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Nope, and thank god it isn't! Touch screen in the car is even more distracting and difficult to use. One of the handful of reasons the Evoque was stricken off the car list!
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02-29-2012, 06:13 PM | #5 |
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Either way you have to take your eyes off the road to look at the screen. The iDrive system is pretty nifty, but I think if the screen were angled towards the driver and placed closer, a touch screen would be less distracting. What manufacturers really need to do is start using capacitive displays (the one on modern smartphones) instead of resistive displays (the one used on credit card scanners).
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02-29-2012, 07:44 PM | #6 | |
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In any case, touch screen isn't that good...we have it in our Lexus...it is confusing and distracting, not user friendly. |
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02-29-2012, 08:22 PM | #7 |
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And fingerprints. You'd always be wiping them off.
More promising I think is the gesture-based system they were working on. It still needs work because I think there is the potential for distraction there if it's not done well too. Here's a YouTube video of it. |
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02-29-2012, 08:54 PM | #9 |
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Well you can practically do that today with the F30, within limits. Based on what's available on mobile phones, you can see that it's just getting better all the time. It seems to me that vehicle manufacturers seem to adopt (and update) this kind of technology somewhat reluctantly though.
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I agree....which is odd. You'd think they'd be inclined to lead the pack. In this day and age I don't see another application for voice commands that's as prominent as in a vehicle. |
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02-29-2012, 09:14 PM | #11 |
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I have that in my X5 but don't use it much at all.. most of the time it is like 'do not recognize, system off'
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There's no way to do anything on a touch-screen without taking one's eyes off the road. With iDrive, one can at least execute learned actions using the controller without looking at the screen. This minimizes the amount of time that the driver needs to remove his/her eyes from the road.
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Firstly, they want tried and tested technology. Remember the old myth about the argument between Bill Gates and someone in Ford or General Motors about how if the car industry had innovated we'd all be buzzing around in electric motors that drive themselves or something? The thing is that cars have to be reliable, and not just for safety reasons - they have a much longer life than your personal tech and you don't expect the computer to freeze or crash routinely. The other thing is that each car manufacturer largely seems to make their own systems. I don't think they have the economies of scale to be innovative. Look at the number of people who buy iPhones and Android handsets each year - this gives Apple and Google etc vast amounts of money to invest in R&D. Car companies have to spread their R&D budget over not just the in-car computer systems but also an incredibly complicated machine that has to be 100% safe and has to deal with incredibly harsh environments day in, day out for a decade or more. Quote:
I've not used the iDrive but having seen taxi drivers use Mercedes' version I realise that, while it's slower to use if you can give it 100% of your attention, you can flick your attention between the iDrive and the road more readily. With a touch screen I'm trying to coordinate my finger's exact position and trying to stop my finger being thrown off by bumps in the road all while steering and watching out for hazards. It's downright dangerous IMO. What I'm hoping will make use of the iDrive easier is the HUD, as I understand that some things like song lists etc display on it? |
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You push the button and say : Navigation/Radio whatever Then she(I call her Sixy, my wife doesn't know about her.) asks you the usual questions.You respond etc. Works just fine. |
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03-02-2012, 07:42 AM | #22 |
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Absolutely. The HUD is one of the things that I'm most excited about utilizing in the F30. With navigation instructions, playlist scrolling, and current speed, I expect that at least half of the reasons to take one's eyes off the road are now eliminated.
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