Connected drive question

elie06 · 10-19-2010, 04:18 PM

Hi fellow bimmers,

I'm picking up my new F10 in 2 days.

I ordered it in England because of the huge price difference and i'm bringing it back to France where i live (i got Left hand drive and euro specs)

My only concern is that my vendor thinks that connected drive might not work in France

I can't understand why.

If ti's a european car, why on earth can't i program it so that connected drive works in France ?

Any hints greatly appreciated.

Kind regards,

Elie

elie06 · 10-21-2010, 01:42 AM

Hmm, no answers yet...

Come on, guys, hasn't anybody tried connected drive ?

Does it call a special number that could change on a country by country basis or does it access the internet portal thru the 3G phone connection ?

Please share Your thoughts on this matter...

Kind regards,

Elie

Robin_NL · 10-21-2010, 03:20 AM

Hi,

I think it depends on a/which telecom provider in your country has the ability to 'do' the connected drive service, like i.e. Vodafone.

I'm still waiting on that system to initiate as well for the reason above....

But I could be wrong.

Cheers
Robin

eripers · 10-21-2010, 04:05 AM

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Originally Posted by elie06

Hmm, no answers yet...

Come on, guys, hasn't anybody tried connected drive ?

Does it call a special number that could change on a country by country basis or does it access the internet portal thru the 3G phone connection ?

Please share Your thoughts on this matter...

Kind regards,

Elie

I find this strange too. In the old solution with an integrated phone in the car it made sence that this had to be fixed on country bases. When we now go through the phone it should be just like a computer. And with a normal PC you can connect in any country to any phone.
It will be interesting to see how this works when I get mine in a few more days. All info sais it's not available in Norway, but the options is checked of in the order sheet.

Touring · 10-21-2010, 04:26 AM

Its just operative in some european countries. According to my dealer it will be active in Norway at least around newyears, so they are probably taking one country at a time.

JOHNBMWM5 · 10-21-2010, 01:44 PM

It should work in France after all if you travel there from UK it does!!

morkjt · 10-21-2010, 03:38 PM

BMW equip the car with SIMs to connect to Deutche Telekom mobile companies whom they've done the deal with for ConnectedDrive. That's T-Mobile in the countries where it's available - and no deal has been done in France (not sure T-Mobile exist there either?)

So basically, the embedded SIM won't function, and you wont be able to connect to BMW.

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elie06 Enlisted Member 3 Rep 36 Posts Drives: F10 - 523i - Spacegrey 10/2010 Join Date: Nov 2008 Location: Nice iTrader: (0)	Hmm, no answers yet... Come on, guys, hasn't anybody tried connected drive ? Does it call a special number that could change on a country by country basis or does it access the internet portal thru the 3G phone connection ? Please share Your thoughts on this matter... Kind regards, Elie
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Robin_NL S0THPAW 8717 Rep 7,846 Posts Drives: HS M2 Competition Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: The Netherlands iTrader: (0)	Hi, I think it depends on a/which telecom provider in your country has the ability to 'do' the connected drive service, like i.e. Vodafone. I'm still waiting on that system to initiate as well for the reason above.... But I could be wrong. Cheers Robin
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morkjt Enlisted Member 1 Rep 31 Posts Drives: BMW F10 520d Auto Deep Sea Blu Join Date: Jul 2010 Location: Cambridge iTrader: (0)	BMW equip the car with SIMs to connect to Deutche Telekom mobile companies whom they've done the deal with for ConnectedDrive. That's T-Mobile in the countries where it's available - and no deal has been done in France (not sure T-Mobile exist there either?) So basically, the embedded SIM won't function, and you wont be able to connect to BMW.
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