Mike Temporale
04-05-2005, 06:15 PM
<div class='os_post_top_link'><a href='http://www.mobilepipeline.com/60405515' target='_blank'>http://www.mobilepipeline.com/60405515</a><br /><br /></div><i>"Newly redesigned Volkswagen Passat automobiles sold in Europe will come with a special Bluetooth-based hands-free unit, the German automaker and Nokia said Friday. The companies said this is the first time an automaker has included a Bluetooth-based communications system in an automobile. The new system uses Bluetooth to read information from the SIM card that is part of GSM mobile phone networks, the companies said in a system. ...A number of functions, such as the phone's address book, can be accessed using an external keyboard and buttons on the steering wheel, the companies said. The system also integrates voice control."</i><br /><br /><img src="http://www.smartphonethoughts.com/images/Temporale-20050405-VW-DriversWanted.gif" alt="User submitted image" title="User submitted image"/><br /><br />I hope this system doesn't lock the owner into using a Nokia phone. :? I would hate to be stuck with a phone (or car for that matter) because of the built-in hands-free system. Luckily for me, my Smartphone has a very functional Voice Tags application for finding and dialing a contact without having to use the address book, keypad, or take my eyes off the road. So the new Passat's built-in system doesn't really offer me much 8)