Hey,

Hopefully one of youall can give me a pointer.

I am in the process of ordering a 2010 X5 48i and am an iPhone user. (USA)

1) I have noticed that the SmartPhone Integration option takes over half of the console; but I've never actually seen this in person. Is there space under the phone cradle for normal console storage, or does it go all the way down to the bottom of the console?

2) Would it be relatively easy to remove the phone cradle if one finds that it is not useful?

3) When transferring music/audiobooks to the internal hard drive, what file format is required, mp3, wma, mp4? Source drive organization? For example, if you are using a thumb drive as the source, does the BMW software recognize source folders as playlists?

4) Am I correct that you must use a USB port in the glovebox when moving files to the hard drive?

Thanks. Especially in re the smart phone questions. Sounds like I don't need this feature, and would be better off just using the iPod/USP port.

Regards.