http://www.engadget.com/2008/03/02/microsoft-speculates-on-ad-supported-sync/ Engadget Comments for Microsoft speculates on ad-supported Sync http://www.engadget.com/media/feedlogo.gif http://www.engadget.com en-us Copyright 2009 Weblogs, Inc. The contents of this feed are available for non-commercial use only. Blogsmith http://www.blogsmith.com/http://www.engadget.com/2008/03/02/microsoft-speculates-on-ad-supported-sync/http://www.engadget.com/2008/03/02/microsoft-speculates-on-ad-supported-sync/Mar 2nd 2008 5:45PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/03/02/microsoft-speculates-on-ad-supported-sync/http://www.engadget.com/2008/03/02/microsoft-speculates-on-ad-supported-sync/
But if it does, I'll just download Lavasoft's Auto Ad-Aware. While driving, the car may slow down while scanning for intrusive ads, but I would consider that a small price to pay so I won't get into an accident.]]>Mar 2nd 2008 5:56PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/03/02/microsoft-speculates-on-ad-supported-sync/http://www.engadget.com/2008/03/02/microsoft-speculates-on-ad-supported-sync/Mar 2nd 2008 7:06PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/03/02/microsoft-speculates-on-ad-supported-sync/http://www.engadget.com/2008/03/02/microsoft-speculates-on-ad-supported-sync/Mar 2nd 2008 8:05PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/03/02/microsoft-speculates-on-ad-supported-sync/http://www.engadget.com/2008/03/02/microsoft-speculates-on-ad-supported-sync/
Though to be fair, my understanding is iDrive runs MS software, and while it's got it's share of problems, random slowness/hanging is not one of them.

What they seem to not understand is that you don't OWN the airwaves, the rights to the music played on the radio, or the land that the billboards are on. Sure, you're *used* to seeing and hearing ads, but it doesn't mean you like it. Plus, it doesn't take up space on something you own. Why would I want some percentage of my (say) 800x600 display wasted on advertising? When you drop hundreds of dollars on a media system, or thousands on a SatNav system, you expect to be able to USE it.

They should instead compare it with how users would feel about paying for a computer, paying for a monitor, paying for a copy of Windows, and THEN having your hardware wasted to show you ads.

Some product/marketing folks just don't get it.]]>Mar 2nd 2008 10:18PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/03/02/microsoft-speculates-on-ad-supported-sync/http://www.engadget.com/2008/03/02/microsoft-speculates-on-ad-supported-sync/"your ads crashed my car!"
"have you tried getting and getting back in?"]]>Mar 3rd 2008 5:59AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/03/02/microsoft-speculates-on-ad-supported-sync/http://www.engadget.com/2008/03/02/microsoft-speculates-on-ad-supported-sync/Mar 2nd 2008 5:48PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/03/02/microsoft-speculates-on-ad-supported-sync/http://www.engadget.com/2008/03/02/microsoft-speculates-on-ad-supported-sync/Mar 2nd 2008 6:02PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/03/02/microsoft-speculates-on-ad-supported-sync/http://www.engadget.com/2008/03/02/microsoft-speculates-on-ad-supported-sync/Mar 2nd 2008 6:51PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/03/02/microsoft-speculates-on-ad-supported-sync/http://www.engadget.com/2008/03/02/microsoft-speculates-on-ad-supported-sync/Mar 2nd 2008 6:59PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/03/02/microsoft-speculates-on-ad-supported-sync/http://www.engadget.com/2008/03/02/microsoft-speculates-on-ad-supported-sync/But yeah they would be dumb not to support the iPod.]]>Mar 2nd 2008 7:29PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/03/02/microsoft-speculates-on-ad-supported-sync/http://www.engadget.com/2008/03/02/microsoft-speculates-on-ad-supported-sync/Mar 2nd 2008 7:34PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/03/02/microsoft-speculates-on-ad-supported-sync/http://www.engadget.com/2008/03/02/microsoft-speculates-on-ad-supported-sync/Mar 2nd 2008 7:46PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/03/02/microsoft-speculates-on-ad-supported-sync/http://www.engadget.com/2008/03/02/microsoft-speculates-on-ad-supported-sync/
I had a Halo 3 Edition Zune 30 and I loved it to death. Now that I have a Zune 80 though, I don't know why I carried around a player that thick...

