Microsoft Blue&Me (Windows Mobile) in the Fiat 500

James De Vile looks at the Blue&Me voice recognition system in the Fiat 500 car. Shot on a single HDR-SR12E. Apologies to the Hoff.

Category:

Science & Technology

Tags:

• Blue&Me
• Fiat
• Fiat 500
• Punto
• Microsoft
• Windows Mobile

[crotchphesant2007]

Great video very informative, thanks. My only question is can you still use for example my iPhones touch screen interface to select music, or put my music on shuffle?! Or can music only be controlled through the shit dashboard screen and buttons? A correct response would be lovely, although I'll be finding out in the morning anyway I hope.

[jamesdevile]

@crotchphesant2007 Hi, sorry - I don't think my iPhone ever worked with this system. It just wouldn't 'hook in' to the system when connected. Hopefully that's changed now - I don't have the car anymore, sadly!

[LaurenMurphy89]

How can you use ecoDrive if you have your mobile phone plugged into the USB port?

[jamesdevile]

@LaurenMurphy89 If your mobile phone has a writeable internal memory (like a USB disk... you'll know if you plug your phone into your PC and it creates a disk icon in My Computer) Blue&Me should be fine to write the information to your mobile - and you can still use it to play music.

[warghost22]

i get my fiat 500 on thursday,cant wait.allways boring to wait.

[mattarris90]

This is a very good review, fun to watch too :p

I'm getting my Fiat 500 in a couple of weeks, with Blue and Me. It's a real shame that the voice recoqnition doesn't work for music too...none the less it still seems like a decent peice of technology.

[FlorBoing3]

W ITALY

[mandoligno]

blue screen of dead?

[jopi328]

You can set what kind of text you want from your ipod! Title or Artist

[rachybaby13]

I have blue tooth and me how easy is it to connect my ipod? and do i need the conector thinggy they have on the fiat website?

[aos50]

I want to buy the U.S version of it, I want to know which one is better, best bang for your buck, the one with the sunroof, or the convertible one?

[Issak42]

@techdigestTV yes.

[techdigestTV]

wait. can i plug my iphone into the usb? yes or no?

[Giorgiobacsi]

Actually the microphone is up on the roof, just over the mirror, not on the dash where you showed it. The mic like thingy you see there is the climate control's thermometer, used to determine the actual temperature of the passenger compartment.