BMWBig6

<a href="http://www.fourtitude.com/news/publish/Audi_News/article_4336.shtml">Link to Quick Reference Guide on Fourtitude</a>

Under the "Innovations" section, it says: "DVD-based Navigation system with voice control"

I was under the impression that the newer 3G MMI uses a hard drive-based system (instead of DVD).

Bob58

I think it's way too soon to say or even speculate.

gk1

They wouldn't want to give up the sweet deal they have with Navteq for map updates.

Mobilehavoc

I think it's DVD based but copies the data locally to the HD if you have HD.

DirkM

The A5 has it now and the European A4 is supposed to get it in summer (week 29 or so) 2009. If the S4 first shows up in late Q3 I would guess chances are good that it will have the 3G MMI.

Mobilehavoc

You meant Q5 right? A5 has same as A4

EGainer

my cell phone doesnt need a dvd drive for map updates

DirkM

And if I read the latest A5 order guide for the US correctly, it also states MMI Navigation Plus (which is 3G) and not MMI Navigation with DVD (whcih would be 1G as in the A4 B8).

BMWBig6

Wha .. wha... what?

DirkM

So I guess the maps are still loaded from DVD but may be stored on the hard drive for faster access.<ul><li><a href="http://www.navplus.us/forums/showthread.php?p=61114#post61114">click</a></li></ul>