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The driver can choose from a wide variety of tracks and genres using the on-board monitor and joystick.
ENGADGET: Mini Cooper Connected app adjusts music based on driving style, stops when airbags deploy
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Functions integrated into the car via an Apple iPhone can be operated using the joystick, the steering wheel buttons or the on-board monitor.
ENGADGET: Mini Cooper Connected app adjusts music based on driving style, stops when airbags deploy
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Once connected, the phone can be stored away and all functions can be operated using the vehicle's iDrive controller, steering wheel buttons and on-board monitor.
ENGADGET: BMW and Mini cars add iOS integration for Audible, Glympse, Rhapsody and TuneIn
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The on-board monitor in BMW and MINI provides users with the simplicity and familiarity they have come to trust in their iPhone and iPod touch and the intuitive and integrated iPod navigation menu can be safely operated through the vehicle's interface controls.
ENGADGET: BMW supports iPod Out, fills your 2011 auto with 2001's finest user interface
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Among the functions unique in the MINI segment are access to the GoogleTM local search and GoogleTM Send to Car services and reception of user-definable RSS news feeds, the content of which is displayed on the on-board monitor and can be read out using the optional voice output function.
ENGADGET: Mini Cooper Connected app adjusts music based on driving style, stops when airbags deploy
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The technology includes on-board radar and video cameras to monitor the road, the surroundings, and the driver.
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The FAA approved test flights for the Boeing planes with strict conditions to assure safety: Only essential personnel will be on board, crews must continuously monitor the plane for battery-related problems and tests will be conducted over unpopulated areas.
CNN: Boeing can conduct Dreamliner test flights