Ford_News
06-20-2011, 08:11 AM
Filed under: Technology (http://www.autoblog.com/category/tech/), Ford (http://www.autoblog.com/category/ford/), Lincoln (http://www.autoblog.com/category/lincoln/)
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The Ford SYNC (http://autoblog.com/tag/sync/) hands-free tech has proven to be a well-liked commodity over the past several years, in part because the automaker continues to update the feature-packed system. Now the automaker is catering to the estimated seven million fantasy baseball fans with on-demand weekly statistic updates right from the comfort of the driver's seat of a SYNC-equipped Ford (http://autoblog.com/make/ford/) or Lincoln (http://autoblog.com/make/lincoln/).
To access hitting and pitching stats, the driver needs only say "Sports," then "Baseball," then "Fantasy Update" from Services. The system will then read off the leaders in batting average, home runs, RBIs, wins, strikeouts, saves and other relevant categories. Of course, the SYNC system will need a paired Bluetooth-enabled phone with a SYNC Services account, which is free for the first three years of vehicle ownership.
Ford is hoping fantasy baseball owners will use this new feature to get up to speed on the latest fantasy baseball news, but we're a bit torn on this one. As fantasy baseball team owners, we're always up for any news and analysis that will help us win. Typically, though, we want that information in front of us when we set our lineups, and we can't do that sort of thing while driving.
Then again, we're sure many fantasy baseball fans will take whatever info they can get when they can get it. We'll just have to see how the new feature works in person. Hit the jump (http://www.mnfords.com/2011/06/20/designated-distraction-sync-begins-offering-fantasy-baseball-up/#continued) to read over the Ford press release.Continue reading Designated Distraction? SYNC begins offering Fantasy Baseball updates (http://www.autoblog.com/2011/06/20/designated-distraction-sync-begins-offering-fantasy-baseball-up/)
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The Ford SYNC (http://autoblog.com/tag/sync/) hands-free tech has proven to be a well-liked commodity over the past several years, in part because the automaker continues to update the feature-packed system. Now the automaker is catering to the estimated seven million fantasy baseball fans with on-demand weekly statistic updates right from the comfort of the driver's seat of a SYNC-equipped Ford (http://autoblog.com/make/ford/) or Lincoln (http://autoblog.com/make/lincoln/).
To access hitting and pitching stats, the driver needs only say "Sports," then "Baseball," then "Fantasy Update" from Services. The system will then read off the leaders in batting average, home runs, RBIs, wins, strikeouts, saves and other relevant categories. Of course, the SYNC system will need a paired Bluetooth-enabled phone with a SYNC Services account, which is free for the first three years of vehicle ownership.
Ford is hoping fantasy baseball owners will use this new feature to get up to speed on the latest fantasy baseball news, but we're a bit torn on this one. As fantasy baseball team owners, we're always up for any news and analysis that will help us win. Typically, though, we want that information in front of us when we set our lineups, and we can't do that sort of thing while driving.
Then again, we're sure many fantasy baseball fans will take whatever info they can get when they can get it. We'll just have to see how the new feature works in person. Hit the jump (http://www.mnfords.com/2011/06/20/designated-distraction-sync-begins-offering-fantasy-baseball-up/#continued) to read over the Ford press release.Continue reading Designated Distraction? SYNC begins offering Fantasy Baseball updates (http://www.autoblog.com/2011/06/20/designated-distraction-sync-begins-offering-fantasy-baseball-up/)
Designated Distraction? SYNC begins offering Fantasy Baseball updates (http://www.autoblog.com/2011/06/20/designated-distraction-sync-begins-offering-fantasy-baseball-up/) originally appeared on Autoblog (http://www.autoblog.com) on Mon, 20 Jun 2011 08:58:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds (http://www.weblogsinc.com/feed-terms/).
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