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      05-27-2008, 04:19 PM   #4
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Originally Posted by BMWCCA/Spira Article
Additional features include a USB port in the glove box which will be used for transferring or downloading music to the CIC, as well as support for EDGE (Enhanced Data rates for Global Evolution, providing data transfer at up to 560 kbps) and UMTS (Universal Mobile Telecommunications System, a true 3G mobile telecommunications standard based on GSM although it’s not compatible with GSM, providing a data transfer rate of up to 2 Mbps).
Just ducky. An international "standard" not properly utilized. Who from MicroSoft is moonlighting at BMW? I wonder if anyone's cell phones will still be compatible with this BMW "standard" or will we all have to go buy new phones.
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