First Microsoft Gremlins Migrating From PC To Ford's SYNC? Time For Apple To Step In And Corner Another Market?

In 2010, Ford reinvented its SYNC system with the launch of the refreshed Ford Edge and Lincoln MKX. But the new integrated system – MyFord Touch and MyLincoln Touch or what's known as "SYNC generation 2" – has been plagued by more than a few bugs. And part of the problem is due to its design.

If one of its various functions trips up – navigation, phone or entertainment, among others – the system can restart. This can leave the driver faced with a blank display and a restart procedure that can take two to three minutes. Double bummer: It usually wipes out your paired phones and indexed music.



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atc98092 - 3/30/2011 10:37:07 PM

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The one person in the article blaiming Microsoft was a dealer. I'm sure he's up on all the technical side of how Sync works.

All Microsoft provides is the embedded operating system. Sync is a product that runs on top of the OS, and is not under the control of Microsoft. Sure, there could have been something that changed in the OS that Sync didn't expect, but as someone who has written a number of programs for Windows I can tell you that the OS itself has little to do with the way the vast majority of programs work. Unless your program is accessing hardware directly, then you really have to watch your code.

internationalmanofmystery - 3/31/2011 9:35:24 AM

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Oh no!

lexusrox123 - 4/1/2011 9:20:19 AM

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Do it, Apple!