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We have one of the worst broadband systems in the bloody world. We still offer dialup for god sake. We get to pay $40 for 2gb of wireless internet. JOY!]]>Sep 16th 2008 8:47AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/09/16/googling-bmws-coming-to-us-streets/http://www.engadget.com/2008/09/16/googling-bmws-coming-to-us-streets/Sep 16th 2008 8:47AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/09/16/googling-bmws-coming-to-us-streets/http://www.engadget.com/2008/09/16/googling-bmws-coming-to-us-streets/Sep 16th 2008 9:06AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/09/16/googling-bmws-coming-to-us-streets/http://www.engadget.com/2008/09/16/googling-bmws-coming-to-us-streets/Sep 16th 2008 9:07AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/09/16/googling-bmws-coming-to-us-streets/http://www.engadget.com/2008/09/16/googling-bmws-coming-to-us-streets/Sep 16th 2008 9:40AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/09/16/googling-bmws-coming-to-us-streets/http://www.engadget.com/2008/09/16/googling-bmws-coming-to-us-streets/
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Where do I sign up ....
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I've been on two tour busses with rolling internet and this idea would be great but GPRS? I don't want to believe such a forward thinking company like BMW is going to go with GPRS when a network like AT&T can do EDGE easily and 3G (with some technical difficulties).]]>Sep 16th 2008 10:32PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/09/16/googling-bmws-coming-to-us-streets/http://www.engadget.com/2008/09/16/googling-bmws-coming-to-us-streets/Sep 16th 2008 3:57PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/09/16/googling-bmws-coming-to-us-streets/http://www.engadget.com/2008/09/16/googling-bmws-coming-to-us-streets/Sep 16th 2008 9:05AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/09/16/googling-bmws-coming-to-us-streets/http://www.engadget.com/2008/09/16/googling-bmws-coming-to-us-streets/

I almost wrecked a $120,000 (USD) 7-series because I needed to use the dammed iDrive to change the radio... F*CK*NG SUCKS!]]>Sep 16th 2008 3:37PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/09/16/googling-bmws-coming-to-us-streets/http://www.engadget.com/2008/09/16/googling-bmws-coming-to-us-streets/Sep 16th 2008 9:07AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/09/16/googling-bmws-coming-to-us-streets/http://www.engadget.com/2008/09/16/googling-bmws-coming-to-us-streets/
I would gladly pay $199/year for this! Even when I buy a stu[id DVD update from Acura/Alpine, the maps are nowhere up to date as Google Maps! For example, my addess showed up in Google Maps about a year ago, however, the Acura/Alpine DVDs have yet to have the address in their system. LAME LAME LAME.

Needless to say, I think this is where navigation systems are going to go. You will either stream data directly to the car's GPS, or you will have constant updates over something like Wifi. Either way, it will be a hell of a lot better than what I have in my 2007 Acura TL (which is quite possibly the worst car Acura's ever made...(its my third, and last Acura I will ever buy).]]>Sep 16th 2008 9:09AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/09/16/googling-bmws-coming-to-us-streets/http://www.engadget.com/2008/09/16/googling-bmws-coming-to-us-streets/Sep 16th 2008 9:15AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/09/16/googling-bmws-coming-to-us-streets/http://www.engadget.com/2008/09/16/googling-bmws-coming-to-us-streets/Sep 16th 2008 10:53AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/09/16/googling-bmws-coming-to-us-streets/http://www.engadget.com/2008/09/16/googling-bmws-coming-to-us-streets/
Plus, since it's working over mobile phone, it'll be incredibly slow. A DVD-ROM, or better yet a hard drive, will be infinitely faster.....]]>Sep 16th 2008 11:19PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/09/16/googling-bmws-coming-to-us-streets/http://www.engadget.com/2008/09/16/googling-bmws-coming-to-us-streets/Sep 16th 2008 9:09AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/09/16/googling-bmws-coming-to-us-streets/http://www.engadget.com/2008/09/16/googling-bmws-coming-to-us-streets/Sep 16th 2008 9:12AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/09/16/googling-bmws-coming-to-us-streets/http://www.engadget.com/2008/09/16/googling-bmws-coming-to-us-streets/
But by only transfering the raw result data, even a GPRS connection works quite well (the reason for the slow connection is certainly the costs for a faster connection). So, searching e.g. a restaurant near you is very simple and well integrated, with up to date data (the POIs in my own Audi MMI DVD navigation system are often of a really sad quality) and by just clicking on a restaurant you get the driving directions. It is legal (at least in Germany) to use it during driving (Web browsing on your phone is not).

News and weather work in a similar fashion.

At the same time I got the demo of the current system, BMW showed a demo of the next generation real internet access at CeBIT.
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"but that does include standard BMW Assist functionality like locating your car if it's stolen or dispatching an ambulance if you're in a horrible accident."]]>Sep 16th 2008 10:20AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/09/16/googling-bmws-coming-to-us-streets/http://www.engadget.com/2008/09/16/googling-bmws-coming-to-us-streets/Sep 16th 2008 12:59PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/09/16/googling-bmws-coming-to-us-streets/http://www.engadget.com/2008/09/16/googling-bmws-coming-to-us-streets/
I have confirmed that it does, in fact, use EDGE.]]>Sep 16th 2008 10:20AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/09/16/googling-bmws-coming-to-us-streets/http://www.engadget.com/2008/09/16/googling-bmws-coming-to-us-streets/Sep 16th 2008 10:22AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/09/16/googling-bmws-coming-to-us-streets/http://www.engadget.com/2008/09/16/googling-bmws-coming-to-us-streets/Sep 16th 2008 10:30AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/09/16/googling-bmws-coming-to-us-streets/http://www.engadget.com/2008/09/16/googling-bmws-coming-to-us-streets/
i often find myself wanting to see a real-time doppler radar while driving. seems like the next logical step once you get access]]>Sep 16th 2008 10:52AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/09/16/googling-bmws-coming-to-us-streets/http://www.engadget.com/2008/09/16/googling-bmws-coming-to-us-streets/Sep 16th 2008 11:12AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/09/16/googling-bmws-coming-to-us-streets/http://www.engadget.com/2008/09/16/googling-bmws-coming-to-us-streets/Sep 16th 2008 8:29PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/09/16/googling-bmws-coming-to-us-streets/http://www.engadget.com/2008/09/16/googling-bmws-coming-to-us-streets/Sep 16th 2008 11:19AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/09/16/googling-bmws-coming-to-us-streets/http://www.engadget.com/2008/09/16/googling-bmws-coming-to-us-streets/
...from googling while driving?]]>Sep 16th 2008 12:25PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/09/16/googling-bmws-coming-to-us-streets/http://www.engadget.com/2008/09/16/googling-bmws-coming-to-us-streets/Sep 16th 2008 2:31PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/09/16/googling-bmws-coming-to-us-streets/http://www.engadget.com/2008/09/16/googling-bmws-coming-to-us-streets/]]>Sep 16th 2008 3:52PM