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Old June 21st, 2004, 05:04 PM   #1
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Apple does it once again!

This might be of interest to Apple fans and owners of iPods (or BMW's).
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Old June 21st, 2004, 07:19 PM   #2
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SWEET. I bought my first Mac last November after "driving" a PC since about 1988. It ROCKS. Feels like I traded up to a BMW actually. More than my G5, I love OS X. It blows Windows away...
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Old June 21st, 2004, 07:41 PM   #3
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Very nice!

I've been waiting for the Dension Ice to materialize for my Audi for a while, it seems to be permanently not-quite-in-stock. It does a fair amount of what the BMW setup does (less displaying the tracks visibly).

And I hear Alpine is coming out with a truly iPod-compatible head unit that does all of the goodies also.

Fabulous way to drive.
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Old June 22nd, 2004, 12:31 AM   #4
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Only Apple.

That's two great things in one. Wow. Im impressed.
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Old June 22nd, 2004, 05:15 AM   #5
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I'm wondering why everyone is giving credit to Apple for this.
I'd give the credit to BMW. They are the ones who made their
system work with an iPod. Apple might have given support on
it, but the connector was always there, right?
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Old June 22nd, 2004, 05:54 AM   #6
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Im totally lost, I clicked on the link and it comes up to a personal page. Where should i go?
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Old June 22nd, 2004, 06:03 AM   #7
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<<<-- Originally posted by Rob Lohman : I'm wondering why everyone is giving credit to Apple for this.
I'd give the credit to BMW. They are the ones who made their system work with an iPod. Apple might have given support on it, but the connector was always there, right? -->>>

Agreed. If Apple would have done this the iPod wouldn't have ended up in the glove compartment :P I'm sure that Apple had something to do with this deal though...
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Old June 22nd, 2004, 06:42 AM   #8
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Greg: I'm not sure what you are doing. But if you click on the
word THIS in the first post it opens an iPod page at apple with
a movie (ad) in the middle of the screen. I just checked and
still works okay here.

Dave: that's what I'm saying. Ofcourse Apple had something to
do with it. But it looks to me like BMW did all the work....
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Old June 22nd, 2004, 06:47 AM   #9
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<<<-- Originally posted by Rob Lohman : Dave: that's what I'm saying. Ofcourse Apple had something to do with it. But it looks to me like BMW did all the work.... -->>>

I knew that's what you meant :) I just wish I could get that in my Ford Focus! Let's see, I would also dig Bluetooth for my cell phone and GPS to get me around, but that's another subject :P
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Old June 22nd, 2004, 06:57 AM   #10
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ok well, how many people here really have a BMW. I just got a NEW jeep grand cherokee, so what am i suppose to do.? This feature wouldn't only be offered to BMW owners would it?????
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Old June 22nd, 2004, 07:00 AM   #11
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Greg: as someone else noted it would be quite likely that car
entertainment manufacturers will incorporate it into more
products. That should be very likely. Then again there are plenty
of MP3 playing car systems already out that can play a lot of
MP3's directly from CD. That's a pretty long list as numbers as
well...
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Old June 22nd, 2004, 07:21 AM   #12
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But an iPod is much more than an Mp3 player. Not to mention the number of Mp3's that even the 10Gb (smallest) iPod holds. I use mine to store data and it has a copy of my OS and several disk recovery utilities to work on other Mac systems.
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Old June 22nd, 2004, 07:42 AM   #13
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Yeah I have the 10g and i love it, but I can't play it in my new jeep because it only has a cd player, and i dont want to hook up that device that you tune your radio to because i heard the quality sucks. I use to just hook it up to my tape player. But something that hooks up directly to my stereo and can be controlled by the buttons on my head unity/stearing wheel would be GREATTTTT!!!!!
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Old June 28th, 2004, 06:25 AM   #14
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Is this only going to be in BMW's
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Old June 28th, 2004, 06:57 AM   #15
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Bah! Who needs an iPod? I have a Kenwood Excellon in-dash cd player/tuner that plays MP3s. I can fit 12 albums on one CDR. Use the +/- keys to change tracks, and the AM/FM keys too change folders (albums).
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