Ford has decided to implement a new service that will alert 911 anytime the airbags in your vehicle go off. It is similar to the OnStar service that GM vehicles are equipped with. The service only costs $15-$30 a month instead of charging anytime you want to talk to an OnStar rep. Plus if you have bought the new SYNC than you can utilize the service for free.
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Ford’s SYNC was a brilliant invention that many consumers are looking forward to using and which popular mechanics is honoring as an achievement by giving it a breakthrough award. Popular Mechanics was impressed with the teamwork of Ford and Microsoft working together to create this $395 product.
Popular Mechanics also really liked the fact that SYNC can read your text messages to you and it uses voice recogniton. SYNC will be available on 12 Ford products for the 2008 model year, with more availability in 2009.
Ford is carrying around SYNC’s popularity at CES, where consumers voted to give the technology the CNET People’s Voice Award, while Popular Mechanics magazine gave SYNC their Editor’s Choice award. The system does everything from taking voice commands, to integrating Bluetooth phones with the car to reading text messages received on your mobile phone.
The most impressive thing it does is work just as well with Apple’s iPod as it did with Microsoft’s Zune. None of those tricks are anything different from what dozens of other electronics and even automotive companies are currently offering.