Brian,
Thank you for your thoughtful response.

The answer is rather complicated:

On my X5, I don't want to scroll through 1000 entries, just to find the one that I want, although the most commonly dialed ones will be in Top 8.

My dad has a older X5 with the combo bluetooth/BMW assist card. This car, for some reason, is much more finicky about address book entries. I can only get about 100 to load and they all have to be formatted on a particular way.

I was just joking with him this morning, that a $300 phone, is going to end up costing him 75K for new car.

He loves is X5 and does not want a new one.