as I know (need to look for the thread/post), BMW is not among the IOS "in car" partners stating that iDrive provides a better user experience to the user!
BMW Group is listed as a 'future partner'.
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      03-04-2014, 09:34 AM   #8
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BMW Group is listed as a 'future partner'.
Great then there is hope! ;-)

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When the car is 3 years old the technology will be ancient - need a way to upgrade every couple of years
The hope is that this means car manufacturers will move to real, configurable operating system with a degree of standardization, with updates and upgrades can be simply pushed to the car, much like iTunes or Android... (think Tesla here)

THAT's the real big deal behind these systems... not as much the apps. All that the car manufacturers will be left to do is produce the hardware that the software runs on. And that's the future. There's no reason why you should be stuck with whatever BMW gave you at the time the car is released. Within the limits of processing power, you should be able to upgrade your car's OS to whatever is current.

Nor should I be stuck with whatever utilities or apps that BMW has created for me (usually they suck). It should be open to developers to create new systems and software. Think about taking inputs from the various car sensors, plus your phone, cameras, etc. and coming up with really cool apps for performance driving, G-meters, acceleration specs, engine output mappings, etc. etc.
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Typical change that could come with LCI.
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the idrive update to the M3 in 2009 made the 2008 values drop significantly. along with the lci changes the 2009+ M3 holds its value much better than the 08. I'm thinking this announcement may be a precursor to history repeating itself with the F8X cars.
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When the car is 3 years old the technology will be ancient - need a way to upgrade every couple of years
The hope is that this means car manufacturers will move to real, configurable operating system with a degree of standardization, with updates and upgrades can be simply pushed to the car, much like iTunes or Android... (think Tesla here)

THAT's the real big deal behind these systems... not as much the apps. All that the car manufacturers will be left to do is produce the hardware that the software runs on. And that's the future. There's no reason why you should be stuck with whatever BMW gave you at the time the car is released. Within the limits of processing power, you should be able to upgrade your car's OS to whatever is current.

Nor should I be stuck with whatever utilities or apps that BMW has created for me (usually they suck). It should be open to developers to create new systems and software. Think about taking inputs from the various car sensors, plus your phone, cameras, etc. and coming up with really cool apps for performance driving, G-meters, acceleration specs, engine output mappings, etc. etc.
At least someone FINALLY fucking gets it. How many posts have I read here, on twitter, on Facebook, etc. That say "I don't want it to become obsolete". Hello?!?!?!? THat is the sole reason for having this app at all!!
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That...that video...makes me want to hurt a small rodent

Who in marketing for MB thought, "Hey lets get this really unattractive person with a ponytail to spotlight this new feature. And hey we'll have him sit with his suit jacket still on and buttoned uncomfortably...but here's the kicker, we will show every single function 3-4 times from the most pointless tasks to something sort of useful." - redundancies in the office all around the very next day I am sure
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That...that video...makes me want to hurt a small rodent

Who in marketing for MB thought, "Hey lets get this really unattractive person with a ponytail to spotlight this new feature. And hey we'll have him sit with his suit jacket still on and buttoned uncomfortably...but here's the kicker, we will show every single function 3-4 times from the most pointless tasks to something sort of useful." - redundancies in the office all around the very next day I am sure
Hahaha can see where you're coming from.
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