http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/07/myford-dash-and-sync-app-ecosystem-make-us-want-a-blue-oval/ Engadget Comments for 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/2010/01/07/myford-dash-and-sync-app-ecosystem-make-us-want-a-blue-oval/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/07/myford-dash-and-sync-app-ecosystem-make-us-want-a-blue-oval/Jan 7th 2010 12:07AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/07/myford-dash-and-sync-app-ecosystem-make-us-want-a-blue-oval/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/07/myford-dash-and-sync-app-ecosystem-make-us-want-a-blue-oval/No]]>Jan 7th 2010 12:10AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/07/myford-dash-and-sync-app-ecosystem-make-us-want-a-blue-oval/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/07/myford-dash-and-sync-app-ecosystem-make-us-want-a-blue-oval/Jan 7th 2010 1:49AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/07/myford-dash-and-sync-app-ecosystem-make-us-want-a-blue-oval/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/07/myford-dash-and-sync-app-ecosystem-make-us-want-a-blue-oval/Cool and thanks! I was just worried that it may be too big of an update for the original system.]]>Jan 7th 2010 1:57AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/07/myford-dash-and-sync-app-ecosystem-make-us-want-a-blue-oval/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/07/myford-dash-and-sync-app-ecosystem-make-us-want-a-blue-oval/Jan 7th 2010 12:08AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/07/myford-dash-and-sync-app-ecosystem-make-us-want-a-blue-oval/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/07/myford-dash-and-sync-app-ecosystem-make-us-want-a-blue-oval/Jan 7th 2010 12:13AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/07/myford-dash-and-sync-app-ecosystem-make-us-want-a-blue-oval/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/07/myford-dash-and-sync-app-ecosystem-make-us-want-a-blue-oval/
Still wish you could get OnStar in non-GM vehicles, though.]]>Jan 7th 2010 1:46AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/07/myford-dash-and-sync-app-ecosystem-make-us-want-a-blue-oval/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/07/myford-dash-and-sync-app-ecosystem-make-us-want-a-blue-oval/Onstar is available in many non-GM vehicles, like Audi, VW, etc. ]]>Jan 7th 2010 3:32AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/07/myford-dash-and-sync-app-ecosystem-make-us-want-a-blue-oval/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/07/myford-dash-and-sync-app-ecosystem-make-us-want-a-blue-oval/
GM cars are the only ones coming out with OnStar. OnStar was licensed to some other brands, including the ones you mentioned, for only a short time, and has been a GM exclusive since.]]>Jan 7th 2010 4:02AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/07/myford-dash-and-sync-app-ecosystem-make-us-want-a-blue-oval/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/07/myford-dash-and-sync-app-ecosystem-make-us-want-a-blue-oval/
This will be able to do (theoretically) everything that Onstar can do and definitely much more, but it's way better because YOU bring the 3G/4G modem to the table, plug it into your car which turns your whole vehicle into a wi-fi hotspot, and you can choose who provides your service. Then when you leave your car, you can take the usb modem with you so that you can plug it into your laptop or whatever. Fuck paying $30+/month for Onstar.

This is extremely exciting stuff. WANT WANT WANT.]]>Jan 7th 2010 10:20AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/07/myford-dash-and-sync-app-ecosystem-make-us-want-a-blue-oval/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/07/myford-dash-and-sync-app-ecosystem-make-us-want-a-blue-oval/I really want Ford tech in an Acura...]]>Jan 12th 2010 8:13AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/07/myford-dash-and-sync-app-ecosystem-make-us-want-a-blue-oval/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/07/myford-dash-and-sync-app-ecosystem-make-us-want-a-blue-oval/
But damn, I saw this, and I went ahead and placed an order tomorrow. I don't care how much it buys for. I know I'm going to make some money with Ford. This is further revolutionizing what they're already doing.]]>Jan 7th 2010 12:23AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/07/myford-dash-and-sync-app-ecosystem-make-us-want-a-blue-oval/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/07/myford-dash-and-sync-app-ecosystem-make-us-want-a-blue-oval/
Are we looking at the same Ford stocks? Cuz the chart I'm looking at doesn't show the stock to be all that high but it does look like you can make some quick money right now. I'd just be careful cuz all my signs are warning me against it.]]>Jan 7th 2010 2:31AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/07/myford-dash-and-sync-app-ecosystem-make-us-want-a-blue-oval/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/07/myford-dash-and-sync-app-ecosystem-make-us-want-a-blue-oval/Jan 7th 2010 8:46AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/07/myford-dash-and-sync-app-ecosystem-make-us-want-a-blue-oval/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/07/myford-dash-and-sync-app-ecosystem-make-us-want-a-blue-oval/
I don't see what you mean by everything pointing to it being a bad idea. They've got great cars, with nicer ones coming out to replace the old, outdated ones. ie. the Kuga -> Escape next year. Fiesta's a perfect car, everyone I know says it looks great. Mustang has amazing engines coming out. Taurus and Fusion are doing well with awards. They're working towards having a unified global product line, so they'll be making more money since there will be less design work. And they're announcing all this new stuff for Sync. Doing better than other car companies as well. And they are starting to have a better public opinion because they're the only domestic car company that didn't need help.

