Vicki Poponi, assistant vice president for product planning at Honda's U.S. marketing arm, says it is true that Bluetooth and a navigation system are only available on the most expensive Civics.

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"HondaLink will enable customers to put away their phone and still stay connected to the people, music and media they love, " said Vicki Poponi, assistant vice president of product planning for American Honda.

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"iPhone has become so integral to people's lives that they continue to use them in their vehicles, " said Vicki Poponi, assistant vice president of automobile product planning, American Honda.

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And it's not difficult to imagine the business-to-business uses of e-scheduling, like letting distributors arrange for manufacturers' deliveries at convenient times or allowing customers to book product-training classes online, or even enabling an administrative assistant to make plans for a temp to cover his weeklong vacation.

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