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Mar 16, 2010 | 06:34 PM

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I just found this working in my car a few hours ago - I quickly videoed a demo and wrote this up (demo video is embedded in article).

BMW Adds News from CNN to BMW Assist

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BMW has been making continual improvements to the information services that are part of BMW Assist and has just added news from CNN, a fact discovered by The Diesel Driver today in our BMW 335d.

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Mar 16, 2010 | 08:21 PM

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can i get this in my 04" 545i?

Mar 16, 2010 | 08:26 PM

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Thanks Jonathan! It's about time BMW started giving the US customers some of these features!

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can i get this in my 04" 545i?

I'd say that would be a definite "no"...

Mar 16, 2010 | 11:48 PM

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How does this work? I have an '08 and have never heard that's possible to access google search......

Mar 17, 2010 | 02:32 AM

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I think you have to have the hard drive based Navigation/I-Drive for it to work, which in the case of the E60 is 2010 model.

Mar 17, 2010 | 05:03 AM

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Thanks Jonathan! It's about time BMW started giving the US customers some of these features!

With pleasure. I'm glad to see these features, too.

Mar 17, 2010 | 06:25 AM

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Jonathan, thanks for the post -- I didn't realize that any of these information features were available before reading your note. Really helpful.

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Mar 17, 2010 | 06:56 AM

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Thanks Jonathan! Are you paying the $199 right now? Or will this cost $199 a year after 4 years?

Mar 17, 2010 | 07:10 AM

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I think you have to have the hard drive based Navigation/I-Drive for it to work, which in the case of the E60 is 2010 model.

Ahh... Okay. Thanks.

Mar 17, 2010 | 04:03 PM

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Thanks Jonathan! Are you paying the $199 right now? Or will this cost $199 a year after 4 years?

It costs $199 p.a. now and in 4 years.

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