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smart drive App That Adds Top-of-the-Line Music, Communications, Navigation and Assistance Features to Your Car Now Available for iPhone 4S
PALO ALTO, Calif., Nov. 2, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- smart, the quirky, irreverent car that asks people to re-think the way they drive, is now offering its unique smart drive app on the iPhone 4S. The app, which was named "Best User Interface for Mobile" and "Best Mobile Music App" Awards at the 2010 Mobile Excellence Awards in Hollywood, CA, turns the iPhone into an in-car music, phone, navigation and roadside assistance system when attached to the vehicle. It can be downloaded for free from the iPhone App Store.
(Logo: http://photos.prnewswire.com/prnh/20110919/NY70305LOGO )
When connected to the smart drive kit, which can be purchased from and installed by smart dealers, the iPhone app integrates completely with your smart. Just as smart offers the opportunity to customize your car to fit your personality and sense of style, the app offers an endless variety of ways to make the car's entertainment and navigation system all about you. It includes:
-- The ability to listen to your entire iPhone music collection through
your smart's speakers
-- Seamless Bluetooth hands-free calling
-- Roadside assistance that connects you with the smart service hotline
-- A Car Finder that memorizes your parking spot, meaning you'll never
again spend hours exploring every nook and cranny of a parking garage
It also includes premium features, such as:
-- A full navigation system that lets you search for gas stations,
restaurants and other points of interest - from the world's largest ball
of twine to the local farmer's market - and offers turn-by-turn
directions and real-time traffic information
-- Access to thousands of Internet radio stations
-- An ID Song feature that lets you find out what's playing as you drive
-- An electric drive monitor that lets you keep an eye on your charging
progress and navigate to local charging stations
smart is now offering a 30-day free trial period for all premium features. Thereafter, Premium features can be purchased for a lifetime price of only $29.99.
More information on the smart drive app for the iPhone and the smart drive kit is available at http://www.smartdriveapp.com.
About smart
smart, a Daimler AG brand, has its U.S. headquarters in Montvale, New Jersey. The smart model-line consists of five fortwo models: the pure coupe, passion coupe, passion cabriolet and all electric drive versions of the coupe and cabriolet. All 2012 smart models sold in the U.S. are covered by a four-year, 50,000-mile new vehicle limited warranty.
Classified as ultra-low emissions vehicles by the State of California Air Resources Board, smart models are just under nine feet long, 5 feet tall and 5 feet wide. Despite their microcar exterior dimensions, smart vehicles are surprisingly roomy inside and have a full array of technological and safety features including the patented tridion safety cell which is designed to protect occupants in the event of a collision. All smart vehicles, designed to be 85% recyclable and over 95% reclaimable, are produced in the environmentally oriented "smartville" factory in Hambach, France. Additional information on smart can be found at http://www.smartusa.com.
ABOUT Mercedes-Benz Research & Development North America, Inc.
Mercedes-Benz Research & Development North America, Inc. (MBRDNA) headquartered in Palo Alto, Calif., is part of the Daimler Group and a wholly owned subsidiary of Daimler North America Corporation.
MBRDNA was founded in 1995, to focus on research, advanced engineering, product development and testing, as well as new advanced design concepts. Innovations include integration of the iPod and iPhone into current Mercedes-Benz models. As well as the "Search and Send" feature, which is an easy and convenient way to plan your trip destinations with Google Maps and send them to the vehicle equipped with mbrace. Its most recent product innovation is the smart drive app for the iPhone.
The company continues to deliver the innovation that extends the technological leadership of Mercedes-Benz and smart vehicles.
