"We love the Bose people, and not just because they know math and we don't. It's because of what they can do with math in the name of making life more wonderful for the rest of us. This time, Bose has developed its first automotive infotainment system and it should set the industry back on its heels for some time to come.
It is a graphically pleasing and easy to grasp navigation system based on GPS and dead-reckoning technology, with all of the cues you need and want prominently displayed on a 6.5' screen. Adding a new destination or dialing up stored one is a snap. That's nice. But it's the music part of the system that will blow your mind.
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It helps that the Scaglietti's sound system is acoustically customized for its cabin. Hearing Pink Floyd's "Dark Side of the Moon" in there will make you weep. There's a built-in hard drive you can load through the player, or with a memory stick, and it'll store 30 gigabytes of tunes.
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There is, of course, an iPod plugin, and a Bluetooth phone function that will download your contact list. And voice control that you just know works better than any voice control you've ever experienced, just because it's Bose."
This Bose system won't be available to most of us for a few years, but hopefully their principles will filter down to other manufacturers. A navigation system shouldn't be so hard to use that it puts you in danger if you try to use it. Good music can do wonders for a person's attitude, possibly improving driving and reducing road rage.
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