Loganfilm
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- February 27, 2011
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- City, State
- Santa Monica, CA
- Year, Model & Trim Level
- '11 Limited 4WD
So.. When I first read that the new system would act as a wi-fi hotspot, I logically concluded that this new car would access the internet for information. This is absolutely not the case and I'm baffled by this.
When I can put a 4G pipeline in my car, which the car is built to play nice with and create a hotspot, then why would you deny that pipeline for information delivery to the MFT unit?? It's absolutely backwards to have this and then force us to use a phone to dial in, which is effectively a dial up modem, to get info. What were they thinking??? The whole system would run so much smoother if you could simply leave it connected to the internet and use whatever carrier that you want at whatever speed you want to pay for.
Instead, we have to initiate calls to get snippets of info at a pace that was exciting over 15 years ago.
I have now come to the conclusion that the nav system doesn't take into account for live traffic unless you initiate the address info through the call in travel link. Even then, it only seems to account for freeway traffic, when live street level traffic is currently available on google maps and other traffic services via internet. The MotionX iphone and ipad app does a stellar job of this and gets it's info from the 3G or wifi connection on the phone.
The other method of data delivery is through the satellite. When using Sirius travel link, you have to wait forever to get gas prices or weather, and even then it usually doesn't show up completely or at all:thumbdwn:. This is entirely inadequate.
This is nuts. Why such a step backwards from a potentially forward thinking item???
The hardware is there. Why not use it????
I just don't get it.
When I can put a 4G pipeline in my car, which the car is built to play nice with and create a hotspot, then why would you deny that pipeline for information delivery to the MFT unit?? It's absolutely backwards to have this and then force us to use a phone to dial in, which is effectively a dial up modem, to get info. What were they thinking??? The whole system would run so much smoother if you could simply leave it connected to the internet and use whatever carrier that you want at whatever speed you want to pay for.
Instead, we have to initiate calls to get snippets of info at a pace that was exciting over 15 years ago.
I have now come to the conclusion that the nav system doesn't take into account for live traffic unless you initiate the address info through the call in travel link. Even then, it only seems to account for freeway traffic, when live street level traffic is currently available on google maps and other traffic services via internet. The MotionX iphone and ipad app does a stellar job of this and gets it's info from the 3G or wifi connection on the phone.
The other method of data delivery is through the satellite. When using Sirius travel link, you have to wait forever to get gas prices or weather, and even then it usually doesn't show up completely or at all:thumbdwn:. This is entirely inadequate.
This is nuts. Why such a step backwards from a potentially forward thinking item???
The hardware is there. Why not use it????
I just don't get it.