This myFord Touch is going to help sell nav like no other car company can do, I think. The LCDs in the dash are just too cool. And they can be controlled by voice, too. It's like the perfect in car system; you can use it however you want.

imo they're they most interesting non-luxury car company on the market right now. They're innovating and being desirable while everyone else seems to be just trying to survive. ]]>Jan 7th 2010 10:45AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/07/myford-dash-and-sync-app-ecosystem-make-us-want-a-blue-oval/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/07/myford-dash-and-sync-app-ecosystem-make-us-want-a-blue-oval/
ah I see.
as far as my signs, it's not what the company is doing cuz yeah everything it's doing is looking good, it's just the other factors I usually look at before buying into stock.]]>Jan 7th 2010 4:51PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/07/myford-dash-and-sync-app-ecosystem-make-us-want-a-blue-oval/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/07/myford-dash-and-sync-app-ecosystem-make-us-want-a-blue-oval/Jan 7th 2010 12:24AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/07/myford-dash-and-sync-app-ecosystem-make-us-want-a-blue-oval/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/07/myford-dash-and-sync-app-ecosystem-make-us-want-a-blue-oval/Jan 7th 2010 12:26AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/07/myford-dash-and-sync-app-ecosystem-make-us-want-a-blue-oval/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/07/myford-dash-and-sync-app-ecosystem-make-us-want-a-blue-oval/
Your widgets and app crash, and you keep on driving. So basically, nothing.

I think it's time we stop the trite "omg M$ lolz its gunna CRASH lulz!!111~~~!~!!"]]>Jan 7th 2010 12:50AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/07/myford-dash-and-sync-app-ecosystem-make-us-want-a-blue-oval/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/07/myford-dash-and-sync-app-ecosystem-make-us-want-a-blue-oval/Jan 7th 2010 12:28AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/07/myford-dash-and-sync-app-ecosystem-make-us-want-a-blue-oval/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/07/myford-dash-and-sync-app-ecosystem-make-us-want-a-blue-oval/Jan 7th 2010 12:25PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/07/myford-dash-and-sync-app-ecosystem-make-us-want-a-blue-oval/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/07/myford-dash-and-sync-app-ecosystem-make-us-want-a-blue-oval/Jan 7th 2010 12:31AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/07/myford-dash-and-sync-app-ecosystem-make-us-want-a-blue-oval/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/07/myford-dash-and-sync-app-ecosystem-make-us-want-a-blue-oval/Jan 7th 2010 12:36AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/07/myford-dash-and-sync-app-ecosystem-make-us-want-a-blue-oval/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/07/myford-dash-and-sync-app-ecosystem-make-us-want-a-blue-oval/Jan 12th 2010 9:26AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/07/myford-dash-and-sync-app-ecosystem-make-us-want-a-blue-oval/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/07/myford-dash-and-sync-app-ecosystem-make-us-want-a-blue-oval/Jan 7th 2010 12:37AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/07/myford-dash-and-sync-app-ecosystem-make-us-want-a-blue-oval/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/07/myford-dash-and-sync-app-ecosystem-make-us-want-a-blue-oval/Is it just me or is that Sony hardware controlled by Microsoft software?

hmm...]]>Jan 7th 2010 6:05AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/07/myford-dash-and-sync-app-ecosystem-make-us-want-a-blue-oval/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/07/myford-dash-and-sync-app-ecosystem-make-us-want-a-blue-oval/
I think back to the 80s, when having a carphone was an extravagance reserved for the wealthy and powerful, but it also took quite a bit of customization. AND, your car was tied to that one phone, period. If technology improved, you'd be facing a considerable amount of work and expense to upgrade.

