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Old May 15, 2008 | 05:18 AM
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Pretty cool!
http://www.bmw.com/com/en/insights/technol...n_internet.html
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Old May 15, 2008 | 05:23 AM
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It is a great feature. The best part is on google maps, i can choose an address and then send it directly (yes directly off google maps) to my car. When i get into my car, the address is already available in the idrive!! is that cool or what??? however, they do charge 175 eur per year for this service...
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Old May 15, 2008 | 05:38 AM
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Google Search on the iDrive is a different service to the Sending the Google Maps stuff from your PC to the Car. I have the latter but not the former.
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Old May 15, 2008 | 05:41 AM
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Originally Posted by bruce_miranda' post='581149' date='May 15 2008, 03:38 PM
Google Search on the iDrive is a different service to the Sending the Google Maps stuff from your PC to the Car. I have the latter but not the former.
In austria, it is part of the connected drive which consists of bmw online and bmw assist...
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Old May 15, 2008 | 07:15 AM
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I got both features on my car and they're free in the UK for three years Searching google from your car can be pretty slow though
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Old May 15, 2008 | 07:18 AM
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BMW Assist is really useful as well. I went on a ferry recently and had forgotten to bring my handbook with me, so I didn't know how to turn off my movement alarm. So I activated BMW Assist through I-drive and the guy, not only immediatlely knew where I was (scary) but also was able to talk to an engineer and tell me how to disable the alarm. Brilliant.
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Old May 15, 2008 | 10:28 PM
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This is a totally new feature (unrestricted internet access using EDGE i.e cellular)
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