Korean BMW 7-series now features wireless charger for Samsung T*Omnia
By Ross Miller 
posted Feb 13th 2009 1:17AM
posted Feb 13th 2009 1:17AM
[Thanks, Tizian]
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you mean 5000 won which is about $5 give or take. 5 won wouldn't even be a penny
Gah! Just found out why I don't like that name, it reminds me of the T-Virus from the Resident Evil series!
No, the reason is that you're an idiot.
This is good. But why just in Korea?
Just curious, if you can afford a BMW 7-series, couldn't you also likely afford to have whatever charger you needed hard wired into it? It's nice to see it coming from the factory, but my local car electronics shop is pretty good...
if you can afford a 7 series in korea, you can afford to have a chauffeur as well as a secretary that'll answer your calls for you. i think the base cost of a 7(30i i think is the lowest?) in korea is in the hundreds of thousandS USD.
Gotta get a T*Omnia first, then I'll worry about the 7 series...
wow,bmw in noth korea...
Hi, i wanted people to laugh at my post but i failed miserably and i spelled the country wrong.
Somehow I don't think Samsung touts their involvement with iDrive...
Phone chargers just keep getting more and more expensive.
LOOOOL you must buy the 7 series to get it charged XD
I like this idea. Just make it for more cars and for more cell phone providers. And put it in cars that don't cost 50,000 dollars.
Talk about 50,000 dollars. People in Korea will be lining up to buy the basic edition with a 3.0L six-pot, theirs for only $100,000.
Not to mention my Dad just purchased a 325i convertible for US$145,000 here in Singapore.
Spoiled Americans.
Don't be Jealous. Come over here and I'll hook you up with a good deal.
$50K? Hook me up with YOUR BMW dealer... last time I checked, 7 series were more in the $90K + range, when bought new...
It would be nice if all cell phones used a standard charger so a install job on your car will last longer than 2 years when you get a new phone.
The idea is great, but the phone turn over is so fast that the charger in that car will be out of date faster than you can put 50,000 miles on it...
Depends on whether or not more phones support the wireless charging. I wouldn't be too surprised if the successor to the T*Omnia supports the same system, or other Samsung phones altogether. Then again, this is the kind of feature meant to appeal to those with more money than brains; if a wireless phone charger is a big enough factor in your buying decisions to sway your opinion, then you've either got too few options, or too much money to care about the more important factors. Of course, I think it's likely that it's just one of those things they can use as another bullet point in the flyer, whether or not it's actually useful.
why cant everyone just use USB? im drunk but im just sayin
You might be drunk, but that's the smartest thing said so far...
Agreed
USB should be standard for all things involving digital connections these days.
I think there was something lost in the translation here.
This is the standard cell phone charging cradle available on most BMWs. Apparently they've got a new adapter that fits this new Samsung phone. They have these for other phones as well, like the iPhone.
It charges your wireless phone, and there are no cables, but you definitely have to snap it in the dock. It's not "wireless charging" like those inductive charging mats where you can just lay your phone on the mat & it begins to charge.
Yeah, that what I was thinking. This was featured in the TV Show Lost.
Nice to see some Omnia love.
Guys. It's not wireless. It's just another snap-in adapter are far from new. It seems that relaying on Google Transition isn't a quality journalism trait.
http://accessories.bmwusa.com/ItemView.aspx?modelId=234&categoryId=112&productCategoryId=&menuId=2&subItemId=2&productId=982
Thank you. This is not exclusive to the 7 series most of the new models now include a cradle as shown and then you have to buy an adapter for it this is available in the 1 and the 3 series bmws already if not all.
cool