In-car BT improved that considerably, making any appropriate phone adaptable, but this takes it even further, by allowing the user to plug in their own data service instead of being tied to one. This way, the user can change providers, or upgrade to new technology, simply by swapping a USB stick.

VERY nice. This is where it has to go.]]>Jan 7th 2010 12:46AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/07/myford-dash-and-sync-app-ecosystem-make-us-want-a-blue-oval/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/07/myford-dash-and-sync-app-ecosystem-make-us-want-a-blue-oval/
I like the idea of the ancillary driver displays, and I agree this is a much better idea than making the driver continually reference the center stack, but I am worried about all the switchgear that winds up on the steering wheel; I've driven entire cars that had fewer controls than even either side of that wheel.

I could totally see this being confusing and overwhelming to many drivers. Ford might want to equip its dealers with simulators which can be used not only to demonstrate these features, but also to give potential customers a chance to practice putting them to use before they try to learn in the midst of traffic.]]>Jan 7th 2010 12:57AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/07/myford-dash-and-sync-app-ecosystem-make-us-want-a-blue-oval/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/07/myford-dash-and-sync-app-ecosystem-make-us-want-a-blue-oval/I don't find the button layout at all confusing with SYNC. It's just one button that has a smiley face talking on it. You press that one speech control button and you can control any media. It's really convenient and easy. The other buttons don't have much to do with SYNC other than the volume and seek rockers, which are very easy to understand, but the other buttons are regular car controls.]]>Jan 7th 2010 2:03AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/07/myford-dash-and-sync-app-ecosystem-make-us-want-a-blue-oval/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/07/myford-dash-and-sync-app-ecosystem-make-us-want-a-blue-oval/Jan 7th 2010 12:59AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/07/myford-dash-and-sync-app-ecosystem-make-us-want-a-blue-oval/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/07/myford-dash-and-sync-app-ecosystem-make-us-want-a-blue-oval/
I'd also have to see how the voice control is. When my parents test drove a Fusion a while back it had a hard time understanding any of us with our southern accents. Plus that computer voice grinded on the nerves way too much for it to be bearable to use.]]>Jan 7th 2010 2:37AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/07/myford-dash-and-sync-app-ecosystem-make-us-want-a-blue-oval/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/07/myford-dash-and-sync-app-ecosystem-make-us-want-a-blue-oval/They're getting the Tegra 2/Atom combo:
http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/14/next-gen-dashboards-get-tegra-2-moblin-atom-we-go-hands-on/]]>Jan 15th 2010 10:08AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/07/myford-dash-and-sync-app-ecosystem-make-us-want-a-blue-oval/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/07/myford-dash-and-sync-app-ecosystem-make-us-want-a-blue-oval/Jan 7th 2010 1:08AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/07/myford-dash-and-sync-app-ecosystem-make-us-want-a-blue-oval/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/07/myford-dash-and-sync-app-ecosystem-make-us-want-a-blue-oval/Jan 7th 2010 1:27AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/07/myford-dash-and-sync-app-ecosystem-make-us-want-a-blue-oval/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/07/myford-dash-and-sync-app-ecosystem-make-us-want-a-blue-oval/Jan 7th 2010 2:15AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/07/myford-dash-and-sync-app-ecosystem-make-us-want-a-blue-oval/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/07/myford-dash-and-sync-app-ecosystem-make-us-want-a-blue-oval/All of the above. Ford ran a promo (last month, I think) where they were giving away Sync for free to people who pre-ordered the Fiesta.]]>Jan 7th 2010 3:22AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/07/myford-dash-and-sync-app-ecosystem-make-us-want-a-blue-oval/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/07/myford-dash-and-sync-app-ecosystem-make-us-want-a-blue-oval/I have an 05 F-150, and I'm trying to figure out how to add Sync to it. Looks like it's going to require not only a new headunit, but a new steering wheel as well.

