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Hey, guys! I made a quick video for y’all demoing MFT gen 2. So, considering I’m not a professional, here are my early biased opinions when comparing it to what we have now.
Speed. It’s definitely faster. The transitions are elegant and responsive to the touch. Yes, they take too long for my taste, but they are very smooth. – Note the phone “no-go” when I touched it the first time. Don’t know what that was. It could have been that I didn’t press enough or that the system had a hiccup. Don’t forget these cars are running on limited/converted power during these shows.
Looks. I like the looks. It’s more refined and serious. The square buttons look better.
Map. WHAT A DIFFERENCE! The map looks A LOT nicer. I am sure it’s gonna perform better also; now that we are going back to Navteq, things should be where they really are!
Voice Control. Look at the video and judge for yourselves. It’s much, much faster and much more responsive! And, look how fast it computes the destination. It made me giggle
Screen. It appears that Ford did away with the haptic screen on our Explorers. The screen on the Taurus doesn’t have the “give” ours do.
THE MILLION DOLLAR QUESTION IS... When I tried MFT version 1 last year in an Edge, it worked like a charm. It was fast and responsive and very cool to use. Much like what my experience was with version 2 today. We all know what version 1 turned out to be. So, it remains to be seen how the system will behave in the real world.
Enjoy!
Speed. It’s definitely faster. The transitions are elegant and responsive to the touch. Yes, they take too long for my taste, but they are very smooth. – Note the phone “no-go” when I touched it the first time. Don’t know what that was. It could have been that I didn’t press enough or that the system had a hiccup. Don’t forget these cars are running on limited/converted power during these shows.
Looks. I like the looks. It’s more refined and serious. The square buttons look better.
Map. WHAT A DIFFERENCE! The map looks A LOT nicer. I am sure it’s gonna perform better also; now that we are going back to Navteq, things should be where they really are!
Voice Control. Look at the video and judge for yourselves. It’s much, much faster and much more responsive! And, look how fast it computes the destination. It made me giggle
Screen. It appears that Ford did away with the haptic screen on our Explorers. The screen on the Taurus doesn’t have the “give” ours do.
THE MILLION DOLLAR QUESTION IS... When I tried MFT version 1 last year in an Edge, it worked like a charm. It was fast and responsive and very cool to use. Much like what my experience was with version 2 today. We all know what version 1 turned out to be. So, it remains to be seen how the system will behave in the real world.
Enjoy!