Comments on: Saab Automobile & Sony-Ericsson Partnership

By: Ted Y

Ted Y — Fri, 10 Oct 2008 13:45:57 +0000

Better Sony-Ericsson than Apple. After all, what is Apple? It’s the company that couldn’t make its own operating system. They had to euthanize it (OS 9) and take the freely available Berkeley BSD, FreeBSD, and Net BSD, and build their OS X GUI on top of that (Somewhat tongue-in-cheek, but mostly true). I’m absolutely a Saab guy, but I’ll never own any Apple product. I think Linux has much more in common with Saab.
The death of OS 9 is on Youtube here (funny):
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Cl7xQ8i3fc0

By: Ryan

Ryan — Fri, 10 Oct 2008 03:17:29 +0000

Jim,

Thanks! Yes, I used to live in Washington, D.C. hence the listing on dcblogs.com

What do you do now that you are no longer a marketing director at a Saab dealership for your “9-5″ gig? Which dealership was this, International Motors in Northern Virginia or somewhere else?

Have you enjoyed the material I have provided on Saab History since 2006?

Could you provide me an e-mail address that works, so I can actually e-mail you? I tried sending to the Jlm@gmail.com and it failed again, perhaps you’re not typing in the correct e-mail address here hence the bouncing?

I look forward to hearing from you.

By: Jim_Arlington_Saab

Jim_Arlington_Saab — Fri, 10 Oct 2008 03:11:51 +0000

Former marketing director of a major Saab dealer, now living in Arglington Virginia. Found your blog ironically at dcblogs.com.

By: Ryan

Ryan — Fri, 10 Oct 2008 02:51:54 +0000

The big question once again that I have is:

Will this product actually be available to the public and if so when exactly?

What’s the point if it is a product for a car that does not exist for public consumption even if the phone does.

It’s like keys to a car that is not there, pointless..

By: Matt

Matt — Fri, 10 Oct 2008 02:39:27 +0000

My question is this: Is there specific hardware built into the phone to provide these features? If it’s simply done through bluetooth, I think they definitely need to do something with the iPhone. Or at least offer integration with calls, etc.

By: Ryan

Ryan — Fri, 10 Oct 2008 02:08:41 +0000

Jim,

Thanks for your thoughts.

Where is Arlington Saab exactly?

I also tried to e-mail you at jlm@gmail.com and it bounces stating that it’s an invalid e-mail address.

By: Jim_Arlington_Saab

Jim_Arlington_Saab — Thu, 09 Oct 2008 23:58:12 +0000

Ryan – the economy is crashing, and so will ad budgets. Found a 9 to 5 yet? Don’t end up like this guy with a blog.
http://truecasey.com/