Microsoft incorporates digital technology « sync » in FORD cars.

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 Microsoft Corporation is going to introduce a new digital technology called “Sync System” operating on Ford cars, for the moment the models concerned are Ford: Focus, Fusion, Five Hundred, Edge, Freestyle, Explorer and Sport Trac; the Mercury Milan, Montego and Mountaineer; and the Lincoln MKX and MKZ but the installation of the device on board will start by the year 2008.

The Sync device is a system which can read and control all digital voice apparatus in the car such as mobile phone, USB 2.0 device, a media player device or others, it connects via Bluetooth or wireless connection or even direct connection to communicate with any digital device found in the car and show its details on the radio screen and control it through either the steering wheel remote or buttons or car radio controls.

This application allows also to show the battery level in radio screen and to manage the logbook of the phone with reading names and numbers with a full access and the most amazing that it converts the received messages into vocal format and reads them loudly including most of common abbreviation as the ones used in the net chat, and with supported phones it permits reading and loading ring tones.This program is upgradeable and ready to deal with all video audio of player formats when appropriate codec’s are loaded.

 

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