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<generator>Blogsmith http://www.blogsmith.com/</generator><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on CES 2008: Bill Gates announces SYNC 2.0]]></title><link>http://www.autoblog.com/2008/01/06/ces-2008-bill-gates-announces-sync-2-0/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.autoblog.com/2008/01/06/ces-2008-bill-gates-announces-sync-2-0/</guid><description><![CDATA[not having to pay monthly for the same stuff that onstar has... works for me]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[Austin]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Jan 6th 2008 10:46PM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on CES 2008: Bill Gates announces SYNC 2.0]]></title><link>http://www.autoblog.com/2008/01/06/ces-2008-bill-gates-announces-sync-2-0/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.autoblog.com/2008/01/06/ces-2008-bill-gates-announces-sync-2-0/</guid><description><![CDATA[I wonder if OnStar will be free now]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[SGV]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Jan 6th 2008 11:18PM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on CES 2008: Bill Gates announces SYNC 2.0]]></title><link>http://www.autoblog.com/2008/01/06/ces-2008-bill-gates-announces-sync-2-0/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.autoblog.com/2008/01/06/ces-2008-bill-gates-announces-sync-2-0/</guid><description><![CDATA[Somehow the thought of relying on a Microsoft product to aid injured passengers is not the least bit comforting.  Undoubtedly, Microsoft will be providing 911 operators with ambiguities such as "passenger with GPF", or "driver has blue screen of death".  If Microsoft operating systems can't clearly communicate issues with the users (issues that shouldn't exist to begin with), how can they honestly be relied upon for life critical issues?<br><br>The SYNC product and versatility is loooong overdue in vehicles.  However, I'm hoping that other manufacturers wise up and go with a more stable and open source operating system such as Linux.<br><br>]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[RockStoneSteel]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Jan 6th 2008 11:32PM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on CES 2008: Bill Gates announces SYNC 2.0]]></title><link>http://www.autoblog.com/2008/01/06/ces-2008-bill-gates-announces-sync-2-0/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.autoblog.com/2008/01/06/ces-2008-bill-gates-announces-sync-2-0/</guid><description><![CDATA[Seriously?<br>The system appears to work and be easy enough to use that car salesmen are capable of explaining it to car buyers.  Why does that bother you so much?]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[nardvark]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Jan 6th 2008 11:49PM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on CES 2008: Bill Gates announces SYNC 2.0]]></title><link>http://www.autoblog.com/2008/01/06/ces-2008-bill-gates-announces-sync-2-0/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.autoblog.com/2008/01/06/ces-2008-bill-gates-announces-sync-2-0/</guid><description><![CDATA[the problem with windows is that it has to be made to work on thousands of different platforms, many of which dont use any of the same hardware...it's bound to fail on some. this is why apple has stuck to making their own hardware. that's what makes this microsoft product better than windows, because it runs on the same hardware in every vehicle and eliminates the issues that Windows has]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[Will]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Jan 7th 2008 12:00AM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on CES 2008: Bill Gates announces SYNC 2.0]]></title><link>http://www.autoblog.com/2008/01/06/ces-2008-bill-gates-announces-sync-2-0/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.autoblog.com/2008/01/06/ces-2008-bill-gates-announces-sync-2-0/</guid><description><![CDATA[hahahha!  Nice.<br><br>I'm sorry your 911 call has encountered an error and needs to restart.  Click (?) here to notify Microsoft.]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[wer]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Jan 7th 2008 12:08AM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on CES 2008: Bill Gates announces SYNC 2.0]]></title><link>http://www.autoblog.com/2008/01/06/ces-2008-bill-gates-announces-sync-2-0/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.autoblog.com/2008/01/06/ces-2008-bill-gates-announces-sync-2-0/</guid><description><![CDATA[Oh please.  What would you rather have?  An accident where you are too injured to move, or have been thrown from your vechicle, hoping that passers-by will see the accident and call 911?  I'm not saying this is perfect, but it's better than nothing.  This is a system that, while built on Windows code, is customized for this specific purpose.  They did the same thing with Smartphones, and while you can argue which phone OS is better, the success of phones like the Blackjack show that they are good enough.]