I had a lot of fun testing out Ford’s Escape Hybrid and their Microsoft SYNC technology. As I expressed in my posts and demoed in my videos, my kids and I had some struggles with the speech recognition aspect, though. During my evaluation, I was surprised to find out that Nuance ( the company behind [...]
In this final installment of my look at the Ford Escape and SYNC, my kids offer up their take on the car. Click through to the Read More link to see the video and be sure to check out the previous coverage:
I caught my neighbors trying out the mood lighting in the Ford Escape Click through to the Read More link to see the video and be sure to check out the previous coverage:
In day 5 of my adventures with the Ford Escape Hybrid and SYNC, I give Warner a call and we talk about the weather, gas prices, engines, and generally just have a good time. Video after the Read More…
In day 3 with the Ford Escape, our family heads out to Starbucks and experiments with voice recognition and SYNC. Our results? Check it out for yourself! Be sure to follow my other coverage on the Ford Escape and SYNC: GBM Shortcut: The Ford Escape Hybrid with Sync arrives. GBM Shortcut: Day 1 with the [...]
My day 2 adventures with the Ford Escape Hybrid and SYNC found me experimenting with the voice recognition features — launching music, calling people, etc. I was quite pleased to learn that I didn’t have to set up any voice tags for my phone book because that would have been a big pain. Voice tags [...]
There is nothing like the smell of a new car to get your blood going in the morning – couple that with some good tunes + coffee, and you can certainly count yourself blessed. I headed out to work this morning in the Ford Escape and captured this video to show how easy it was [...]
Ford just delivered the Escape Hybrid for me to review, and my girls are already planning everything they want me to do with it. Here is a quick 4-minute look at the car and technology I’ll be testing out for the next week.
Road Trip!!! Tomorrow afternoon, a Ford Escape Hybrid, equipped with Microsoft’s SYNC technology, will be delivered to my house. I’ll be reviewing it for a week, digging deep into the SYNC capabilities, looking at how mobile warriors like you and I might benefit from the technology, and of course, enjoying the heck out of test [...]
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