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BMW ditching navigation DVDs for 2009

BMW's MY 2009 cars will get a new iDrive system with a 40GB hard drive. According to Bimmerfile, the drive allotment will have 12GB dedicated to navigational maps (and 8GB for entertainment and 10GB for your address book, because you've got more friends than music, apparently). With nav maps placed on the hard drive, BMW will no longer be providing a case full of map DVDs. The maps will have the entire US on them, or Europe if you pick up your car at BMW Welt. When things have moved on and it's time to get your maps updated, you'll take your ... Read more →

Only the beginning: hard drives in cars

There's already been a silent technology explosion in automobiles over the last ten years. Command and control has become largely a computerized affair. With high and low speed data buses throughout ...

Pininfarina designs hard drives

Maserati and Ferrari design partner Pininfarina took a break from penning supercars to work on something a little more affordable. The Italian design house teamed up with SimpleTech to produce ...

BMW ditching navigation DVDs for 2009 1 year ago on Autoblog

BMW's MY 2009 cars will get a new iDrive system with a 40GB hard drive. According to Bimmerfile, the drive allotment will have 12GB dedicated to navigational maps (and 8GB for entertainment and 10GB for your address book, because you've got more friends than music, apparently). With nav maps placed ...

Only the beginning: hard drives in cars 2 years ago on Autoblog

There's already been a silent technology explosion in automobiles over the last ten years. Command and control has become largely a computerized affair. With high and low speed data buses throughout the automobile, your car is basically a network. It used to be that you'd press the power window ...

Pininfarina designs hard drives 3 years ago on Autoblog

Maserati and Ferrari design partner Pininfarina took a break from penning supercars to work on something a little more affordable. The Italian design house teamed up with SimpleTech to produce portable hard drives that have all the curves, gloss and style of the world's hottest sports cars. The ...








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Chris, Dan, and Editor Paukert chat and give each other grief. Merriment ensues.

 
 

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