http://www.engadget.com/2008/11/30/bmw-product-navigator-create-your-next-bimmer-on-a-surface/ Engadget Comments for BMW Product Navigator: create your next Bimmer on a Surface http://www.engadget.com/media/feedlogo.gif http://www.engadget.com en-us Copyright 2012 Weblogs, Inc. The contents of this feed are available for non-commercial use only. Blogsmith http://www.blogsmith.com/http://www.engadget.com/2008/11/30/bmw-product-navigator-create-your-next-bimmer-on-a-surface/http://www.engadget.com/2008/11/30/bmw-product-navigator-create-your-next-bimmer-on-a-surface/Nov 30th 2008 11:55PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/11/30/bmw-product-navigator-create-your-next-bimmer-on-a-surface/http://www.engadget.com/2008/11/30/bmw-product-navigator-create-your-next-bimmer-on-a-surface/
Direct interaction: Facility to manage digital information with hand gestures and touch instead on mouse and keyboard.

Multi-touch contact: User need not use only one finger to manage digital data. If user dips five fingers in five different colors in the on screen paint palette and draws five lines with five fingers, you get five lines with five colors.

Multi-user experience: Typical computers accept only one keyboard and a mouse. Microsoft Surface accepts multiple inputs from multiple users. More than one person sitting across the Surface, can do independent work on the same Surface.

Object recognition: The system can identify physical objects placed on the Surface. It can relate the appropriate software for the appropriate item placed on surface. Objects may be recognized based on their shape or on special codes ( like barcodes) affixed to them.


I would fucking buy one right away if I can afford it.]]>Dec 1st 2008 12:28AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/11/30/bmw-product-navigator-create-your-next-bimmer-on-a-surface/http://www.engadget.com/2008/11/30/bmw-product-navigator-create-your-next-bimmer-on-a-surface/
I know it's cool, but you're making it sound like a Cocaine muffin.]]>Dec 1st 2008 12:38AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/11/30/bmw-product-navigator-create-your-next-bimmer-on-a-surface/http://www.engadget.com/2008/11/30/bmw-product-navigator-create-your-next-bimmer-on-a-surface/Dec 1st 2008 12:46AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/11/30/bmw-product-navigator-create-your-next-bimmer-on-a-surface/http://www.engadget.com/2008/11/30/bmw-product-navigator-create-your-next-bimmer-on-a-surface/Dec 1st 2008 12:51AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/11/30/bmw-product-navigator-create-your-next-bimmer-on-a-surface/http://www.engadget.com/2008/11/30/bmw-product-navigator-create-your-next-bimmer-on-a-surface/
Hey buddy! There is a real life car right behind you! Turn around and look at it.]]>Nov 30th 2008 11:59PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/11/30/bmw-product-navigator-create-your-next-bimmer-on-a-surface/http://www.engadget.com/2008/11/30/bmw-product-navigator-create-your-next-bimmer-on-a-surface/
Then there is a waiting list for many cars, and they usually are not on the showroom floor. Want an X6? There is a 3 month wait where I live. Want an M5? Wait a year. If you want those cars, you can't just turn around and look at it.

Then there is the very little-known BMW Individual. Not available in the US (unless you are very close to your dealer) because of various laws, you can have BMW personalize your car in any way you want. An M E86 was never mass produced in Dakkar Yellow (I know of only 3 made in this color - all through Individual). If you want one though, use the Individual program, pay about $10,000 more to have your car shipped from Spartanburg to Germany, painted, then shipped back yellow. You don't want to just pick yellow without knowing exactly what it looks like, and since there are only 3, you just can't turn around and look at it.

With all the options, dealers cannot have a demo car with every single option for both showroom space and cost reasons. Put a Surface on the showroom floor to let you see how the options effect the look, then drive the one demo model to make sure you like the feel of it.

When you are paying $50,000-$120,000 or more for a BMW, it is not like picking out a $14,000 Ford Focus. Paying that much, you configure everything the way you want. Most people special order their BMWs and do not just buy off the lot.]]>Dec 1st 2008 1:32AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/11/30/bmw-product-navigator-create-your-next-bimmer-on-a-surface/http://www.engadget.com/2008/11/30/bmw-product-navigator-create-your-next-bimmer-on-a-surface/
Working in the Automotive Made-To-Order segment, I can tell you that you can do the very same with your Ford Focus or most other cheap cars. Only, in the US that is not how the Automotive Industry sees it, and instead they build cars Sovjet style by spitting out what they think the customers should buy, in the quantities they hope they will buy.

