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From: Houston, TX
Originally Posted by jeffgdula
bottom line: some people think we shoudl have it. I don't. That's it. Giving reasons has proved fruitless bc nobody is going to change their mind.
Obviously there is no right or wrong answer to this question. Just our individual views on the matter. I don't disrespect your views, just sharing mine as well.
Heel & Toe
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My two pennies:
Shame on you GM for making a closed, integrated, unexpandable (yet otherwise well-designed) system and not providing for the two things that most consumers want to do with their cars these days- blue tooth phones, and iPod connectivity.
And shame on you for putting an Onstar system into my brand new $55K car that uses technology (analog) that I abandoned in 1997 and that you will abandon in 2008, then offer me to upgrade my system to digital for free only if I pre-pay for three years of onstar service. Are you taking lessons from Micro$oft?
Even linking a Verizon phone to the new digital system still means two phone numbers (on one convenient bill!) so if I forget to forward my calls to the car number when I get in (or worse, off when I get out), I'm screwed.
I love Onstar, but this is a side of GM I wish I didn't see.
Sean
P.S. I called a friend with my free minutes and he said the quality was horrible. Never heard that with my Sony Ericsson hands free kit in my C5.
Shame on you GM for making a closed, integrated, unexpandable (yet otherwise well-designed) system and not providing for the two things that most consumers want to do with their cars these days- blue tooth phones, and iPod connectivity.
And shame on you for putting an Onstar system into my brand new $55K car that uses technology (analog) that I abandoned in 1997 and that you will abandon in 2008, then offer me to upgrade my system to digital for free only if I pre-pay for three years of onstar service. Are you taking lessons from Micro$oft?
Even linking a Verizon phone to the new digital system still means two phone numbers (on one convenient bill!) so if I forget to forward my calls to the car number when I get in (or worse, off when I get out), I'm screwed.
I love Onstar, but this is a side of GM I wish I didn't see.
Sean
P.S. I called a friend with my free minutes and he said the quality was horrible. Never heard that with my Sony Ericsson hands free kit in my C5.
Last edited by thirdwaver; Sep 6, 2005 at 12:50 PM.
