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Old 05-06-2008, 10:39 AM
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The issue is that EDGE is available just about everywhere (at least here in the U.S.) and 3G/UTMS is only available in metro areas. (Different is Europe?)

What would really be nice is if they could make the i-drive screen usable as an internet browser connected via bluetooth to a mobile phone.
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It better be able to pair with a BT keyboard(or sport it's own). Doing anything on the net with IDrive's current text input would have me wanting to....well....I dunno....drive off a bridge or pull my fingernails out with pliers or something....Touchscreen would be fine with me.

But hey....I'm all for the internet. They need something to replace the worthless GPS. I had to use my $500 Crapple Iphone to find a freakin hospital(friend was in accident)just last weekend. I could not for the life of me find the POI search(does it have one?)....But a Crapple Iphone can find it in a quick minute....

EDGE is extremely slow...but it does work...
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I could not for the life of me find the POI search(does it have one?)....
Main Idrive screen --> Navigation --> (scroll to right, across the top) to Information tab --> there's a category for hospitals.
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Main Idrive screen --> Navigation --> (scroll to right, across the top) to Information tab --> there's a category for hospitals.
Thank you. My aggriation with it is probably more to do with the learning curve it takes to think like BMW and it's GPS developers, than anything. I don't drive the X very often(GF), and I'm settled into a Pioneer Avic Z2 in my truck. It's touchscreen and easy to navigate and stuff.

A simple case of RTFM It will probably help in times when I'm in a hurry...The Iphone's Google maps is idiot proof, and I could search while driving. So I opted for it after wasting 5 minutes with the Nav....
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Personally I can't wait for the holographic touchscreens that appear in mid-air. Seriously.
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Personally I can't wait for the holographic touchscreens that appear in mid-air. Seriously.
omg.. the day that happens imma b the first in line to get it
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