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Ron in Hawaii · 02-13-2011, 09:49 PM

HAS ANYONE DETERMINED IF THE DROID X SMART PHONE IS COMPATIBLE WITH THE ConnedtedDrive technologies that allow reading of emails and text to speech functions? I tried to sync with a new X 3 at our dealership and while the phone will receive calls, the business function doesn't work. It seems that if you are going to pay for this advertised function, and to date it only seems to work on one phone, that hopefully BMW is going to offer a software fix for a greater variety of phones.
I'm going to drive from the factory in Spartanburg all the way across the nation to California and would love to have the technology functions work!

TrikinCurt · 02-14-2011, 12:22 AM

I believe email only works on the blackberry. BMW has a close relationship with apple, I wouldn't expect strong integration with android for a bit. You still have the music functions including Bluetooth streaming.

buckeyesi · 02-14-2011, 11:17 AM

According to the Delivery Specialist I had at the Performance Center, the capability is a phone dependent function. It will depend on a software update from the phone manufacturer to enable the mobile office functions. Only blackberry and Sony Ericsson phones currently support it.

pault · 02-14-2011, 01:45 PM

As far as I know, not yet. The ConnectedDrive technology is making use of the Bluetooth MAP profile (Message Access Profile). This is a proposed, but not finalised profile of the Bluetooth spec. As such, phone software manufactures have been slow to adopt.

No sign of this support in any Android based phone as yet.

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Ron in Hawaii Registered 0 Rep 1 Posts Drives: BMW 335i Join Date: Feb 2011 Location: KAILUA HAWAII iTrader: (0)	X 3 Technology Package Ztp HAS ANYONE DETERMINED IF THE DROID X SMART PHONE IS COMPATIBLE WITH THE ConnedtedDrive technologies that allow reading of emails and text to speech functions? I tried to sync with a new X 3 at our dealership and while the phone will receive calls, the business function doesn't work. It seems that if you are going to pay for this advertised function, and to date it only seems to work on one phone, that hopefully BMW is going to offer a software fix for a greater variety of phones. I'm going to drive from the factory in Spartanburg all the way across the nation to California and would love to have the technology functions work!
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TrikinCurt Private First Class 4 Rep 108 Posts Drives: X3 35i Mineral Silver Join Date: Jan 2011 Location: Hudson,WI iTrader: (0)	I believe email only works on the blackberry. BMW has a close relationship with apple, I wouldn't expect strong integration with android for a bit. You still have the music functions including Bluetooth streaming.
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pault Second Lieutenant 29 Rep 225 Posts Drives: 2011 F25 35i Join Date: Jan 2009 Location: Boston, MA iTrader: (0)	As far as I know, not yet. The ConnectedDrive technology is making use of the Bluetooth MAP profile (Message Access Profile). This is a proposed, but not finalised profile of the Bluetooth spec. As such, phone software manufactures have been slow to adopt. No sign of this support in any Android based phone as yet.
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