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04-23-2014, 02:07 PM | #1 |
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CIC (&NBT) iPhone vs iDrive Office
So I've trawled the forums... : and have found no recent update to this. Does anyone know if a fix is out yet for emails in Office via iPhone (5 running iOS 7.1.1) I.e. showing up without changing 'recent list' in notifications?
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04-23-2014, 02:36 PM | #2 |
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While I don't know the answer, in general I'd like to say that I find the Office features of iDrive pretty useless. I really don't have any interest in viewing or working with e-mail via iDrive. I'd rather take my phone out of my pocket and view it/respond. Am I missing something? I've seen some of the slick demos where you can verbally dictate a message and send it... but my phone will do the same thing hands-free... and it still seems less than useful except for the shortest and simplest of messages? Am I missing a big benefit?
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So, in conclusion, the office integration is not very usable in its current state. BUT (bringing distracted driving issues back on side) when the text/email reading does work it is safer than using the phone directly.
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04-23-2014, 05:04 PM | #4 | |
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I'm almost of the mind that BMW's attempts here may make the situation worse. Especially the integration with social media sites... do we really need Facebook while driving?! I like your suggestion about messages being shown in the HUD. But I'm not convinced, even then, that it wouldn't be a big distraction. It's one thing to glance at something like your speed in the HUD but another altogether to read messages that require significantly longer focus. The ultimate solution would probably be a system that's 100% voice controlled - both for reading and responding to messages.
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04-23-2014, 05:20 PM | #5 | |
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BTW I read your response on the iDrive while running an errand - of course I have coded the car to bypass the anti-scroll while in motion safeguard so I was able to read it all. "I plead guilty your honor!"
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