> > From: John Francis <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Date: 2007/01/08 Mon PM 09:21:27 GMT > To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List <[email protected]> > Subject: Re: Ford and Microsoft go wireless > > On Tue, Jan 09, 2007 at 07:52:42AM +1100, Digital Image Studio wrote: > > On 09/01/07, Kenneth Waller <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > I guess a lot has to do with what you do with your car. > > > My 31 year old son is looking for a new vehicle & is having a hard time > > > considering any without Blue tooth technology due to the convenience it > > > offers, tho I'm not sure he's willing to pay extra for it. I read > > > somewhere > > > that this technology can add up to $1,000 USD to the cost to the customer. > > > > That's what I just love about car manufacturers, $10 worth of tech to > > the manufacturer is $1k to the client. Case in point; the integrated > > nav unit in my vehicle is a $5k option yet it's slower and clunkier > > than most $500 stand alone units. :-( > > And probably doesn't work as well, either. > > I can't use my (Bluetooth) Treo 700w with my (Bluetooth) BMW Z4, even > though the BMW supposedly offers full integration - sound through the > car audio speakers, and a microphone on the steering column. That's > because the car wants to know the contents of the phone book (so it > can identify an incoming call on the in-car display, etc.). But it > expects phone numbers to consist of just the digits 0-9. Unfortunately > the Treo is a Windows Mobile 5 device, and uses Outlook Mobile as the > contact manager. This displays phone numbers formatted for human eyes > complete with parentheses and hyphens. This upsets the car, and so it > drops the Bluetooth connection :-(
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