iPhone and BMW 328xi fully compatible, pics included

[IrvRobinson]

here we go guys Enjoy

Love being the first one to report news I was lucky to get a report from a member of e90post, he offered it to me first. Very nice of him


http://edbmw.com/blog/2007/06/29/bmw...y-user-report/

[TheMoth]

Have to agree on a 530i 04 and running nice thru the Idrive as well pics to follow. Anyone interested still have 1 left.....

[Marksk1]

Have to agree on a 530i 04 and running nice thru the Idrive as well pics to follow. Anyone interested still have 1 left.....

How much? 8?

[IrvRobinson]

How much? 8?

I think all the stores have enough supplies

[Grip Master]

How do you like the IPhone? I've been looking at geting one, but don't know if i want so spend that much $

[TheMoth]

i love the phone and it too has its flaws but overall a great phone if your a MAC user.

[dial911]

i love the phone and it too has its flaws but overall a great phone if your a MAC user.

Actually, it's a great phone for anyone.

Even windows users.

I'm using one now!

[Pinoy2145]

so you guys didn't deem it necessary to wait for the 3G version?

how come? just curious...

[dial911]

so you guys didn't deem it necessary to wait for the 3G version?

how come? just curious...

It's a phone. It's an iPod. It's a web thing.

It does all that as well or better than any other phone I've seen and it's a beautifully designed product.

What else do you want?

Besides, it automaticaly switches to wifi when it can and I'm probably not going to do to much surfing when I'm not around a wi-fi network anyway.

[IrvRobinson]

It's a phone. It's an iPod. It's a web thing.

It does all that as well or better than any other phone I've seen and it's a beautifully designed product.

What else do you want?

Besides, it automaticaly switches to wifi when it can and I'm probably not going to do to much surfing when I'm not around a wi-fi network anyway.

I agree, but the 3G would be nice. I really hope they will bring that in the next version. A lot of business people will switch over.

[dial911]

I agree, but the 3G would be nice. I really hope they will bring that in the next version. A lot of business people will switch over.

I don't think "business people" are Apple's target market for the iPhone.

Right now, they are going after the people who will pay for good design, but eventually they'll start going after all the people running around with cheapo phones.

It'll play out just like the iPod did. I'm sure they'll have an iPhone nano soon enough.

I just hope that they don't come out with an iPhone shuffle. It would be bad to have a phone that calls random phone numbers from your address book when you want to make a call.

[Tuna]

It would make sense for other MP3 and phone device manufacturers to follow Apple's format, so that one could listen to MP3's in a BMW without the need of an iPOD.

[IrvRobinson]

I don't think "business people" are Apple's target market for the iPhone.

Right now, they are going after the people who will pay for good design, but eventually they'll start going after all the people running around with cheapo phones.

It'll play out just like the iPod did. I'm sure they'll have an iPhone nano soon enough.

I just hope that they don't come out with an iPhone shuffle. It would be bad to have a phone that calls random phone numbers from your address book when you want to make a call.

you might be right, but from what I read, by offering EDGE and maybe 3G in the future, Apple is looking to convert some of the business people as well, since, according to studies, majority of the business people own an iPod as well. If they will offer the 3G and better email handling, they have a pretty good shot

[dial911]

you might be right, but from what I read, by offering EDGE and maybe 3G in the future, Apple is looking to convert some of the business people as well, since, according to studies, majority of the business people own an iPod as well. If they will offer the 3G and better email handling, they have a pretty good shot

Well, Apple definitely isn't trying to sell the iPhone to your IT department.

They're going for a much larger market, all the people who don't know or care about the differences between Edge and 3G. Either one will work just fine for email and I don't see any problem with the email handling on the iPhone. It supports all the standard ways of getting email and as long as you aren't stuck with a non-standard server that isn't configured to support normal email clients, the iPhone will do the job just fine.

The thing that is really going to make the iPhone a success is how it handles making calls and email. Everything else it does is just gravy.

[IrvRobinson]

Well, Apple definitely isn't trying to sell the iPhone to your IT department.

They're going for a much larger market, all the people who don't know or care about the differences between Edge and 3G. Either one will work just fine for email and I don't see any problem with the email handling on the iPhone. It supports all the standard ways of getting email and as long as you aren't stuck with a non-standard server that isn't configured to support normal email clients, the iPhone will do the job just fine.

The thing that is really going to make the iPhone a success is how it handles making calls and email. Everything else it does is just gravy.

we'll see, the initial hype will slow down soon and people will not jump into the iPhone bandwagon, so Apple will have to target other consumers as well. The email client is terrible right now on the iPhone, no bcc field, no option to empty trash and other few small quirks, which I'm sure it will be fixed in a software upgrade soon.