I wish they would make a cool Halo Edition 80GB Zune.]]>Mar 2nd 2008 8:38PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/03/02/microsoft-speculates-on-ad-supported-sync/http://www.engadget.com/2008/03/02/microsoft-speculates-on-ad-supported-sync/
If an iPod is shown in the commercial they will just say 'Sync'

Wondering If it was just me?

]]>Mar 2nd 2008 9:31PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/03/02/microsoft-speculates-on-ad-supported-sync/http://www.engadget.com/2008/03/02/microsoft-speculates-on-ad-supported-sync/Mar 3rd 2008 1:21AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/03/02/microsoft-speculates-on-ad-supported-sync/http://www.engadget.com/2008/03/02/microsoft-speculates-on-ad-supported-sync/Mar 2nd 2008 5:49PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/03/02/microsoft-speculates-on-ad-supported-sync/http://www.engadget.com/2008/03/02/microsoft-speculates-on-ad-supported-sync/Mar 2nd 2008 6:29PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/03/02/microsoft-speculates-on-ad-supported-sync/http://www.engadget.com/2008/03/02/microsoft-speculates-on-ad-supported-sync/Mar 2nd 2008 6:32PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/03/02/microsoft-speculates-on-ad-supported-sync/http://www.engadget.com/2008/03/02/microsoft-speculates-on-ad-supported-sync/Mar 2nd 2008 7:41PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/03/02/microsoft-speculates-on-ad-supported-sync/http://www.engadget.com/2008/03/02/microsoft-speculates-on-ad-supported-sync/Mar 2nd 2008 8:01PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/03/02/microsoft-speculates-on-ad-supported-sync/http://www.engadget.com/2008/03/02/microsoft-speculates-on-ad-supported-sync/Mar 2nd 2008 10:10PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/03/02/microsoft-speculates-on-ad-supported-sync/http://www.engadget.com/2008/03/02/microsoft-speculates-on-ad-supported-sync/Mar 3rd 2008 12:04AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/03/02/microsoft-speculates-on-ad-supported-sync/http://www.engadget.com/2008/03/02/microsoft-speculates-on-ad-supported-sync/Mar 2nd 2008 5:50PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/03/02/microsoft-speculates-on-ad-supported-sync/http://www.engadget.com/2008/03/02/microsoft-speculates-on-ad-supported-sync/Mar 2nd 2008 6:02PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/03/02/microsoft-speculates-on-ad-supported-sync/http://www.engadget.com/2008/03/02/microsoft-speculates-on-ad-supported-sync/
The radio's commercials are understandable. They have to be paid somehow... and I don't listen to it. I use my iPod in my car.

Ford and Microsoft would regret this decision. ]]>Mar 2nd 2008 6:04PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/03/02/microsoft-speculates-on-ad-supported-sync/http://www.engadget.com/2008/03/02/microsoft-speculates-on-ad-supported-sync/No one said that you would be subjected to an ad when using your navigation system or changing a song. They merely hinted at the possibility of using targeted advertising to pay for additional, yet-to-be announced services. So far, there are no networked services available for Sync. They have only announced two upcoming features (for the Fall of 2008), which are 911 assistance and vehicle health reports. ]]>Mar 2nd 2008 6:23PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/03/02/microsoft-speculates-on-ad-supported-sync/http://www.engadget.com/2008/03/02/microsoft-speculates-on-ad-supported-sync/Mar 2nd 2008 6:25PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/03/02/microsoft-speculates-on-ad-supported-sync/http://www.engadget.com/2008/03/02/microsoft-speculates-on-ad-supported-sync/Mar 2nd 2008 9:16PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/03/02/microsoft-speculates-on-ad-supported-sync/http://www.engadget.com/2008/03/02/microsoft-speculates-on-ad-supported-sync/
If you're NOT going to link the navigation system, and just the current rendition of Sync - then what? When I wanna switch songs on my iPod will I have to listen to an ad? Or between calls will I have to hear about the current town I'm driving in to. I stopped listening to radio and solely to my iPod because of the advertising and song quality. I can pick what I want to listen to and NOT be bombarded with advertising every other song.

