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Dayv
03/30/09

In reply to Apple Patent Outlines Smarter and Safer...In-Car Navigation Interface?
My Honda doesn't make me pull over to use the nav.
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Mayor McRib
03/30/09

@dayv: Me either. It was definitely a selling point. The NAV can be controlled by the driver in motion.
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superhappyfuntime
03/30/09

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too bad BMW's already got the name iDrive. I'm sure Apple wishes they had it now.
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Kaiser-Machead
03/30/09

@latterman: Though I can't verify this for myself, I was told that the iDrive interface is lacking, and trails behind Audi's alternative.
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.357
03/30/09

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It seems good now, but it has a bunch of potential problems. So if you don't want your 16 year old kid using the nav at all while in motion, just thumbprint him and program your Apple GPS. What if he's sitting in the passenger seat? Then he can't use the Nav because its his fingerprint.
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GitEmSteveDave_Isn'tFreshPerked
03/30/09

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Hey if it can tell me if the "girl" in my front seat is really a girl, and then twitter the fact I'm actually in the same car as a girl, I'll take three.
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OMG! Ponies!
03/30/09

@SnaLanKoat_GitEmSteveDave: Three girls or three Apple GPS units?
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GitEmSteveDave_Isn'tFreshPerked
03/30/09

@OMG! Ponies!: Three units. Or two apple GPSii and one girl and one pre-op tranny. Or one GPS, One Girl, and One POST-Op.
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OMG! Ponies!
03/30/09

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Only Apple would file a patent drawn with a calligraphy pen.
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FritzLaurel
03/30/09

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FINALLY!

Although, this seems a much more complicated solution than it needs to be. Space pen vs. pencil anyone?

Seriously, why is this an issue in the first place? Just require the passenger to unlock it with some whacked out gesture that requires 3 fingers and an elbow.
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GitEmSteveDave_Isn'tFreshPerked
03/30/09

@FritzLaurel: That's an URBAN LEGEND!
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