40 Mercedes-Benz dealers now using iPads to sell cars

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  • Reply 21 of 59
    christopher126christopher126 Posts: 4,366member
    we are months away from where your mercedes will be 'talking to you' transmitting data directly to your iPad! Think of the animations Mercedes could do with engine graphics and statistics and maintenance communication, etc., etc.,



    Have you seen this video on the Apple website for the iPad App 'Elements.' I know it's just the periodic table but the animations are superb. This is how magazines, textbooks and Apps like the Mercedes will be presented very soon.



    Who wants the WSJ or NYT to look like a Newspaper on a 10" piece of paper?



    Take a look. The video is in the mid left side of the screen...



    http://www.apple.com/ipad/apps-for-ipad/#elements



    Best
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  • Reply 22 of 59
    MacPromacpro Posts: 19,873member
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    Originally Posted by NasserAE View Post


    Those trolls are probably playing with their iPads as we speak



    That explains iPads only having 92% approval... 8% are owned by trolls.
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  • Reply 23 of 59
    MacPromacpro Posts: 19,873member
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    Meanwhile, how well integrated are iPod/iPhone connectors in the Mercedes cars themselves?



    (I have no idea.)



    I hope Toyota do too then someone can make an app that can operate the brakes and cruise control.
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  • Reply 24 of 59
    christopher126christopher126 Posts: 4,366member
    Quote:
    Originally Posted by Dr Millmoss View Post


    If something that never existed can be cancelled, then I am canceling my plans to buy a pet unicorn.



    Come now you're an intelligent guy....you know there are many stages in the development of any product it starts as a concept....OK MS cancelled their 'concept' tablet! Better?
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  • Reply 25 of 59
    christopher126christopher126 Posts: 4,366member
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    I hope Toyota do too then someone can make an app that can operate the brakes and cruise control.



    Yep, the Toyotas, 'just keep going and going and going!'
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  • Reply 26 of 59
    blastdoorblastdoor Posts: 3,726member
    The iPad has so many potential markets that it can address. The possibilities are endless...
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  • Reply 27 of 59
    piotpiot Posts: 1,346member
    "The iPad is a consumption device."?
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  • Reply 28 of 59
    rot'napplerot'napple Posts: 1,839member
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    Originally Posted by piot View Post


    "The iPad is a consumption device."?



    Steve told us what the iPad was able to do... movies, songs, tv shows, e-mail, web, apps, but he couldn't tell us what the iPad was capable of doing... he left that to the rest of us!



    Go Mercedes... added to the list of think different companies asking innovative app designers hired to make the iPad the company's own 'mobile consumption device'...



    It's no longer, "Mr. Magoo! You've done it again!"



    It's 'Apple! You've done it again!'







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  • Reply 29 of 59
    aaarrrggghaaarrrgggh Posts: 1,609member
    If Apple wants the pilot to be successful they had better resolve the WiFi issues extremely quickly. Could also be nice in the service garage, eliminating the need for the tech's PC...



    But, as it is today, the WiFi would just be a mess to deal with. Maybe it works somewhat better on a Cisco fabric than the residential stuff.
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  • Reply 30 of 59
    anantksundaramanantksundaram Posts: 20,413member
    Apple is doomed!?
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  • Reply 31 of 59
    narcomanarcoma Posts: 37member
    Quote:
    Originally Posted by christopher126 View Post


    we are months away from where your mercedes will be 'talking to you' transmitting data directly to your iPad! Think of the animations Mercedes could do with engine graphics and statistics and maintenance communication, etc., etc.,



    Have you seen this video on the Apple website for the iPad App 'Elements.' I know it's just the periodic table but the animations are superb. This is how magazines, textbooks and Apps like the Mercedes will be presented very soon.



    Who wants the WSJ or NYT to look like a Newspaper on a 10" piece of paper?



    Take a look. The video is in the mid left side of the screen...



    http://www.apple.com/ipad/apps-for-ipad/#elements



    Best



    Agree...Elements is one of my fav apps. Wonderfully creative. Many good memories of Chemistry classes
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  • Reply 32 of 59
    dlcmhdlcmh Posts: 43member
    Quote:
    Originally Posted by anantksundaram View Post


    Apple is doomed!?



    Just curious to know if this phrase was first uttered by pundits or Apple haters?
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  • Reply 33 of 59
    anantksundaramanantksundaram Posts: 20,413member
    Quote:
    Originally Posted by Dr Millmoss View Post


    If something that never existed can be cancelled, then I am canceling my plans to buy a pet unicorn.







    In my case, it's that pot of gold at the end of the rainbow that I'm walking away from......
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  • Reply 34 of 59
    SpamSandwichspamsandwich Posts: 33,407member
    Quote:
    Originally Posted by Pascal007 View Post


    As I was reading this news, I kept seeing Ballmer reading this same news and then reaching for some Maalox...



    ...and crying over his Zune.
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  • Reply 35 of 59
    anantksundaramanantksundaram Posts: 20,413member
    Quote:
    Originally Posted by dlcmh View Post


    Just curious to know if this phrase was first uttered by pundits or Apple haters?



    Both.
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  • Reply 36 of 59
    dr millmossdr millmoss Posts: 5,403member
    Quote:
    Originally Posted by christopher126 View Post


    Come now you're an intelligent guy....you know there are many stages in the development of any product it starts as a concept....OK MS cancelled their 'concept' tablet! Better?



    In Microsoft's case, the first step in product development is pretending that they're going to develop the product. The second step is discontinuing pretending that they are going to develop the product. The only surprise is that anyone still believes them.



    Quote:
    Originally Posted by anantksundaram View Post






    In my case, it's that pot of gold at the end of the rainbow that I'm walking away from......



    Darn. I was going to ask for half.
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  • Reply 37 of 59
    backtomacbacktomac Posts: 4,579member
    What ever happened to the NAV system Apple was supposedly designing for Mercedes Benz?



    I can think of several apps (Around Me, Now Playing come immediately to mind) that would be perfect for a NAV system based on iPhone OSX.



    I don't know why Apple don't make something like this. Surely they can do better than MS Sync (to be fair I've read it is not bad).
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  • Reply 38 of 59
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    Meanwhile, how well integrated are iPod/iPhone connectors in the Mercedes cars themselves?



    (I have no idea.)





    '08 C300 has steering wheel controls for iPod however the front passenger can't work iPod unlike CDs or the radio that are controlled from the center console. May be they fixed iPod integration controls for 2010 model year - there was a letter from MB offering to upgrade the audio for some low price around $4K.



    iPhone paired just fine over the Bluetooth. In fact MB has one of the best hands-free system using real numeric keys instead of voice-controlled phone in some other cars.



    Back to the topic about the selling cars with iPads, it seems MB just started reworking www.mbusa.com site from Flash to HTML and right now I can see just four most latest models via mobile Safari on iPhone. Can't get to any other MB model on iPhone. Still better than Flash-only MB mobile connectivity site: http://www.mercedes-benz-mobile.com/..._passenger.php
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  • Reply 39 of 59
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    Originally Posted by Narcoma View Post


    Agree...Elements is one of my fav apps. Wonderfully creative. Many good memories of Chemistry classes



    Cheers!
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  • Reply 40 of 59
    Quote:
    Originally Posted by Dr Millmoss View Post


    In Microsoft's case, the first step in product development is pretending that they're going to develop the product. The second step is discontinuing pretending that they are going to develop the product. The only surprise is that anyone still believes them.

    .



    Then we are in agreement! I said you were an intelligent guy!
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