Topic: Auto Tech: Ford's New Sync 3

[EV-Light]

It should integrate better with smartphones.

I want to be able to look up a destination on my phone using Google Maps and plan my route from the comfort of my couch.  I should then be able to, once I'm in the car, 'send' my route from my phone to the car.  Whether this would use some form of app that you would install on your phone or otherwise, it shouldn't be too difficult.  This would also help when in the car.  It's probably faster to search for a destination on my phone, rather than spend time fiddling with the screen in the car looking for a destination.

This is available with VW CarNet (US Only) and their new MIB II Composition Media radio coming in 2016 models. It doesn't use Google Maps but rather the map application within the CarNet App.

It's also available for mytouch, but for the U.S. Only - not sure why.


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[redman]

I'll echo the statement that touchscreens just aren't optimal for vehicles. But anything is probably an improvement over MyFordTouch. I spent a lot of the weekend cursing at the system in my vehicle; whoever designed it has never actually driven a car.

I've had a number of Fords as rentals over the years. No issues with Sync or MFT. The only one that rivals it is uConnect in Chryslers, which is excellent.

iDrive is still poor. You fumble to find the control puck, then look at the screen to see which hotspot you're on, then click through sub-menus. Not as easy as looking over and touching a hotspot on the screen.

As a note Chryslers uConnect system is also using the BlackBerry QNX micro-kernel.

Some jet fighter screens and simulators also use it. If you have ever used the Blackberry Playbook then you've also used the QNX neutrino software.

https://youtu.be/NQu-tAlUjeE  Maserati Quattroporte GTS

[Sir Osis of Liver]

I used QNX in a soft PLC back in 2002 or so. Very tiny footprint.

[mixmanmash]

I used QNX in a soft PLC back in 2002 or so. Very tiny footprint.

Yup.   I used them on some smaller HMI displays around the same time.