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Apple developing NAVI for Benz ?
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According to German magazine "Focus" Apple is working on a navigation system for cars. At the start in 2009, it will be exclusively available from Mercedes, but 6 months later the other vendors are allowed to follow. It might be that Apple will also use Google Maps for their navigation solution as on the iPhone, but until now that's only speculation. Apple is seeking to conquer every tiny space of your digital environment. Great move, but why start with such an old-fashioned and boring brand? Just because big Steve is driving Mercedes doesn't mean that this tie-up fits. http://www.foursprung.com/ |
"Great move, but why start with such an old-fashioned and boring brand? " MB has a huge following throughout the whole world, and Apple would be wise to tap into it. |
i think it'd be cool to see what improvements they make to the system, seeing how nice apple products are so far. i wonder if that would make gene starts to get mb? :p
this is good news, anything is better than mb nav |
The Apple takeover is starting... :D:D:D
:thumbup: It's about time that more than just a select few realize that the world of Windows is outdated! Just a thought though... Our Colonel brought this up in our class last semester but it goes with this same kind of theory. We were discussing where the Air Force will be in 20 years, and one of his debating points was that some of the new-era jets and commands would be integrating the use of Windows or Macs to run things. We debated it for a while, and thought that it would be crazy to allow one company so much access to such a pivotal and integral part of the Air Force. But, considering that a huge auto manufacturer would collaborate with a rather huge computer/lifestyle manufacturer, then maybe it's not such a far fetched possibility... hmmm:uh: |
Well two things which would be awesome about this which would be unique to Mercedes if this were to happen:
1) Super iPhone/iPod connectivity... I read somewhere that if you have an iPhone you would connect it and the screen would be cloned on the navigation screen, which could be awesome for quick syncing of a calendar or something. 2) Google Maps. You would be able to use Google Maps as that would probably be Apple's source of the map information. With that said, you would probably get street view directions or satellite image directions right in the car with easy updates. That would be awesome... I hope it trickles down to Lexus, even though I love the navigations of Lexus. Mink92890 |
...and iTV through the nav screen... :D :thumbup:
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Let it happen... it will be just another nail in the coffin of Mercedes' reputation for luxury and excellence.
Face it: Apple is a quirky niche brand that only truly appeals to those who choose products more based on cache than functionality. Their market in every realm (except MP3 players, but more on that in a moment) is in the "also-ran, barely-mention" category. They design products for the dumbest consumers--automating every function and assuming the user is too stupid to know how to adjust settings on their own. They even treat their customers like commodities, for example in the way they brushed off the iPod battery fiasco. And now people don't buy iPods because that's the best MP3 player--they buy them because they're "cool", a fleeting sensation that will inevitably move to the next best thing. So let Mercedes link themselves to a brand that appeals to a tiny sliver of the population, that feels it is superior to its own customers, and that relies on "cool" rather than true innovation or product excellence in order to carry on. Lexus is smart to stick with their current suppliers for nav systems, the same suppliers that have given them an untarnished string of awards for having the best, most complete, and most user-friendly electronics in the industry. |
This is going to be very beneficial to MB, I for one am happy and excited for them. MB has needed some new nav software badly.
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I wonder what will happen to COMAND if Benz decides to use Apple for their NAV+ICE system? Who's providing the hardware as well - is Benz going to stick to their traditional suppliers of Becker, Bosch/Blaupunkt or Siemens/VDO?
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not suprising...MB is little more than a fashion statement
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Originally Posted by Iceman
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Face it: Apple is a quirky niche brand that only truly appeals to those who choose products more based on cache than functionality. Their market in every realm (except MP3 players, but more on that in a moment) is in the "also-ran, barely-mention" category. They design products for the dumbest consumers--automating every function and assuming the user is too stupid to know how to adjust settings on their own. They even treat their customers like commodities, for example in the way they brushed off the iPod battery fiasco. And now people don't buy iPods because that's the best MP3 player--they buy them because they're "cool", a fleeting sensation that will inevitably move to the next best thing.
So let Mercedes link themselves to a brand that appeals to a tiny sliver of the population, that feels it is superior to its own customers, and that relies on "cool" rather than true innovation or product excellence in order to carry on. Lexus is smart to stick with their current suppliers for nav systems, the same suppliers that have given them an untarnished string of awards for having the best, most complete, and most user-friendly electronics in the industry. |
Originally Posted by Mr. Jones
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not suprising...MB is little more than a fashion statement
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Originally Posted by Yang1815
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Cache than functionality? What are you smoking. And dumbest consumers, wow... What do you have against people who buy Apple products?
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Originally Posted by Incendiary
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It's true. I didn't even realize they were still making cars. I've been buying only M-B wristwatches, suits, purses, and luggage for the past five years.
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That would be awesome for Mercedes. From a not so interface to Apple's type of user friendly interfaces would be great. Sign me up.
p.s. I'm going to have to reboot to Windows to play games. |
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