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REPORT: Revised Sync from Ford coming to CES

Dec 18th 2009 10:58AM - 20 Comments

Ford's victory with Sync isn't contestable – the connectivity system has a 70-percent uptake rate, and 32 percent of people list it as one of the reasons they bought a Ford. Over one million Sync-equipped vehicles have been sold in three ...

SYNC FTW: Ford adding mobile internet compatibility to USB ports

Dec 21st 2009 1:29PM - 36 Comments

The SYNC system offered by Ford in most of its models just got a lot more interesting. In addition to giving vehicle owners super simple connectivity with virtually any phone or music player and the best voice recognition in the biz, the next ...

Ford offers desktop app to download phone address books to SYNC

Dec 13th 2009 10:52AM - 52 Comments

SYNC, Ford's voice-operated in-vehicle phone and media player interface, has become hugely popular feature. Since its introduction a couple years back, Ford has added new features and functionality to the system, including the ability to call up ...

Surprise! Ford's SYNC sells cars

Jan 3rd 2008 11:59AM - 46 Comments

Ford developed its SYNC system with Microsoft and has an 18-month exclusive license to sell the system, which is something we weren't aware of until recently. It turns out, however, that the exclusive rights aren't being wasted: Ford reports that ...

Detroit Auto Show: Ford Sync

Jan 7th 2007 8:32AM - 23 Comments

UPDATE: The above video does a much better job of showing you what Sync does than we do explaining it. Microsoft and Ford have teamed to produce Ford Sync, a new in-car system that offers comprehensive, seamless integration with Bluetooth-enabled ...

Ford gets CES innovation awards for Sync and Work Solutions

Nov 13th 2009 9:33AM - 23 Comments

For years, Microsoft founder and former CEO Bill Gates was the keynoter at the Consumer Electronics Show. When Microsoft first announced its intention to create software for cars nearly a decade ago, most people that had suffered through the ...

SYNC You Very Much: Ford to help Microsoft promote Windows 7

Sep 29th 2009 6:29PM - 33 Comments

Ford and Microsoft, sittin' in a tree... right, you know the rest. With the official October 22nd launch of Windows 7 right around the corner, the Blue Oval has reportedly pledged to support the Washington-based software company's new operating ...

CES 2009: SYNC updated with Traffic, Directions and Information

Jan 8th 2009 7:59AM - 26 Comments

Ford and Microsoft debuted SYNC at the 2007 Consumer Electronics Show, updated the system at last year's event and now keep the tradition alive with more enhancements for 2009. The next iteration of SYNC will sport new features able to take full ...

REPORT: Ford could have problems with SYNC patents

Sep 17th 2009 7:00PM - 59 Comments

At first, Ford's SYNC wasn't much more than a way for drivers to access music on their MP3 players through their car's radio. But SYNC grew up and, in its last update, gained the ability to summon help in an emergency, access navigation and ...

Ford and Microsoft offering Sync connectivity in 2008 models

Dec 29th 2006 6:01PM - 18 Comments

The refreshened 2008 Ford Focus and Five-Hundred will both be rolled out with Bluetooth connectivity next year thanks to a partnership between the Blue Oval and Microsoft. That company from Redmond developed a system called Sync that includes not ...

VIDEO: Live demo of Ford/Microsoft's Sync

Jan 8th 2007 11:20AM - 12 Comments

Our car-culture obsessive friends over at Jalopnik traveled into the bowels of FoMoCo to get some exclusive playtime with the Sync, the infotainment progeny of the Ford and Microsoft partnership. After the jump, you can view the first installment, as ...

Microsoft CEO gets 1,000,000th Ford with SYNC

May 28th 2009 10:00AM - 50 Comments

One Millionth SYNC: Click above to view the high-res gallery Ford and SYNC have combined to be the peanut butter and jelly of automotive tech combo deals. 80% of the vehicles Ford sells now has the infotainment system, helping the Blue Oval and ...

Ford launches new free app for 2010 vehicles with SYNC

May 31st 2009 9:51AM - 52 Comments

SYNC has given Ford a much-needed technology boost. The infotainment device provides motorists with features such as voice-controlled integration with MP3 players and automatic calls to emergency services in the event of an accident. For the 2010 ...

SYNC retrofit kit now available for 2008 Navigator, Mustang next

May 1st 2008 6:57PM - 9 Comments

When Ford launched its new SYNC in-car communications system in the Ford Focus, the crew in Dearborn may not have known just how popular the option would prove to be. While the SYNC system has started to infiltrate the rest of the Blue Oval line, ...

CES 2009: Ford shows off future of SYNC, Best Buy partnership

Jan 8th 2009 10:02PM - 38 Comments

var embed_85 = '' On top of those new SYNC features we've already told you about, Ford showed off what its SYNC system might one day look like with configurable controls and a personal assistant "avatar" named Eva. The concept is meant to provide a ...

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Autoblog Podcast #157: Mike Levine trucks along with us.

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