The launch of a newly developed BMW Group interface technology will provide BMW and MINI drivers with an easy-to-operate, intuitive way of using their iPhone and iPod touch in future BMW Group vehicles.

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So now for something completely different: advanced technology for the last sixty years has meant computing power and its application but the interface with much of the 3 dimensional world is still extremely feeble because mechanical technology has been mostly overlooked since the mindset has been that mechanical has all been done plus it was never and will never be flashy.

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The new interface technology was developed by an international cooperation of the BMW Research and Development Centre in Munich, Germany and the BMW Group Technology Office Palo Alto in Silicon Valley, California.

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