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 :-( -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