In Europe and Asia, even small cars are made to order, with your choice of engines, color, trim, suspension etc. You then wait up to 10 weeks, and you get the car just as you requested.

Small note: Ford Transit comes in 60 million versions ...

/Nc]]>Dec 1st 2008 2:56PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/11/30/bmw-product-navigator-create-your-next-bimmer-on-a-surface/http://www.engadget.com/2008/11/30/bmw-product-navigator-create-your-next-bimmer-on-a-surface/
Try Beamer]]>Dec 1st 2008 12:05AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/11/30/bmw-product-navigator-create-your-next-bimmer-on-a-surface/http://www.engadget.com/2008/11/30/bmw-product-navigator-create-your-next-bimmer-on-a-surface/
In the United States, the term "Bimmer" was later coined to refer (exclusively) to BMW automobiles. As such, use of the word "Beemer" to refer to a BMW automobile is frowned upon by some BMW enthusiasts,[11] because it is the term used for motorcycles. Although the distinction is arbitrary, the media, movies, and people still use the term "Beemer" to refer to the automobiles.

-wiki.]]>Dec 1st 2008 12:21AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/11/30/bmw-product-navigator-create-your-next-bimmer-on-a-surface/http://www.engadget.com/2008/11/30/bmw-product-navigator-create-your-next-bimmer-on-a-surface/Dec 1st 2008 12:14AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/11/30/bmw-product-navigator-create-your-next-bimmer-on-a-surface/http://www.engadget.com/2008/11/30/bmw-product-navigator-create-your-next-bimmer-on-a-surface/Dec 1st 2008 12:20AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/11/30/bmw-product-navigator-create-your-next-bimmer-on-a-surface/http://www.engadget.com/2008/11/30/bmw-product-navigator-create-your-next-bimmer-on-a-surface/IBM made punch card machine to keep track of their extermination victims.
Apple is name given to male concubine used as Nazi slave sex.]]>Dec 1st 2008 3:23AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/11/30/bmw-product-navigator-create-your-next-bimmer-on-a-surface/http://www.engadget.com/2008/11/30/bmw-product-navigator-create-your-next-bimmer-on-a-surface/Dec 1st 2008 11:07AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/11/30/bmw-product-navigator-create-your-next-bimmer-on-a-surface/http://www.engadget.com/2008/11/30/bmw-product-navigator-create-your-next-bimmer-on-a-surface/Dec 1st 2008 12:41PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/11/30/bmw-product-navigator-create-your-next-bimmer-on-a-surface/http://www.engadget.com/2008/11/30/bmw-product-navigator-create-your-next-bimmer-on-a-surface/
Actually, BMW is short for Bayerische Motoren Werke. So their logo shows the checkered Bayern flag, not a spinning propeller. ]]>Dec 1st 2008 1:22PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/11/30/bmw-product-navigator-create-your-next-bimmer-on-a-surface/http://www.engadget.com/2008/11/30/bmw-product-navigator-create-your-next-bimmer-on-a-surface/Dec 1st 2008 12:07AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/11/30/bmw-product-navigator-create-your-next-bimmer-on-a-surface/http://www.engadget.com/2008/11/30/bmw-product-navigator-create-your-next-bimmer-on-a-surface/
