Social Media On The Go

New App Makes Facebook and Twitter Even More Mobile

If you love social media, a new app from BMW is just for you.  

BMW's iDrive system recently added a text to speech function that will allow users to have Facebook statuses and Twitter updates read to them as they drive.  

So now, you can know what is going on and connect with your friends no matter where you are.  In 2011, that's an incredibly useful tool.  

To make this happen you first need BMW's iPhone cneected app.  You can then put your phone in the mobile docking station and let the app do the rest of the work.

Of course the question is, how does this read hashtags and online slang?  So far, no one is sure.

However the real issue here is safety.  We know people are probably checking Facebook and Twitter as they drive.  Right or not, it's happening.  Now this is a preventative measure.  For that we say kuds to BMW.