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http://www.tengears.com/home/2007/12/27/video-review-of-sync.html

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You ask the ordinary person out there what Sync is and they'll look at you with a blank stare.

If you ask people who know about Sync what it does, I bet you won't get the same answer.

A voice activated MP3 player? is that what Sync is?

And your telling me that people are going to give up the reliability of a Honda/Toyota for a Ford because of a stereo system? Yah, OK. ]]>Jan 4th 2008 9:16AMhttp://www.autoblog.com/2008/01/03/surprise-fords-sync-sells-cars/http://www.autoblog.com/2008/01/03/surprise-fords-sync-sells-cars/Jan 3rd 2008 12:05PMhttp://www.autoblog.com/2008/01/03/surprise-fords-sync-sells-cars/http://www.autoblog.com/2008/01/03/surprise-fords-sync-sells-cars/
Woohoo!]]>Jan 3rd 2008 12:05PMhttp://www.autoblog.com/2008/01/03/surprise-fords-sync-sells-cars/http://www.autoblog.com/2008/01/03/surprise-fords-sync-sells-cars/Jan 3rd 2008 12:07PMhttp://www.autoblog.com/2008/01/03/surprise-fords-sync-sells-cars/http://www.autoblog.com/2008/01/03/surprise-fords-sync-sells-cars/Jan 3rd 2008 12:38PMhttp://www.autoblog.com/2008/01/03/surprise-fords-sync-sells-cars/http://www.autoblog.com/2008/01/03/surprise-fords-sync-sells-cars/Jan 3rd 2008 1:19PMhttp://www.autoblog.com/2008/01/03/surprise-fords-sync-sells-cars/http://www.autoblog.com/2008/01/03/surprise-fords-sync-sells-cars/
The only other option like this in the market is bluetooth phone systems in higher end vehicle lines, like Lexus and Audi, and it only gives you access to use the phone (like a blue-tooth headset) and songs you may have on that device. Sync not only gives you these capabilities, but also is the ONLY device capable of using voice commands for your Ipod (or other mps device), a USB stick and of course your phone or a cd. V2 will be out this year with significant upgrades and V3 will be out at the end of the year and will integrate voice activated navigation (where you tell the car where you want to go), and will allow you to speak text-messages and a ton of other cool features like alerting police of accidents, emergency services, etc... better than ONSTAR without the monthly fees... ]]>Jan 4th 2008 8:43AMhttp://www.autoblog.com/2008/01/03/surprise-fords-sync-sells-cars/http://www.autoblog.com/2008/01/03/surprise-fords-sync-sells-cars/
Again: the Sync is nothing revolutionary. It's just marketed well.]]>Jan 4th 2008 8:54AMhttp://www.autoblog.com/2008/01/03/surprise-fords-sync-sells-cars/http://www.autoblog.com/2008/01/03/surprise-fords-sync-sells-cars/Jan 6th 2008 7:45PMhttp://www.autoblog.com/2008/01/03/surprise-fords-sync-sells-cars/http://www.autoblog.com/2008/01/03/surprise-fords-sync-sells-cars/
Looks, no. Power, no. handling, no. Interior, no....you see where this is going.]]>Jan 3rd 2008 12:11PMhttp://www.autoblog.com/2008/01/03/surprise-fords-sync-sells-cars/http://www.autoblog.com/2008/01/03/surprise-fords-sync-sells-cars/
Nothing. Welcome to Marketing 101. ]]>Jan 3rd 2008 12:17PMhttp://www.autoblog.com/2008/01/03/surprise-fords-sync-sells-cars/http://www.autoblog.com/2008/01/03/surprise-fords-sync-sells-cars/Jan 3rd 2008 12:28PMhttp://www.autoblog.com/2008/01/03/surprise-fords-sync-sells-cars/http://www.autoblog.com/2008/01/03/surprise-fords-sync-sells-cars/Jan 3rd 2008 12:12PMhttp://www.autoblog.com/2008/01/03/surprise-fords-sync-sells-cars/http://www.autoblog.com/2008/01/03/surprise-fords-sync-sells-cars/Jan 3rd 2008 12:18PMhttp://www.autoblog.com/2008/01/03/surprise-fords-sync-sells-cars/http://www.autoblog.com/2008/01/03/surprise-fords-sync-sells-cars/
And actually the one that played (and the other guy responded right away with Korn for) was "play artist Michael Bolton."]]>Jan 3rd 2008 12:24PMhttp://www.autoblog.com/2008/01/03/surprise-fords-sync-sells-cars/http://www.autoblog.com/2008/01/03/surprise-fords-sync-sells-cars/
You idiots fail to realize that this is a simplified harware/software device, not unlike the Palm device which works great. This is not something that has to work with 10,000,000 different motherboards and graphics cards and software versions, etc, etc...effen etc.

Get a clue and get back with reality.

Ford has nailed it by offering a very cool and desirable and very affordable feature that people will use CONSTANTLY. And they have much more planned for upgrades.

The rest is either ignorance or jealousy.

Kudos to Ford.]]>Jan 3rd 2008 12:18PMhttp://www.autoblog.com/2008/01/03/surprise-fords-sync-sells-cars/http://www.autoblog.com/2008/01/03/surprise-fords-sync-sells-cars/Ford=Envy of the industry]]>Jan 3rd 2008 12:24PMhttp://www.autoblog.com/2008/01/03/surprise-fords-sync-sells-cars/http://www.autoblog.com/2008/01/03/surprise-fords-sync-sells-cars/Jan 3rd 2008 5:47PMhttp://www.autoblog.com/2008/01/03/surprise-fords-sync-sells-cars/http://www.autoblog.com/2008/01/03/surprise-fords-sync-sells-cars/
Too bad it is in one of the ugliest cars penned in the last 10 years. Throw sync in the Mustang, make the door panels look like they weren't designed by an early nineties boombox maker, and suddenly the Mustang might actually be an alternative to the WRX... oh wait, nevermind. Sorry, I don't know what came over me.]]>Jan 3rd 2008 12:25PM