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[xuttah]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Jan 7th 2008 12:20AM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on CES 2008: Bill Gates announces SYNC 2.0]]></title><link>http://www.autoblog.com/2008/01/06/ces-2008-bill-gates-announces-sync-2-0/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.autoblog.com/2008/01/06/ces-2008-bill-gates-announces-sync-2-0/</guid><description><![CDATA[I was thinking the exact same thing.  One company I would trust my life to is Glock.  Microsoft isn't on the list.]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[Rob]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Jan 7th 2008 3:31AM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on CES 2008: Bill Gates announces SYNC 2.0]]></title><link>http://www.autoblog.com/2008/01/06/ces-2008-bill-gates-announces-sync-2-0/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.autoblog.com/2008/01/06/ces-2008-bill-gates-announces-sync-2-0/</guid><description><![CDATA[@Will<br><br>Apple does not make their own computer hardware.  I don't know where your getting that from.  They get their processers from intel, their VGA cards from NVidia, etc. Sure there might be some parts that are made specifically for them, but they are no different then the parts that go into PCs.  Same parts, same failure rates.  In the end, it's just a computer.<br><br>Now OS's are a different story, but Microsoft bashing isn't getting anywhere.]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[MC]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Jan 7th 2008 10:49AM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on CES 2008: Bill Gates announces SYNC 2.0]]></title><link>http://www.autoblog.com/2008/01/06/ces-2008-bill-gates-announces-sync-2-0/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.autoblog.com/2008/01/06/ces-2008-bill-gates-announces-sync-2-0/</guid><description><![CDATA[Unless of course your point was the OS, well, then i just missed it.]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[MC]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Jan 7th 2008 12:16PM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on CES 2008: Bill Gates announces SYNC 2.0]]></title><link>http://www.autoblog.com/2008/01/06/ces-2008-bill-gates-announces-sync-2-0/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.autoblog.com/2008/01/06/ces-2008-bill-gates-announces-sync-2-0/</guid><description><![CDATA[I think his point is that Apple controls their machines' hardware configurations -- limiting them to just a few.<br><br>PCs tend to be found with lots of wacky configurations, which convolutes the software test matrix.]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[RP]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Jan 7th 2008 12:25PM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on CES 2008: Bill Gates announces SYNC 2.0]]></title><link>http://www.autoblog.com/2008/01/06/ces-2008-bill-gates-announces-sync-2-0/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.autoblog.com/2008/01/06/ces-2008-bill-gates-announces-sync-2-0/</guid><description><![CDATA[Found On Road Dead has a whole new meaning.]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[Richard]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Jan 7th 2008 12:27AM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on CES 2008: Bill Gates announces SYNC 2.0]]></title><link>http://www.autoblog.com/2008/01/06/ces-2008-bill-gates-announces-sync-2-0/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.autoblog.com/2008/01/06/ces-2008-bill-gates-announces-sync-2-0/</guid><description><![CDATA[i just wished they sold SYNC as an aftermarket product...  there is no in car system that can do what sync does for the price. compare sync what any thing that BMW, merc Honda or Toyota... the best feature is that it does not control car functions like AC, ride height, etc... and plus it seems that it can come with or with out navigation... cause the lower center stack is no place to look while driving...]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[retsel]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Jan 7th 2008 1:26AM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on CES 2008: Bill Gates announces SYNC 2.0]]></title><link>http://www.autoblog.com/2008/01/06/ces-2008-bill-gates-announces-sync-2-0/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.autoblog.com/2008/01/06/ces-2008-bill-gates-announces-sync-2-0/</guid><description><![CDATA[The fact that they will apparently freely update users is awesome and not to be taken for granted.  I would only hope for users that the update is quick.  For iDrive, the whole updating process is bungled.  Even if there are feature updates, for iDrive you must pay for an update unless there is a service bulletin, and by paying you are paying for the time spent to update which may be about 125/hr (no joke), which may take at least half an hour of charged time, not to mention potentially one or two days of lost car time for an update to go through (sometimes it takes overnight to update and even then there may be issues and it may be redone).  Thus, the time spent updating is another factor.  