For additional information, visit http://www.smartusa.com, http://www.smartdriveapp.com
SOURCE smart
Photo:http://photos.prnewswire.com/prnh/20110919/NY70305LOGO
http://photoarchive.ap.org/
smart
CONTACT: Maja Stovhase, +1-650-845-5104, maja.m.stoevhase@daimler.com
Web Site: http://www.smartdriveapp.com
smart drive App That Adds Top-of-the-Line Music, Communications, Navigation and Assistance Features to Your Car Now Available for iPhone 4S
PALO ALTO, Calif., Nov. 2, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- smart, the quirky, irreverent car that asks people to re-think the way they drive, is now offering its unique smart drive app on the iPhone 4S. The app, which was named "Best User Interface for Mobile" and "Best Mobile Music App" Awards at the 2010 Mobile Excellence Awards in Hollywood, CA, turns the iPhone into an in-car music, phone, navigation and roadside assistance system when attached to the vehicle. It can be downloaded for free from the iPhone App Store.
(Logo: http://photos.prnewswire.com/prnh/20110919/NY70305LOGO )
When connected to the smart drive kit, which can be purchased from and installed by smart dealers, the iPhone app integrates completely with your smart. Just as smart offers the opportunity to customize your car to fit your personality and sense of style, the app offers an endless variety of ways to make the car's entertainment and navigation system all about you. It includes:
-- The ability to listen to your entire iPhone music collection through
your smart's speakers
-- Seamless Bluetooth hands-free calling
-- Roadside assistance that connects you with the smart service hotline
-- A Car Finder that memorizes your parking spot, meaning you'll never
again spend hours exploring every nook and cranny of a parking garage
It also includes premium features, such as:
-- A full navigation system that lets you search for gas stations,
restaurants and other points of interest - from the world's largest ball
of twine to the local farmer's market - and offers turn-by-turn
directions and real-time traffic information
-- Access to thousands of Internet radio stations
-- An ID Song feature that lets you find out what's playing as you drive
-- An electric drive monitor that lets you keep an eye on your charging
progress and navigate to local charging stations
smart is now offering a 30-day free trial period for all premium features. Thereafter, Premium features can be purchased for a lifetime price of only $29.99.
More information on the smart drive app for the iPhone and the smart drive kit is available at http://www.smartdriveapp.com.
About smart
smart, a Daimler AG brand, has its U.S. headquarters in Montvale, New Jersey. The smart model-line consists of five fortwo models: the pure coupe, passion coupe, passion cabriolet and all electric drive versions of the coupe and cabriolet. All 2012 smart models sold in the U.S. are covered by a four-year, 50,000-mile new vehicle limited warranty.
Classified as ultra-low emissions vehicles by the State of California Air Resources Board, smart models are just under nine feet long, 5 feet tall and 5 feet wide. Despite their microcar exterior dimensions, smart vehicles are surprisingly roomy inside and have a full array of technological and safety features including the patented tridion safety cell which is designed to protect occupants in the event of a collision. All smart vehicles, designed to be 85% recyclable and over 95% reclaimable, are produced in the environmentally oriented "smartville" factory in Hambach, France. Additional information on smart can be found at http://www.smartusa.com.
ABOUT Mercedes-Benz Research & Development North America, Inc.
Mercedes-Benz Research & Development North America, Inc. (MBRDNA) headquartered in Palo Alto, Calif., is part of the Daimler Group and a wholly owned subsidiary of Daimler North America Corporation.
MBRDNA was founded in 1995, to focus on research, advanced engineering, product development and testing, as well as new advanced design concepts. Innovations include integration of the iPod and iPhone into current Mercedes-Benz models. As well as the "Search and Send" feature, which is an easy and convenient way to plan your trip destinations with Google Maps and send them to the vehicle equipped with mbrace. Its most recent product innovation is the smart drive app for the iPhone.
The company continues to deliver the innovation that extends the technological leadership of Mercedes-Benz and smart vehicles.
For additional information, visit http://www.smartusa.com, http://www.smartdriveapp.com
SOURCE smart
Photo:http://photos.prnewswire.com/prnh/20110919/NY70305LOGO
http://photoarchive.ap.org/
smart
CONTACT: Maja Stovhase, +1-650-845-5104, maja.m.stoevhase@daimler.com
Web Site: http://www.smartdriveapp.com