I tried out Sync myself, and I strongly agree with jessriedel.  What&#x27;s more, I don&#x27;t think the bad design can be blamed on MS; much of Ford&#x27;s side of it was a failure too.  From my review at the time [1]<p>- They don&#x27;t make it easy to get someone to show you the system. (pts 1 and 2)<p>- They make it so that if you just leave your iPod (a lot of people didn&#x27;t have the phone at the time) plugged in, it has to be prominently visible to thieves (pt 4)<p>- Despite them expecting you to use Sync for anything and everything, it&#x27;s on an inner row of the steering wheel, requiring a really long thumb stretch to reach. (pt 6)<p>- Hitting the phone button when you don&#x27;t have a phone set up with it, will disable the audio system (and thus, further Sync action) until next time you turn the car on. (pt 8)<p>[1] <a href="http:&#x2F;&#x2F;blog.tyrannyofthemouse.com&#x2F;2008&#x2F;07&#x2F;setting-sync-straight-or-sync-sucx.html" rel="nofollow">http:&#x2F;&#x2F;blog.tyrannyofthemouse.com&#x2F;2008&#x2F;07&#x2F;setting-sync-strai...</a>