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January 7th, 2010, 16:30
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Tucked in between the Nexus One (http://www.engadget.com/tag/nexusone) and a display of storage cards at an event last night was something a little unusual - an SUV. Not a jacked-up, tricked-out, neon-dragging customized one that we typically see around these parts but a bone-stock, 2011 Kia Sorento. Well, stock except for one option: Uvo (http://www.engadget.com/tag/uvo). The recently-announced (http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/30/microsoft-and-kia-formalize-partnership-uvo-is-born/) partnership with Microsoft has been realized in the plastic and we got a chance to check it out. While on its own it is impressive -- but just hours after sitting down with Ford (http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/07/myford-dash-and-sync-app-ecosystem-make-us-want-a-blue-oval/) to check out the latest Sync and MyFord technology it's a little less soo. Ignoring the competition for now, Kia's offering does look good. It's functionally comparable to early Sync, enabling easy access to media on 1GB of internal storage, on a USB-connected drive, or even on a CD. You can rip from CD straight to internal memory or to a thumb drive, an interesting feature we're not sure is particularly useful. The touchscreen display is a nice improvement over the two-line Sync readout, but mind if you get this you'll have to opt out of in-dash GPS. Good thing you splurged and got that Droid (http://www.engadget.com/tag/droid), right? Check out some screens in the gallery below, and there's a quick video demo after the break.
Gallery: Kia Uvo hands-on (http://www.engadget.com/photos/kia-uvo-hands-on/)
http://www.blogcdn.com/www.engadget.com/media/2010/01/kia-2010107-800-01_thumbnail.jpg (http://www.engadget.com/photos/kia-uvo-hands-on/2590588/)http://www.blogcdn.com/www.engadget.com/media/2010/01/kia-2010107-800-02_thumbnail.jpg (http://www.engadget.com/photos/kia-uvo-hands-on/2590589/)http://www.blogcdn.com/www.engadget.com/media/2010/01/kia-2010107-800-03_thumbnail.jpg (http://www.engadget.com/photos/kia-uvo-hands-on/2590590/)http://www.blogcdn.com/www.engadget.com/media/2010/01/kia-2010107-800-04_thumbnail.jpg (http://www.engadget.com/photos/kia-uvo-hands-on/2590591/)http://www.blogcdn.com/www.engadget.com/media/2010/01/kia-2010107-800-05_thumbnail.jpg (http://www.engadget.com/photos/kia-uvo-hands-on/2590592/)
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Tucked in between the Nexus One (http://www.engadget.com/tag/nexusone) and a display of storage cards at an event last night was something a little unusual - an SUV. Not a jacked-up, tricked-out, neon-dragging customized one that we typically see around these parts but a bone-stock, 2011 Kia Sorento. Well, stock except for one option: Uvo (http://www.engadget.com/tag/uvo). The recently-announced (http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/30/microsoft-and-kia-formalize-partnership-uvo-is-born/) partnership with Microsoft has been realized in the plastic and we got a chance to check it out. While on its own it is impressive -- but just hours after sitting down with Ford (http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/07/myford-dash-and-sync-app-ecosystem-make-us-want-a-blue-oval/) to check out the latest Sync and MyFord technology it's a little less soo. Ignoring the competition for now, Kia's offering does look good. It's functionally comparable to early Sync, enabling easy access to media on 1GB of internal storage, on a USB-connected drive, or even on a CD. You can rip from CD straight to internal memory or to a thumb drive, an interesting feature we're not sure is particularly useful. The touchscreen display is a nice improvement over the two-line Sync readout, but mind if you get this you'll have to opt out of in-dash GPS. Good thing you splurged and got that Droid (http://www.engadget.com/tag/droid), right? Check out some screens in the gallery below, and there's a quick video demo after the break.
Gallery: Kia Uvo hands-on (http://www.engadget.com/photos/kia-uvo-hands-on/)
http://www.blogcdn.com/www.engadget.com/media/2010/01/kia-2010107-800-01_thumbnail.jpg (http://www.engadget.com/photos/kia-uvo-hands-on/2590588/)http://www.blogcdn.com/www.engadget.com/media/2010/01/kia-2010107-800-02_thumbnail.jpg (http://www.engadget.com/photos/kia-uvo-hands-on/2590589/)http://www.blogcdn.com/www.engadget.com/media/2010/01/kia-2010107-800-03_thumbnail.jpg (http://www.engadget.com/photos/kia-uvo-hands-on/2590590/)http://www.blogcdn.com/www.engadget.com/media/2010/01/kia-2010107-800-04_thumbnail.jpg (http://www.engadget.com/photos/kia-uvo-hands-on/2590591/)http://www.blogcdn.com/www.engadget.com/media/2010/01/kia-2010107-800-05_thumbnail.jpg (http://www.engadget.com/photos/kia-uvo-hands-on/2590592/)
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