Google-Enabled BMWs Coming To STATES!!!!!!!

by **J The Kidd** Wed Sep 17, 2008 10:57 am

For more than a year lucky BMW-owning Germans have been hitting
Google Maps, and, more recently the rest of the Internets, at blazing
(cough) EDGE speeds from their sport-seats. Now, Beemer-owning
Americans are getting a piece of the action with a little help from
AT&T's GSM-friendly network. However, while there's no mention in
the release, BMW Blog thinks US cars will be limited to GPRS, not EDGE.

All 2009 American BMW models, except for the lowly X3 mini-'Ute (which
BMW doesn't bother manufacture itself), will get Google Maps
integration, enabling the driver or passenger to search for businesses
from the dash. Directions can be piped to the car's nav system and
calls placed via in-car Bluetooth. At $199 per-year, it's not exactly a
steal, but that does include standard BMW Assist functionality such as
locating your car if it's stolen or dispatching an ambulance if you're
in a horrible accident.

Yeah, we only care about the searching too.

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