This might fall under the category of driver distraction, but I almost don’t care simply because it would be useful so frequently. How often have you been driving along and heard a song on the radio that you want to own?
Beginning next year, certain Ford models will include tagging technology that will allow drivers or passengers to note a song they hear on HD Radio and download it later to an iPhone or iPod.
Ford will be the first automaker to offer the tagging technology as a factory-installed option—part of its updated Sync package—although the feature is currently available on some aftermarket HD radio receivers. The system will be able to tag up to 100 songs at a time, and then when the iPod or iPhone connects to iTunes, customers can buy the song.
Ford has not yet said whether HD Radio and iTunes tagging will come standard or as an option in the larger Sync package.
