|
|
|
|
||||||||||
| Xoutpost server transfer and maintenance is occurring.... |
| Xoutpost is currently undergoing a planned server migration.... stay tuned for new developments.... sincerely, the management |
 |
|
|
LinkBack | Thread Tools | Display Modes |
|
#1
03-15-2007, 12:27 AM
|
||||
|
||||
|
future update?
BMW Online is an internet-based feature, offering individually-tailored information services including news and business updates. Access useful travel information directly from your BMW: from the locations of available parking spaces to the address of the nearest cinema or chemist. With its address book feature and e-mail function, BMW Online transforms your BMW X5 into a mobile office. (Only available with the optional Professional navigation system and the mobile phone preparation with Bluetooth interface).
__________________
2013 X5 35i M Sport 
|
| Sponsored Links | |
|
|
|
|
#2
03-15-2007, 12:57 AM
|
||||
|
||||
|
Probably not.
BMW Online has existed in one form or another since 2002... Due to our horrendous wireless carriers in the united states with competing network standards I don't think BMW will put in the effort. BMW online is merely an e-mail reader that receives special parsed e-mail from your BMW e-mail account through a GPRS connection on your bluetooth phone. It won't happen in the U.S. because: 1. Not everyone uses GSM (thanks verizon & sprint with your POS CDMA)... If you don't have GSM, then GPRS/EDGE doesn't work. 2. Of the GSM carriers available, phones with bluetooth compatibility are far and few to find. 3. BMW does not want to repeat the bluetooth fiasco its been dealing with since 04' in the U.S. market... (frustrated U.S. consumers that become angry with BMW because their bluetooth kit lists little support with phones sold through U.S. carriers in the U.S. market). 4. GPRS/EDGE reception is still pretty abysmal compared to support in Europe. This would frustrate BMW owners who wouldn't understand why BMW online would only sporadically work, due to a shoddy GSM network infrastructure. In the european market its different. People shop for the phone they want and then pick the carrier. People aren't limited to phones the carrier picks. And all phones in europe are GSM, avoiding problems 1-2 & 3. With that being said, version 2.0 of BMW online might debut on the new 09 7 series. That will be the first and earliest possibility for U.S. customers to enjoy BMW online... Last edited by xx3; 03-15-2007 at 01:02 AM.
|
|
#3
03-15-2007, 03:47 AM
|
||||
|
||||
|
It is interesting that America can in some areas be way ahead of the game. But in others they fall flat
 on their face.
__________________
"What you hear in a great jazz band is the sound of democracy. “The jazz band works best when participation is shaped by intelligent communication.” Harmony happens whenever different parts get to form a whole by means of congruity, concord, symetry, consistency, conformity, correspondence, agreement, accord, unity, consonance……. 
|
|
| Bookmarks |
|
|
|
|
Linear Mode