If Microsoft gets this right, hopefully it shouldn't be the same ordeal, which I'm thinking because the SYNC software is probably only infotainment and the iDrive update may cover much more software in a car, that may be a big benefit for updates (e.g., some of the updates for iDrive have been noted to change responsiveness of the automatic transmission, which is part of the expansiveness of that system which may be a hindrance for updates).  ]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[joe]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Jan 7th 2008 4:00AM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on CES 2008: Bill Gates announces SYNC 2.0]]></title><link>http://www.autoblog.com/2008/01/06/ces-2008-bill-gates-announces-sync-2-0/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.autoblog.com/2008/01/06/ces-2008-bill-gates-announces-sync-2-0/</guid><description><![CDATA[It's better than nothing, but hopefully users are reminded that it will only work if their cell phone isn't disabled in the crash.]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[flychinook]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Jan 7th 2008 4:46AM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on CES 2008: Bill Gates announces SYNC 2.0]]></title><link>http://www.autoblog.com/2008/01/06/ces-2008-bill-gates-announces-sync-2-0/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.autoblog.com/2008/01/06/ces-2008-bill-gates-announces-sync-2-0/</guid><description><![CDATA[that would be nice...]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[topman]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Jan 7th 2008 6:27AM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on CES 2008: Bill Gates announces SYNC 2.0]]></title><link>http://www.autoblog.com/2008/01/06/ces-2008-bill-gates-announces-sync-2-0/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.autoblog.com/2008/01/06/ces-2008-bill-gates-announces-sync-2-0/</guid><description><![CDATA[I just flat out don't trust Microsoft to support this product over the long haul. Their history of sucking in a business partner and then leaving them stranded is not to be taken lightly.  PlaysForSure is just one of the latest. Sync?  No, thanks.  As another writer above said: base a system like this on an operating system that does not have Microsoft's baggage and I might be interested.]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[the friendly grizzly]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Jan 7th 2008 7:24AM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on CES 2008: Bill Gates announces SYNC 2.0]]></title><link>http://www.autoblog.com/2008/01/06/ces-2008-bill-gates-announces-sync-2-0/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.autoblog.com/2008/01/06/ces-2008-bill-gates-announces-sync-2-0/</guid><description><![CDATA[bloggers sure seem to be able to find the negative in anything! <br>this system is phenomenal. OnStar will never be free and in fact the monthly service fees are going up. Sync on the other hand will never have a fee because it uses the consumers phone. Pair Sync with the "Ford Exclusive" electronic keypad and I cannot see why someone would even brag about OnStar. You have to call someone to have your car unlocked with OnStar? what if you lock your cell phone in the car? With Ford however,  you can Intentionally lock your keys and cell in the car (which I do to alleviate pocket clutter) and punch in the simple key code to get in the vehicle. Sync is unlike anything in the market place and the best available option for under $400 in the marketplace. bottom line. <br>]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[C.W.]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Jan 7th 2008 7:41AM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on CES 2008: Bill Gates announces SYNC 2.0]]></title><link>http://www.autoblog.com/2008/01/06/ces-2008-bill-gates-announces-sync-2-0/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.autoblog.com/2008/01/06/ces-2008-bill-gates-announces-sync-2-0/</guid><description><![CDATA[I agree with you that the CONCEPT is a great one, and Ford is to be commended for offering it. My issue is with the supplier: Microsoft. Their record is just not good enough for me to believe that this product will survive.  The concept, yes. Just not this version of it.]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[The Friendly Grizzly]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Jan 7th 2008 8:03AM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on CES 2008: Bill Gates announces SYNC 2.0]]></title><link>http://www.autoblog.com/2008/01/06/ces-2008-bill-gates-announces-sync-2-0/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.autoblog.com/2008/01/06/ces-2008-bill-gates-announces-sync-2-0/</guid><description><![CDATA["you can Intentionally lock your keys and cell in the car (which I do to alleviate pocket clutter) and punch in the simple key code to get in the vehicle"<br><br>And a thief can simply break your window and drive away your vehicle with the keys...  happened to my bosses wife in Atlanta.]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[Bryan]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Jan 7th 2008 11:20AM</pubDate></item></channel></rss>