I bit an "i" before the Surface would've made Darren a happy kid.]]>Dec 1st 2008 12:32AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/11/30/bmw-product-navigator-create-your-next-bimmer-on-a-surface/http://www.engadget.com/2008/11/30/bmw-product-navigator-create-your-next-bimmer-on-a-surface/
I bit an "i" before the Surface would've made Darren a happy kid.]]>Dec 1st 2008 12:33AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/11/30/bmw-product-navigator-create-your-next-bimmer-on-a-surface/http://www.engadget.com/2008/11/30/bmw-product-navigator-create-your-next-bimmer-on-a-surface/Dec 1st 2008 12:07AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/11/30/bmw-product-navigator-create-your-next-bimmer-on-a-surface/http://www.engadget.com/2008/11/30/bmw-product-navigator-create-your-next-bimmer-on-a-surface/
Engadget, fix this shitty comment system, and add more features such as deleting my comment before a certain time, or maybe not allow me to double post that fast.]]>Dec 1st 2008 12:36AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/11/30/bmw-product-navigator-create-your-next-bimmer-on-a-surface/http://www.engadget.com/2008/11/30/bmw-product-navigator-create-your-next-bimmer-on-a-surface/Dec 1st 2008 12:08AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/11/30/bmw-product-navigator-create-your-next-bimmer-on-a-surface/http://www.engadget.com/2008/11/30/bmw-product-navigator-create-your-next-bimmer-on-a-surface/Dec 1st 2008 3:13AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/11/30/bmw-product-navigator-create-your-next-bimmer-on-a-surface/http://www.engadget.com/2008/11/30/bmw-product-navigator-create-your-next-bimmer-on-a-surface/Dec 1st 2008 3:22AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/11/30/bmw-product-navigator-create-your-next-bimmer-on-a-surface/http://www.engadget.com/2008/11/30/bmw-product-navigator-create-your-next-bimmer-on-a-surface/Dec 1st 2008 12:09AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/11/30/bmw-product-navigator-create-your-next-bimmer-on-a-surface/http://www.engadget.com/2008/11/30/bmw-product-navigator-create-your-next-bimmer-on-a-surface/I herd you liek driving
so we put a car in your car
SO THAT YOU CAN DRIVE WHILE YOU'RE DRIVING!!1]]>Dec 1st 2008 12:10AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/11/30/bmw-product-navigator-create-your-next-bimmer-on-a-surface/http://www.engadget.com/2008/11/30/bmw-product-navigator-create-your-next-bimmer-on-a-surface/Dec 1st 2008 12:10AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/11/30/bmw-product-navigator-create-your-next-bimmer-on-a-surface/http://www.engadget.com/2008/11/30/bmw-product-navigator-create-your-next-bimmer-on-a-surface/Dec 1st 2008 12:13AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/11/30/bmw-product-navigator-create-your-next-bimmer-on-a-surface/http://www.engadget.com/2008/11/30/bmw-product-navigator-create-your-next-bimmer-on-a-surface/
Until then, the average American wallet is saying, "I'll be taking that 35mpg Japanese car over an American made car so I can save up on cash to pay for my mortgage."

