This really emphasizes what has long been BMW's weakest point--electronics. BMW is perpetually behind the curve. They should be ashamed to have continued selling such an inferior nav system (camera too) through the summer of 2009 when far better systems were available at least 3-4 years ago. I had the old nav in my 2006 330 and it was already obsolete then. My brother's 2005 Lexus had a far better system.

It really seems BMW stays 4-5 years behind its luxury competitors in this regard, which when you think about it is simply amazing. BMW leads in nearly every area of engineering--engine, suspension, materials, etc--yet continually lags nearly everybody in customer electronics.