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Microsoft Shills Its SYNC To Hyundai, Kia

abgwin — Tue, 06 May 2008 17:27:31 EDT

if Ford has a lock on "SYNC" perhaps they could give Lance Bass a couple of grand for "N*SYNC"

abgwin

Microsoft Shills Its SYNC To Hyundai, Kia

Novaload — Tue, 06 May 2008 16:00:25 EDT

Both my cars are 10 years old. I haven't ridden in a brand new car in...oh, quite awhile. Except for one hybrid.
I am going to be clueless when/if I drive a new one.
On the other hand, I do know how to start a 1957 New Yorker.

Novaload

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my favorite car is a motorcycle — Tue, 06 May 2008 15:50:22 EDT

With all due respect, lumping Hyundai/Kia, Ford, Fiat, and Suzuki in the same basket seems ... shamefully appropriate. If SYNC is what struggling carmakers turn to when times get tough, that's their clearest sign of desperation yet.

If that's all the innovation we have to look forward to from these companies, I recommend they simply sell all their assets to idiots with too much money in their pockets (Kerkorian and Microsoft, perhaps).

I can see it now: shoddy plastic cars laden with imported electronics displaying "Ford Inside" stickers on the hood.

my favorite car is a motorcycle

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Unevolved: Whoop! — Tue, 06 May 2008 14:43:31 EDT

@indy360: Yes, more bureaucracy, that's the spirit. The government can fix all of our problems, because after all, responsible driving isn't really the driver's responsibility.

This makes me want to replace my car's ECU with a Linux machine so it'll bounce off everything I hit.

Unevolved: Whoop!

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DannyBN — Tue, 06 May 2008 13:23:45 EDT

@smalleyxb122: I need to add remote start to your list. Winter mornings are killer around here.

DannyBN

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POLAЯZSMAЯTAMINO — Tue, 06 May 2008 13:19:09 EDT

Staying with the trend of copying other companies successes, a Chinese computer company called Marcoruff has created their very own infotainment system named SUNC. A model is pictured below....

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smalleyxb122 — Tue, 06 May 2008 13:12:41 EDT

@DannyBN: Most people (I hope) who want truly desirable (in my opinion) vehicles, don't want more techno-wizardry.

As a matter of fact, let's start ripping some of the extraneous electronics out of the cars for people who like to drive.

Let the Focus faithful have their SYNC. Give me RWD, a manual transmission, and maybe a radio.

smalleyxb122

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DannyBN — Tue, 06 May 2008 13:10:28 EDT

@Starlton Heston, Gushing post-mother: It's not for lack of trying. We do get watered down versions of the Astra and Vectra.

And we used to get a respectable version of the Focus...

*dejected sigh*

DannyBN

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OG_ — Tue, 06 May 2008 13:06:41 EDT

So, when is the first service pack coming out?

OG_

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Starlton Heston, Gushing post-mother — Tue, 06 May 2008 13:05:26 EDT

@DannyBN: sadly, oh so true, though I was including mass amounts of hope for NA being graced with some tasty euro mobiles :D

Starlton Heston, Gushing post-mother

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indy360 — Tue, 06 May 2008 13:00:25 EDT

I used the SYNC in a Ford a couple of weeks ago. Works with my Zune like a charm. It's pretty responsive, but it if is lighting fast, it would be awesome. Anyway, I think this is the only way to control an 80Gb player while driving without much distraction. Since it is supposed to work with the iPod, I think they should mandate this in every car.

indy360

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DannyBN — Tue, 06 May 2008 12:59:26 EDT

@Starlton Heston, Gushing post-mother: As long as you exclude North America from "the world", sure.

DannyBN

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NICKNICK — Tue, 06 May 2008 12:54:56 EDT

they should call it BSOD

NICKNICK

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mytdawg — Tue, 06 May 2008 12:50:34 EDT

@Mad_Science: Hey baby, want to share an I/O port?

mytdawg

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Starlton Heston, Gushing post-mother — Tue, 06 May 2008 12:50:32 EDT

@DannyBN: like the Titanium X from earlier?

Starlton Heston, Gushing post-mother

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Starlton Heston, Gushing post-mother — Tue, 06 May 2008 12:50:10 EDT

hey this just popped up on my internal news links here at the big M.. I was gonna send it in!

I'm just surprised and excited by the expansion, gives credit to MSFT when they could use a little boost... they better spread out ASAP before i_____ comes out from apple.

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DannyBN — Tue, 06 May 2008 12:49:22 EDT

The first manufacturer that puts this in a truly desirable vehicle is going to rule the world.

DannyBN

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Mazda-Eric-with-1cup-arugula — Tue, 06 May 2008 12:49:14 EDT

It kind of looks like a face...

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Mad_Science — Tue, 06 May 2008 12:41:41 EDT

If you stare at that opening picture long enough, it starts to look like some kind of consumer-electronics porn closeup.

Mad_Science

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Mazda-Eric-with-1cup-arugula — Tue, 06 May 2008 12:39:06 EDT

The latest Doctor Who featured an AI guidance system in peoples' cars that eventually released toxic/deadly gas across the globe...think Microsoft saw that episode?

Mazda-Eric-with-1cup-arugula

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Ash78 — Tue, 06 May 2008 12:37:27 EDT

Withouth the SYNC, how will the Focus sell?

(don't answer, it's a koan)

Ash78