http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/18/ford-to-give-sync-some-app-store-flavor-opening-api-to-devs-in/ Engadget Comments for Ford to give Sync some App Store flavor, opening API to devs in 2010 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/2009/12/18/ford-to-give-sync-some-app-store-flavor-opening-api-to-devs-in/http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/18/ford-to-give-sync-some-app-store-flavor-opening-api-to-devs-in/Dec 18th 2009 2:13PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/12/18/ford-to-give-sync-some-app-store-flavor-opening-api-to-devs-in/http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/18/ford-to-give-sync-some-app-store-flavor-opening-api-to-devs-in/Dec 18th 2009 2:15PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/12/18/ford-to-give-sync-some-app-store-flavor-opening-api-to-devs-in/http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/18/ford-to-give-sync-some-app-store-flavor-opening-api-to-devs-in/
Please don't listen to marketing, Bill Gates! You'll become another Apple, with slick ad campaigns instead of fully functional products (see entry, iPhone)]]>Dec 18th 2009 2:41PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/12/18/ford-to-give-sync-some-app-store-flavor-opening-api-to-devs-in/http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/18/ford-to-give-sync-some-app-store-flavor-opening-api-to-devs-in/
Basically having a dock in the center console that will charge you phone and allow you to play Pandora, text-speech of emails, speech to text of text messages. Its going to be great.]]>Dec 18th 2009 2:42PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/12/18/ford-to-give-sync-some-app-store-flavor-opening-api-to-devs-in/http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/18/ford-to-give-sync-some-app-store-flavor-opening-api-to-devs-in/Dec 18th 2009 2:46PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/12/18/ford-to-give-sync-some-app-store-flavor-opening-api-to-devs-in/http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/18/ford-to-give-sync-some-app-store-flavor-opening-api-to-devs-in/
Don't hold your breath. They have released a new version with each model year, and they have not been good with updates. They've only released one update for version 2 so far and it is AWFUL! Had to go back to the old software cause the microphone stopped working after the update and she just kept asking what the hell I wanted after I pushed the SYNC button and would not respond to commands. Typical Microsoft, updates break more then they fix

Went back to original version and she listens to me again.]]>Dec 18th 2009 6:47PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/12/18/ford-to-give-sync-some-app-store-flavor-opening-api-to-devs-in/http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/18/ford-to-give-sync-some-app-store-flavor-opening-api-to-devs-in/
http://www.tvlesson.com/video/43812_how-to-use-the-ford-sync-system.html]]>Dec 18th 2009 2:46PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/12/18/ford-to-give-sync-some-app-store-flavor-opening-api-to-devs-in/http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/18/ford-to-give-sync-some-app-store-flavor-opening-api-to-devs-in/Dec 18th 2009 2:59PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/12/18/ford-to-give-sync-some-app-store-flavor-opening-api-to-devs-in/http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/18/ford-to-give-sync-some-app-store-flavor-opening-api-to-devs-in/Dec 18th 2009 3:08PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/12/18/ford-to-give-sync-some-app-store-flavor-opening-api-to-devs-in/http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/18/ford-to-give-sync-some-app-store-flavor-opening-api-to-devs-in/
Exactly what I was understanding too. Basically much how Google Chrome OS's programs don't exist on the computer or the OS, they are virtual and brought to you via the internet.

