Comments on: Palm and Audi Launch Bluetooth Treo Handsfree System

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Amazing that ANY German car companies are amongt the first to adopt BT----they have always traditionally lagged behind in any number of "gadgets"----glass sunroofs, in-dash CD players, keyless entry, cupholders, MP3 playback capability, iPod/BT integration etc etc.

hklife - I pretty sure the Japanese had Bluetooth cars (i.e. the Prius) before the Germans. My BMW designed MINI has aux inputs for MP3 players, and optional factory iPod and Bluetooth solutions, though.

-James.

Well for one thing, statistically there are X many Palm users, and only Y many of those will own an Audi. I doubt that more than a small percentage of Palm users drive a Bonneville, either.

Will more Audi drivers buy a Treo?

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As I said, BMW leads the pack amongst the European (especially German) manufacturers in offering "bells'n whistles" that cater to the fickle tastes of the American market. Mercedes always lags behind (some of their cars didn't have a standard in-dash CD player until the 2006 model year!) everyone, Audi is pretty much mid-pack (did you know their '06 Nav systems have dual SD slots for accepting mp3 audio--I doubt they can show jpegs on the screen, though!) and, as I said earlier, BMW's the best. They added mp3 playback (standard) & Bluetooth (optional) to their line for MY '04 I think.

All of them lag the Japanese (especially Acura) in terms of goodies...Acura was doing DVD-based Nav in '00 and some of the Germans are still clinging to CD-based systems even in the '06 MY.

I'd REALLY like to see Palm work with Mercedes to get some similar setup going. Most of the executive Treo owners I know are drive ML, E, & S-class Benzes. To date Mercedes doesn't offer any form of BT AFAIK--still their proprietary hardwired solution.

O'Boise
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"Technology has no conscience of it's own"
John F Kennedy

HOWEVER, if you complain loud enough they will send you a free set of aluminum lawn chairs that they will swear up and down are exactly the same as rear seats. They'll even have an Audi logo on them, so it must be true...

Anyone who expected rear seats will be banished from the community for being a "power driver." After all, Audi's are just cars. Palm's marketing people have determined that NOBODY except a rare few would EVER need more than 1 seat, maybe 2 in a car. "You just use them to drive, right?"

Audi make some of the nicest production cars in the world. Superb build quality, refined engines that still have plenty of grunt. They are expensive (at least they are over here in ripoff Britain) - but when you look at the extra luxury you get over a standard Ford or GM (Vauxhall & Saab - as they trade in the UK)

You don't have to be European to appreciate them either!

KultiVator

NAMEPLATE RANKING
Problems per 100 Vehicles
Lexus 139
Industry Average 237
Audi 312

Would I be correct in assuming you drive a Lexus? Which one--an LS?

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