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Replying to: jeffyscott (May 06, 2008 10:31 am) Hey, you said it. not us! JK  According to Ford, the Focus posted an 88 percent increase in retail sales for April compared to last year, the highest April sales for the Focus since 2000. I'm sure the Sync is at least one (if not the ONLY) reason for it.
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Replying to: mz6greyghost (May 06, 2008 10:37 am) |
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Replying to: jeffyscott (May 06, 2008 10:31 am) Better to talk to it than take your hands off the wheel and select a disc or track number searching for a particular song though.
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Replying to: thegraduate (May 06, 2008 10:42 am) 
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Replying to: moocow1 (May 06, 2008 10:43 am)
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Replying to: thegraduate (May 06, 2008 10:45 am) Even though the platform is kind of old, if you do a comparison it holds up pretty good on some of the more important aspects....handling, gas mileage, value. Add SYNC and Fords got a real winner all of a sudden. I would love to have SYNC in my "6". I'm not a young techno(maybe an older one) but I appreciate the features of SYNC. Every review I have read of cars/truck with it in has been good and usually a better experience than the reviewer anticipated.
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Replying to: m6user (May 06, 2008 11:06 am) Back to Sync - we just bought a 2008 Edge with it and it's fantastic. My wife can leave her cell phone in her purse while making and receiving calls. She can make calls using the phone's address book by name (Call Chris) and she can answer phones hands free. If she gets a text message sync will read it to her out loud. It even translates acronyms (if you send "IDK LOL" it will read "I don't know. Laughing out loud." and will even send automated responses. Add to that the ability to control her ipod by voice - artist, track, playlist, genre PLUS the new 911 feature coming in the fall (available via a USB flash drive software update) and sync is more than just a neat toy. It's downright useful.
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Replying to: m6user (May 06, 2008 11:06 am) The idea of a system like that is a great idea. I bet as years go on, other mfgrs will integrate similar technology. I'm hoping Apple gets on that. Personally, I would not want Microsoft technology in my car. It's just another reason to bring it to the dealer when, not if, it goes wrong.
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Replying to: aviboy97 (May 06, 2008 1:04 pm) I have no idea but it wouldn't shock me to find that most cars already do have some Microsoft tech in them. Nothing personal but it seems that most everyone hates and bad mouths Microsoft but they don't have Apple computers. Don't know if you have an Apple or not(I don't) but they don't cost all that much more anymore. It seems that if all the people that complain so much about Microsoft bought Apple....Apple would be three times the size it is now. Just a thought and sort of drifting off topic a bit.
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Replying to: akirby (May 06, 2008 12:28 pm) Sounds kind of like the MyGIG in my Sebring. I bought it last fall and I probably wouldn't have ordered it with a MyGIG. Now that I've played with it for 8 months I think it's the neatest gadget I've ever had in a car. Hands-free voice control of the radio, sat, jukebox, navigation, phone, etc. Heck, I can even watch a DVD movie while I drive, not that I would ever do that though. It was a passenger enhancement. Also, Harman Becker makes the MyGIG - I don't know what connections they may have with Microsoft.
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