BMW Models Compatible With ‘New iPhone’ From Day One?
Hmmm. BMW has got a page on their site welcoming ‘the new iPhone’ and touting how well it work with most BMW models:
It’s the kind of innovative forethought you expect from BMW: the new Apple iPhone is here, and it’s compatible with most BMW models from day one. The communication and music functionalities of the Apple iPhone can easily be operated with the in-vehicle control elements and displays.
All you need besides the new Apple iPhone to make a call, listen to music or access your address book in a BMW is the "USB/audio interface" and a suitable mobile phone preparation with Bluetooth interface. Enjoy your iPhone and your BMW in parallel, for the sheer pleasure of both worlds.
Sounds good. Yet another sign of the impending arrival of … something … a 3G model, a 3G and V2 model? At any rate, I assume all these features will be coming to my Kia any day now as well 
Via: iPhoneworld
Awesome, isn’t it?
All you need is… a lot of things extra.
I’m driving a BMW and the iPhone is working with the BMW via Bluetooth interface nicely.
I don’t know why you can just use the telephone functionality and not the iPod thing wireless but ok, you can buy an adpator for 50$ / 50Euro and then you can listen to your music (if you have the USB / iPod interface).
Also BMW is offering a nice iPhone bluetooth snap in adaptor (80$ / 80 Euro). If you decide to buy this you can use the external antenna but – you can’t use the cable to listen music.
Argh…
frank – LOL – that does sound frustrating. I’m glad I’m not a BMW owner today I think
technically, the bluetooth system in my bmw is not supposed to work with my iphone (its production date is just a few months shy of what’s on bmw’s official iphone compatibility list), but it works perfectly. i hope i have the same luck with the 3G iphone when i get one!