| It is not so unusual anymore to find portable media | | | | you can operate it without having to use your hands. |
| players and mobile phones in one vehicle. Perhaps one | | | | If you think that this new Sync is only going to bring |
| could even say that such portable gadgets are | | | | about headaches for car owners and drivers, then |
| already quite as popular in use as Magnaflow auto | | | | think again. You see, Ford and Microsoft have created |
| parts. And because of the popularity of these portable | | | | the Sync so much so that it would be easy to use. |
| and digital gadgets, the Ford Motor Company has | | | | Plus, they also made sure that this system could be |
| joined forces with Microsoft so as to bring the market | | | | used for all other portable devices and gadgets one |
| the Sync. Ford says that the Sync would be a system | | | | can find in the market today. Now if this is not |
| for the vehicle that would give people a new kind of | | | | something you would want for your vehicle, then I |
| experience when it comes to using music players and | | | | surely do not know what should be. |
| mobile phones. | | | | Derrick Kuzak is the group vice president of Ford's |
| What is different about the Sync is that this in-car | | | | product development team and he shares, "Sync is |
| entertainment and communications system is far | | | | what today generation and today's driver's demands in |
| different from all other systems one can find in the | | | | connectivity. Not only does it offer hands-free phone |
| market. This can be used by a vehicle owner as long | | | | operation and iPod(R), Zune or MP3 player |
| as they have it installed in the factory first. This system | | | | connectivity, it's built on a software platform that is |
| cannot be purchased just anywhere and installed by | | | | upgradeable and will allow us to offer new features by |
| anyone. You can use it through voice commands and | | | | simply upgrading the software." |