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