In this case, they are being used by sync, via bluetooth to your phone.]]>Dec 18th 2009 3:19PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/12/18/ford-to-give-sync-some-app-store-flavor-opening-api-to-devs-in/http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/18/ford-to-give-sync-some-app-store-flavor-opening-api-to-devs-in/They will indeed be running on Sync.]]>Dec 18th 2009 3:20PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/12/18/ford-to-give-sync-some-app-store-flavor-opening-api-to-devs-in/http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/18/ford-to-give-sync-some-app-store-flavor-opening-api-to-devs-in/Dec 18th 2009 3:32PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/12/18/ford-to-give-sync-some-app-store-flavor-opening-api-to-devs-in/http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/18/ford-to-give-sync-some-app-store-flavor-opening-api-to-devs-in/
(Chrome is basically a modified Linux OS with a very restrictive app dev model where an app runtime exists on the Chrome OS client (powered by Chrome Browser, V8 javascript engine, etc.) that renders html and javascript sent from a web server. Totally different....) ]]>Dec 18th 2009 6:10PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/12/18/ford-to-give-sync-some-app-store-flavor-opening-api-to-devs-in/http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/18/ford-to-give-sync-some-app-store-flavor-opening-api-to-devs-in/Dec 18th 2009 3:17PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/12/18/ford-to-give-sync-some-app-store-flavor-opening-api-to-devs-in/http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/18/ford-to-give-sync-some-app-store-flavor-opening-api-to-devs-in/Dec 18th 2009 3:50PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/12/18/ford-to-give-sync-some-app-store-flavor-opening-api-to-devs-in/http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/18/ford-to-give-sync-some-app-store-flavor-opening-api-to-devs-in/Dec 18th 2009 3:53PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/12/18/ford-to-give-sync-some-app-store-flavor-opening-api-to-devs-in/http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/18/ford-to-give-sync-some-app-store-flavor-opening-api-to-devs-in/
Fail system is fail. Need a delete button. You've revamped the system TWICE now, engadget, but still theres no edit or delete button. ]]>Dec 18th 2009 3:54PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/12/18/ford-to-give-sync-some-app-store-flavor-opening-api-to-devs-in/http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/18/ford-to-give-sync-some-app-store-flavor-opening-api-to-devs-in/Dec 18th 2009 6:25PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/12/18/ford-to-give-sync-some-app-store-flavor-opening-api-to-devs-in/http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/18/ford-to-give-sync-some-app-store-flavor-opening-api-to-devs-in/Dec 18th 2009 6:29PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/12/18/ford-to-give-sync-some-app-store-flavor-opening-api-to-devs-in/http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/18/ford-to-give-sync-some-app-store-flavor-opening-api-to-devs-in/
It will probably only be available to version 4 or 5. Ford has not been kind to early adopters despite promises since SYNC first came out that there would be new features added... well, they've added new stuff every year but they keep on making it incompatible with the existing cars with earlier versions.

Typical automaker mentality - want the new features, buy a new car.]]>Dec 18th 2009 6:40PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/12/18/ford-to-give-sync-some-app-store-flavor-opening-api-to-devs-in/http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/18/ford-to-give-sync-some-app-store-flavor-opening-api-to-devs-in/
But yeah, I would hate to have to buy a Ford just to make apps for Sync. A simulator seems like a necessity, and Beta testers would be very valuable.]]>Dec 18th 2009 6:45PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/12/18/ford-to-give-sync-some-app-store-flavor-opening-api-to-devs-in/http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/18/ford-to-give-sync-some-app-store-flavor-opening-api-to-devs-in/Dec 18th 2009 7:23PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/12/18/ford-to-give-sync-some-app-store-flavor-opening-api-to-devs-in/http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/18/ford-to-give-sync-some-app-store-flavor-opening-api-to-devs-in/Dec 18th 2009 10:58PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/12/18/ford-to-give-sync-some-app-store-flavor-opening-api-to-devs-in/http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/18/ford-to-give-sync-some-app-store-flavor-opening-api-to-devs-in/Dec 18th 2009 11:36PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/12/18/ford-to-give-sync-some-app-store-flavor-opening-api-to-devs-in/http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/18/ford-to-give-sync-some-app-store-flavor-opening-api-to-devs-in/http://www.freescale.com/webapp/sps/site/prod_summary.jsp?code=i.MX31PDK&parentCode=i.MX31&fpsp=1&nodeId=0162468rH31143ZrDR66B1
I believe a version of this “personality module” and "processor module” is the guts of your Ford Sync. Note the 128MB DDR SDRAM, 256MB NAND FLASH, WINDOWS CE. Can anyone verify or add to this?
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This technology is exciting and does have me at least stopping by the FORD dealership to look. ]]>Dec 23rd 2009 1:45PM