AKBlade13]]>Dec 1st 2008 12:20AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/11/30/bmw-product-navigator-create-your-next-bimmer-on-a-surface/http://www.engadget.com/2008/11/30/bmw-product-navigator-create-your-next-bimmer-on-a-surface/Dec 1st 2008 12:21AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/11/30/bmw-product-navigator-create-your-next-bimmer-on-a-surface/http://www.engadget.com/2008/11/30/bmw-product-navigator-create-your-next-bimmer-on-a-surface/Dec 1st 2008 12:29AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/11/30/bmw-product-navigator-create-your-next-bimmer-on-a-surface/http://www.engadget.com/2008/11/30/bmw-product-navigator-create-your-next-bimmer-on-a-surface/
Why are you people, including Engadget, acting all wise and smart about it? It is really simple: Look for a car, try it, then use MS Surface to customize it. I don't see a better way to do it right now, or in other words, the surface allows you to decide on spot and finish deal faster than going back home and using some lame flash online app, then photoshoping your brains out just to see how it will look later on.

People, the least you can say is: Amazing! And kudos to Microsoft then BMW for jumping into better customer service era.]]>Dec 1st 2008 12:23AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/11/30/bmw-product-navigator-create-your-next-bimmer-on-a-surface/http://www.engadget.com/2008/11/30/bmw-product-navigator-create-your-next-bimmer-on-a-surface/
And for the record, it's Bimmer, NOT Beamer. Check any car mag or car website. (still not saying I can afford one)]]>Dec 1st 2008 12:23AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/11/30/bmw-product-navigator-create-your-next-bimmer-on-a-surface/http://www.engadget.com/2008/11/30/bmw-product-navigator-create-your-next-bimmer-on-a-surface/Dec 1st 2008 12:23AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/11/30/bmw-product-navigator-create-your-next-bimmer-on-a-surface/http://www.engadget.com/2008/11/30/bmw-product-navigator-create-your-next-bimmer-on-a-surface/Dec 1st 2008 12:26AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/11/30/bmw-product-navigator-create-your-next-bimmer-on-a-surface/http://www.engadget.com/2008/11/30/bmw-product-navigator-create-your-next-bimmer-on-a-surface/Dec 1st 2008 12:34AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/11/30/bmw-product-navigator-create-your-next-bimmer-on-a-surface/http://www.engadget.com/2008/11/30/bmw-product-navigator-create-your-next-bimmer-on-a-surface/Dec 1st 2008 1:23AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/11/30/bmw-product-navigator-create-your-next-bimmer-on-a-surface/http://www.engadget.com/2008/11/30/bmw-product-navigator-create-your-next-bimmer-on-a-surface/You're an attention whore. I pressed the !.]]>Dec 1st 2008 12:24AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/11/30/bmw-product-navigator-create-your-next-bimmer-on-a-surface/http://www.engadget.com/2008/11/30/bmw-product-navigator-create-your-next-bimmer-on-a-surface/Dec 1st 2008 12:37AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/11/30/bmw-product-navigator-create-your-next-bimmer-on-a-surface/http://www.engadget.com/2008/11/30/bmw-product-navigator-create-your-next-bimmer-on-a-surface/Dec 1st 2008 1:16AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/11/30/bmw-product-navigator-create-your-next-bimmer-on-a-surface/http://www.engadget.com/2008/11/30/bmw-product-navigator-create-your-next-bimmer-on-a-surface/Dec 1st 2008 2:25AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/11/30/bmw-product-navigator-create-your-next-bimmer-on-a-surface/http://www.engadget.com/2008/11/30/bmw-product-navigator-create-your-next-bimmer-on-a-surface/
i think people like to be negative just for the sake of being negative. ]]>Dec 1st 2008 12:39AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/11/30/bmw-product-navigator-create-your-next-bimmer-on-a-surface/http://www.engadget.com/2008/11/30/bmw-product-navigator-create-your-next-bimmer-on-a-surface/Dec 1st 2008 1:30AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/11/30/bmw-product-navigator-create-your-next-bimmer-on-a-surface/http://www.engadget.com/2008/11/30/bmw-product-navigator-create-your-next-bimmer-on-a-surface/
What you fail to realize, my friend, is the number "454" iEye so adoringly refers to is his weight. Now, while some of you may view this as a Handicap, ask yourself: "who besides iEye can store their iPhone so neatly tucked deep in his navel?"]]>Dec 1st 2008 1:33AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/11/30/bmw-product-navigator-create-your-next-bimmer-on-a-surface/http://www.engadget.com/2008/11/30/bmw-product-navigator-create-your-next-bimmer-on-a-surface/
I'm stickin with Lexus.]]>Dec 1st 2008 4:51AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/11/30/bmw-product-navigator-create-your-next-bimmer-on-a-surface/http://www.engadget.com/2008/11/30/bmw-product-navigator-create-your-next-bimmer-on-a-surface/Dec 1st 2008 4:32PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/11/30/bmw-product-navigator-create-your-next-bimmer-on-a-surface/http://www.engadget.com/2008/11/30/bmw-product-navigator-create-your-next-bimmer-on-a-surface/Dec 1st 2008 2:44AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/11/30/bmw-product-navigator-create-your-next-bimmer-on-a-surface/http://www.engadget.com/2008/11/30/bmw-product-navigator-create-your-next-bimmer-on-a-surface/Dec 1st 2008 3:49AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/11/30/bmw-product-navigator-create-your-next-bimmer-on-a-surface/http://www.engadget.com/2008/11/30/bmw-product-navigator-create-your-next-bimmer-on-a-surface/then
imagine comments]]>Dec 1st 2008 8:54AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/11/30/bmw-product-navigator-create-your-next-bimmer-on-a-surface/http://www.engadget.com/2008/11/30/bmw-product-navigator-create-your-next-bimmer-on-a-surface/http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TAanod1F6bI]]>Dec 1st 2008 9:06AM