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Review of the Ford SYNC-Zune connectivity |
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Written by Kostas Tzounopoulos
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Thursday, 01 November 2007 |
Cars.com has a hands-on review of the new Ford SYNC system, created with the help of Microsoft, which offers connectivity via USB cables or Bluetooth for various Mobile Phones and MP3 players, iPod and Zune included. SYNC available now on Ford Focus 2008, can control Zune using the system's button but also using phone commands to select the artist, album or track the user wants...
From blogs.cars.com : [...] Hit the little button with a talking face icon and say “play all” and you get a shuffle of all your songs. I wasn’t starting that easy. As I hit the roads leading to the freeway, I started playing a little game I made up called “Stump Sync,” which included picking artist names it couldn’t possibly figure out. Queens of the Stone Age? Not a problem. Pretty Girls Make Graves? Right away. Dozer? Yessirree. Dinosaur Jr? I’m not sure if it knew the abbreviation, but it came up. The only two artists — out of a few dozen I tried — it got tripped up on were Enon and Fugazi. When I said “play Enon” — pronounced ee-nuhn — it couldn’t find it. But it then said, “Say 1 after the beep if you mean: Fugazi. Say 2 after the beep if you mean Enon” but it pronounced it een-an. This thing is pretty slick. My only problem was remembering album and song titles. When a song is playing, it’s easy to say, “Oh, I love this song.” When you have to think of the song beforehand by proper name, it’s not so easy. Same with album titles. So I stuck to artists and eventually just resorted to how I normally listen to my Zune: Shuffle all. [...]
I'm not sure which is the best Car Dock to choose for your Zune, but I know which is the best car-company to choose if you are Zune-Passioned! 

Links: SYNC website Ford Focus 2008 website
Related articles: Ford announces SYNC will cost $395 (watch some promotional videos) CES 2007: Gates keynote edited for Zune (SYNC announcement) Ford and Zune (Official Press Release)
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Last Updated ( Thursday, 01 November 2007 )
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