BMW has teamed up with Google to introduce a technology that allows owners to "send business locations, street addresses and their associated phone numbers to their car" from their home computer. Jalopnik reports, "The MyInfo system will be available in the BMW X5, X6, 1, 3, 5, 6 and 7 Series, effective with Model Year 2009, but for 2008 will only be available in the new…2008 BMW X6." BMW drivers "will be able to call the phone numbers received with their Bluetooth connected mobile phone or, if their BMW is equipped with a navigation system, immediately start route guidance by a simple push of a button." Mercedes already offers a similar system, known as "Search&Send." Just last week, GM's OnStar service added a very similar set of features, partnered with Mapquest.
Autoblog likes the system because "there is no need to use the iDrive controller to painstakingly plug" information into the navigation system. "Inputting address and destination data into any navigation system has always been grievous, so we welcome any technology that allows remote, one-click, uploading."
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