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Ford SYNC with Traffic, Directions and Information Now Ready for Free Download
May 29th
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Ford SYNC with Traffic, Directions and Information
Ford announced today that Ford SYNC with Traffic, Directions and Information (TDI) is now ready for free download for current owners of early-launched 2010 vehicles (Ford Mustang, Fusion, Fusion Hybrid, Lincoln MKZ and Mercury Milan) as well as Milan Hybrid vehicles equipped with Ford SYNC.
Ford SYNC provides customers with the ability to use their Bluetooth-enabled mobile phones to operate various devices and services in their car via voice commands.
TeleNav announced in January that Ford is using TeleNav’s GPS navigation software in Ford SYNC TDI. With this new version, users will have hands-free access to personalized traffic reports, precise turn-by-turn driving directions, and up-to-date information such as business listings, news sports and weather.
Drivers requesting directions can use a variety of search criteria including a 14-million-plus business directory to find their destination, be it a favorite coffee shop or the location of a business meeting. Drivers can say “Search near me” or the name of the business and then say “Connect me,” “directions” or “text me the info.”
As noted in Ford’s announcement today, Ford SYNC uses TeleNav to retrieve a turn-by-turn route. Directions are spoken to the driver over the vehicle’s audio system and displayed on the central information display near the radio. All directions incorporate real-time traffic information therefore always providing the best route to the driver.
If you use Ford SYNC Traffic, Directions and Information, let us know what you think!
Ford Announces its One Millionth SYNC Vehicle
May 27th
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According to a few reports, Ford’s CEO, Alan Mulally, hand delivered a new 2010 Ford Fusion Hybrid to Steve Ballmer, Microsoft’s CEO. See above for some video from TechFlash.
Ford SYNC provides customers the ability to use their Bluetooth-enabled mobile phones to operate various devices and services in their car via voice commands.
TeleNav announced in January that Ford is using TeleNav’s GPS navigation software in the newest version of Ford’s in-car connectivity system, SYNC with Traffic, Directions and Information. With this new version, users will have hands-free access to personalized traffic reports, precise turn-by-turn driving directions, and up-to-date information such as business listings, news, sports and weather.
According to Ford’s press release, SYNC with Traffic, Directions and Information will be available this summer.
Ford Motor Company Selects TeleNav to Power In-Car GPS Navigation
Jan 8th
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Exciting news from the Consumer Electronics Show (CES) in Vegas!
We’ve announced that Ford has selected TeleNav’s navigation software to power its new version of Ford SYNC which is called “SYNC with Traffic, Directions and Information.”
If you’re not familiar with SYNC, check out the web site here. It is a Ford service that provides drivers the ability to operate various devices and services in their car by just using voice commands. These include accessing mp3 players, making phone calls and getting audible text messages.
Now, with the new version of SYNC, users now have hands-free access to personalized traffic reports, precise turn-by-turn directions, and up-to-date information such as business listings, news, sports and weather.
Customers use their Bluetooth-enabled phones to access the service. Once their phone is paired, SYNC allows customers to speak in addresses or business listings (more than 14 million included). They then receive voice and visual (on their radio face plate) turn-by-turn directions.
Customers can save up to 25 addresses online at www.syncmyride.com.
The service will be available later this year in select 2010 models and will roll out across the entire Ford, Lincoln, and Mercury lineup by 2011.
This is TeleNav’s first launch in the automotive space and we’re thrilled to be partnering with Ford to provide connected navigation in Ford vehicles.
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