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SYNC, Ford's voice-operated in-vehicle phone and media player interface, has become hugely popular feature. Since its introduction a couple years back, Ford has added new features and functionality to the system, including the ability to call up turn-by-turn directions, even on cars without navigation.<br />
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If you have a newer, more advanced phone that can download its address book, you can make calls by simply telling the car to call a given contact's name. If, on the other hand, you're stuck with a more prosaic communications device, you're limited to dialing by number. <br />
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To address this limitation, Ford's has introduced SYNCmyPhone. This is a desktop application (available for Windows and Mac) that allows users to create and manage their address book. Once the address book is ready, it can then be saved to a USB drive and loaded to a SYNC-equipped car, giving it the dial-by-name functionality previously available only to users of newer phones. If you drive a Ford vehicle with SYNC, you can download the app at <a href="http://www.syncmyride.com/">SYNCMyRide.com</a> .<br />
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SYNC, Ford's voice-operated in-vehicle phone and media player interface, has become hugely popular feature. Since its introduction a couple years back, Ford has added new features and functionality to the system, including the ability to call up turn-by-turn directions, even on cars without navigation.<br />
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If you have a newer, more advanced phone that can download its address book, you can make calls by simply telling the car to call a given contact's name. If, on the other hand, you're stuck with a more prosaic communications device, you're limited to dialing by number. <br />
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To address this limitation, Ford's has introduced SYNCmyPhone. This is a desktop application (available for Windows and Mac) that allows users to create and manage their address book. Once the address book is ready, it can then be saved to a USB drive and loaded to a SYNC-equipped car, giving it the dial-by-name functionality previously available only to users of newer phones. If you drive a Ford vehicle with SYNC, you can download the app at <a href="http://www.syncmyride.com/">SYNCMyRide.com</a> .<br />
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[Source: Ford]<p><a href="http://www.autoblog.com/2009/12/13/ford-offers-desktop-app-to-download-phone-address-books-to-sync/" rel="bookmark">Continue reading <em>Ford offers desktop app to download phone address books to SYNC</em></a></p><p style="padding:5px;background:#ddd;border:1px solid #ccc;clear:both;"><a href="http://www.autoblog.com/2009/12/13/ford-offers-desktop-app-to-download-phone-address-books-to-sync/">Ford offers desktop app to download phone address books to SYNC</a> originally appeared on <a href="http://www.autoblog.com">Autoblog</a> on Sun, 13 Dec 2009 10:52:00 EST. Please see our <a href="http://www.weblogsinc.com/feed-terms/">terms for use of feeds</a>.</p><h6 style="clear: both; padding: 8px 0 0 0; height: 2px; font-size: 1px; border: 0; margin: 0; padding: 0;"></h6><a href="http://www.autoblog.com/2009/12/13/ford-offers-desktop-app-to-download-phone-address-books-to-sync/" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent link to this entry">Permalink</a> | <a href="http://www.autoblog.com/forward/19275866/" title="Send this entry to a friend via email">Email this</a> | <a href="http://www.autoblog.com/2009/12/13/ford-offers-desktop-app-to-download-phone-address-books-to-sync/#comments" title="View reader comments on this entry">Comments</a>
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