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Originally Posted by THE TECH
So yet again, the USA version is somewhat worthless compared to the European one.
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All depends what is important/of value to you:
BMW Search
- the GUI is exactly the same -it used to have some
Atari-quality in the graphics before the major upgrade just a couple of weeks ago
- you get very accurate local gas prices in BMW Search with direct navigation to the gas station
- stock prices
- CNN news with text-to-speech
- now you get Yelp
- you can send your location via email to anybody
BMW Live
- Google Panoramio and Street View
- RSS feeds with text-to-speech of whatever you want (up to 10). Only the headline is shown and played via text-to-speech; the full article selected can be sent via email
- Wiki Local
- Qype (the Euro version of Yelp somewhat; it works quite good)
Price-wise, BMW Live is more expensive than BMW Search as BMW Live uses BT tethering from your phone and that costs about $20/month or $240 a year. BMW Search is $199 a year and also includes the Concierge service and other Assist features.