The following is from the official BMW Canada 2011 Product Planning Bulletin
Subject: Advanced On-Board use of Mobile Phones and Music Players
BMW Canada Inc. is pleased to announce significantly enhanced mobile phone (i.e. Blackberry, iPhone, etc.) and music player (i.e. iPod, etc.) functionality all of which will be managed by the iDrive controller. Effective as of September production (October production for X5 and X6 models), this gives the BMW driver and passenger the ultimate in user experience and productivity.