Call this FUD for me, but I'm wary about anything smelling of a major corporation ruining a technology that so far has been positive for the Microsoft and ford image. ]]>Mar 2nd 2008 6:58PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/03/02/microsoft-speculates-on-ad-supported-sync/http://www.engadget.com/2008/03/02/microsoft-speculates-on-ad-supported-sync/
And with that statement, I'm disregarding anything you're going to say because you're clearly out of your mind.]]>Mar 2nd 2008 7:01PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/03/02/microsoft-speculates-on-ad-supported-sync/http://www.engadget.com/2008/03/02/microsoft-speculates-on-ad-supported-sync/Mar 2nd 2008 7:09PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/03/02/microsoft-speculates-on-ad-supported-sync/http://www.engadget.com/2008/03/02/microsoft-speculates-on-ad-supported-sync/Mar 2nd 2008 7:28PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/03/02/microsoft-speculates-on-ad-supported-sync/http://www.engadget.com/2008/03/02/microsoft-speculates-on-ad-supported-sync/
Just because you don't like FM radio at all, doesn't mean other people don't. I really dislike it when people talk trash about things they don't even use.

Why do people still like use ad-supported radio? Why do they still exist?

Well it's free for starters. I get live news that comes to me instantly. I sometimes get a handy traffic tip if I don't have my navigation device handy. I sometimes enter in radio contests to win tickets and stuff. There's a daily mystery 'whodunit' on of the local stations. I get to hear new music. And did I mention it was free? ]]>Mar 2nd 2008 7:47PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/03/02/microsoft-speculates-on-ad-supported-sync/http://www.engadget.com/2008/03/02/microsoft-speculates-on-ad-supported-sync/
That was the point of the statement - to make an obviously ridiculous statement about how the ads will be implemented. The obvious method is to implement them as Points of Interest - which I'm completely against! I don't need McDonalds and Foot Locker flashing across my navigation just because I'm driving down freeway. ]]>Mar 3rd 2008 12:06AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/03/02/microsoft-speculates-on-ad-supported-sync/http://www.engadget.com/2008/03/02/microsoft-speculates-on-ad-supported-sync/Mar 2nd 2008 5:51PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/03/02/microsoft-speculates-on-ad-supported-sync/http://www.engadget.com/2008/03/02/microsoft-speculates-on-ad-supported-sync/Mar 2nd 2008 6:01PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/03/02/microsoft-speculates-on-ad-supported-sync/http://www.engadget.com/2008/03/02/microsoft-speculates-on-ad-supported-sync/Mar 2nd 2008 6:06PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/03/02/microsoft-speculates-on-ad-supported-sync/http://www.engadget.com/2008/03/02/microsoft-speculates-on-ad-supported-sync/Mar 2nd 2008 6:16PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/03/02/microsoft-speculates-on-ad-supported-sync/http://www.engadget.com/2008/03/02/microsoft-speculates-on-ad-supported-sync/b) You can just use a mail client like Thunderbird.
c) It's a small price to pay for such a great email service.
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Otherwise pay and enjoy ad free!

You'd think this was a choice between life and death.]]>Mar 2nd 2008 6:25PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/03/02/microsoft-speculates-on-ad-supported-sync/http://www.engadget.com/2008/03/02/microsoft-speculates-on-ad-supported-sync/]]>Mar 3rd 2008 7:01AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/03/02/microsoft-speculates-on-ad-supported-sync/http://www.engadget.com/2008/03/02/microsoft-speculates-on-ad-supported-sync/
The tubes only come into play in urban areas.]]>Mar 3rd 2008 10:31AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/03/02/microsoft-speculates-on-ad-supported-sync/http://www.engadget.com/2008/03/02/microsoft-speculates-on-ad-supported-sync/Mar 2nd 2008 5:52PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/03/02/microsoft-speculates-on-ad-supported-sync/http://www.engadget.com/2008/03/02/microsoft-speculates-on-ad-supported-sync/
Fix Or Repair Daily]]>Mar 2nd 2008 6:01PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/03/02/microsoft-speculates-on-ad-supported-sync/http://www.engadget.com/2008/03/02/microsoft-speculates-on-ad-supported-sync/]]>Mar 2nd 2008 6:02PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/03/02/microsoft-speculates-on-ad-supported-sync/http://www.engadget.com/2008/03/02/microsoft-speculates-on-ad-supported-sync/Mar 2nd 2008 6:04PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/03/02/microsoft-speculates-on-ad-supported-sync/http://www.engadget.com/2008/03/02/microsoft-speculates-on-ad-supported-sync/
its actually the camry... or accord. not sure which this week]]>Mar 2nd 2008 6:14PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/03/02/microsoft-speculates-on-ad-supported-sync/http://www.engadget.com/2008/03/02/microsoft-speculates-on-ad-supported-sync/Mar 2nd 2008 6:46PM