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Video: iPad / Ford SYNC

Published on April 12, 2010 in Fun Stuff. 0 Comments Tags: , , , , , .

While we already know of an iPad integrated into a car stereo, the enterprising gentlemen in the video after the jump got an iPad to work with a stock Ford SYNC system.  While it doesn’t work with the Ford’s built-in USB connector, it does work over bluetooth audio, the same as an iPhone would.  Voice commands don’t work in that mode, but the guys in the video say that that feature is coming.  Click here to read my review of the SYNC system.

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First iPad integration into a Car Stereo

Published on April 8, 2010 in Fun Stuff and Under the Hood (In Depth). 1 Comment Tags: , , , , , .

The guys at SoundMan Car Audio got their hands on an Apple iPad and promptly got to work, installing it in a Toyota Tacoma pickup truck.  They used a bunch of high-quality car stereo components to finish off the install, and it looks pretty sweet!  Check out the video after the jump to see how and what all they did.

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Apple Co-Founder Confounded by Prius accelerator?

Published on February 2, 2010 in Recalls. 0 Comments Tags: , , , , , , .

It seems that Apple Co-founder Steve Wozniak, better known as “The Woz”, has a problem with his 2010 Prius.  Under certain cruise control conditions, it accelerates wildly.  Luckily, he can reproduce the problem repeatedly – and safely.  In a statement at Discovery forum 2010, he said, “this is software. It’s not a bad accelerator pedal. It’s very scary, but luckily for me I can hit the brakes.”  This would indicate that Toyota has more than just bad hardware to contend with.  The interesting thing is, Wozniak said he spent 3 months trying to get Toyota and the NHTSA to look into the problem, with no result.

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