Microsoft and Ford to Reveal a Wireless In-Vehicule System

The system, to be called Sync, includes a hands-free Bluetooth wireless system and an in-vehicle operating system said the Wall Street Journal.

Sync is designed to enable hands-free mobile-phone communication and other wireless information transfers in the car, including e-mail and music downloads, the sources told the paper.

Based on Wi-fi, the Zune may not be compatible with the Bluetooth technology chosen for the Sync system. Microsoft blogger Bill Wittress, unfortunetaly confirmed to Cliczune that Zune is not part of Microsoft-Ford partnership. But he also said that we should expect other kind of wireless accessories for the Zune next week at the CES.

The “Sync” technology will debut this year as an option on at least two Ford brand models, the Focus and Five Hundred sedans. The paper also said the system would be an option on the entire lineup, including trucks starting in the 2008 model year.

Ford plans to announce the details of Sync at the Detroit auto show and the consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas this month. Microsoft spokesman Chris Elliott told the Journal that the company has been working with Ford on certain technologies and will have an announcement at the shows, but he declined to discuss specifics.

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