News Feature Added to iDrive BMW Search

It stopping working the other day. The free ride is over.

Originally Posted by jaaX3

Oh and the CNN is gone, even for those who pay for the service. BMW said they were just testing the service, and it's not yet ready for release.

Not so my friend. I just used it about 3 hours ago to get news on the Health sCare bill.

Originally Posted by Prof2

If they include weather/radar, I would probably pay the $199.

Me too!!!!

Is there any final word on what IS supposed to be included in BMW Search (whether or not for subscription)?!?! Were CNN and Market updates a test or are they here to stay? I could care less about the concierge guy who chats with you as you drive along. But some of the additional info sources available might be worth $199/ yr.

And dunno know if there are any BMW product people that ever troll this forum, but from what is saw on the glimpse of BMW Search that I got last week:
-Market news is cool but would be even great if you could add your own portfolio;
-CNN News was interesting but would be better if more than 2 sentences per articles were available;
-Weather was cool but would be great if you could get weather maps (radar is worth a thousand words);
-Google based business search was pretty cool but somewhat redundant of the info database that already included w/ navi--would be REALLY cool if you could do a google search generally (not limited just to business search); and
-the email location function is cute although I'm not sure how frequently I'd ever use it.

Originally Posted by NewGTGuy

Not so my friend. I just used it about 3 hours ago to get news on the Health sCare bill.

Nice! Well why don't I have it?!

Originally Posted by jaax3

nice! Well why don't i have it?!

+1

Originally Posted by jaaX3

Nice! Well why don't I have it?!

I should have mentioned that I did pay the $199 for the year.

Originally Posted by NewGTGuy

I should have mentioned that I did pay the $199 for the year.

Yeah, I have the subscription (although my dealer paid for it). I still don't have CNN.

You want someone to know where you are, just sign up for Google Maps Latitudes--FREE. I have it on my Droid & Ozone smartphones, can see where other family members are (we all signed up free).