Gonna stick with my Alpine unit for now, but if Ford keeps building new tech like this, it's going to be harder and harder looking at my baby the same. ]]>Jan 7th 2010 3:34AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/07/myford-dash-and-sync-app-ecosystem-make-us-want-a-blue-oval/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/07/myford-dash-and-sync-app-ecosystem-make-us-want-a-blue-oval/Jan 7th 2010 2:42AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/07/myford-dash-and-sync-app-ecosystem-make-us-want-a-blue-oval/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/07/myford-dash-and-sync-app-ecosystem-make-us-want-a-blue-oval/Most of those nested menus aren't available while driving in order to reduce distractions. You get everything set while stopped, and can flip through your favorites while driving...and barely take your attention away from the road.]]>Jan 7th 2010 9:17PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/07/myford-dash-and-sync-app-ecosystem-make-us-want-a-blue-oval/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/07/myford-dash-and-sync-app-ecosystem-make-us-want-a-blue-oval/
I agree with using colors to define things. Then why not have the main screen, instead of being a stupid wallpaper, just be 4 colored giant squares. Like an old Nokia phone, you can learn how to quickly navigate all the buttons because they are large and in the same place.

You all need to bring me on staff. Im no expert but I can easily design a better, safer system then that garbage.]]>Jan 7th 2010 3:10AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/07/myford-dash-and-sync-app-ecosystem-make-us-want-a-blue-oval/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/07/myford-dash-and-sync-app-ecosystem-make-us-want-a-blue-oval/Jan 7th 2010 7:11AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/07/myford-dash-and-sync-app-ecosystem-make-us-want-a-blue-oval/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/07/myford-dash-and-sync-app-ecosystem-make-us-want-a-blue-oval/Jan 7th 2010 10:42AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/07/myford-dash-and-sync-app-ecosystem-make-us-want-a-blue-oval/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/07/myford-dash-and-sync-app-ecosystem-make-us-want-a-blue-oval/
I don't know about you guys but I enjoy driving a car, not being driven like this is clearly trying to do. ]]>Jan 7th 2010 8:51AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/07/myford-dash-and-sync-app-ecosystem-make-us-want-a-blue-oval/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/07/myford-dash-and-sync-app-ecosystem-make-us-want-a-blue-oval/
1) Sync
2) 300+ hp and 30 mpg!
3) Company not owned by the federal government
]]>Jan 7th 2010 9:59AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/07/myford-dash-and-sync-app-ecosystem-make-us-want-a-blue-oval/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/07/myford-dash-and-sync-app-ecosystem-make-us-want-a-blue-oval/Jan 7th 2010 11:23AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/07/myford-dash-and-sync-app-ecosystem-make-us-want-a-blue-oval/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/07/myford-dash-and-sync-app-ecosystem-make-us-want-a-blue-oval/
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-ability to roll your own when it comes to 3g/4g provider
-ability to have slacker or pandora as a native app to stream your tunes
-ability to listen to and reply to txt messages while on the road
-ability to have custom apps to control your device (bb for me).

Thanks First On Race Day and Microsoft!]]>Jan 7th 2010 10:00AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/07/myford-dash-and-sync-app-ecosystem-make-us-want-a-blue-oval/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/07/myford-dash-and-sync-app-ecosystem-make-us-want-a-blue-oval/Jan 7th 2010 10:43AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/07/myford-dash-and-sync-app-ecosystem-make-us-want-a-blue-oval/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/07/myford-dash-and-sync-app-ecosystem-make-us-want-a-blue-oval/
Great stuff, but offer a dealer installed upgrade package to existing SYNC vehicles and you'd really be on to something. ]]>Jan 7th 2010 10:59AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/07/myford-dash-and-sync-app-ecosystem-make-us-want-a-blue-oval/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/07/myford-dash-and-sync-app-ecosystem-make-us-want-a-blue-oval/
Nothing really blows me away as far as the exterior look of the ford cars today. When I'm ready to get a new car I hope they will have better looking models.]]>Jan 7th 2010 11:55AM