Meanwhile, the touchscreen shows some of the same audio information and offers limited controls for music selection along with a shortcuts menu and a keypad for
alphanumeric entry.
BMW recently announced a new generation of its iDrive system that will include a touch pad for
alphanumeric entry, which should be much more convenient, and a potential reason to hold off on buying a BMW 335i.
The infotainment system relies on a console - mounted jog dial as its controller, and I found it a bit tedious using this interface when making
alphanumeric entries.
With its directional controls, dial action, and push button, I found it easy to quickly go through the car's various features, although
alphanumeric entries were tedious.
Mobile Email (subscription service may be required) Phonebook Entries — holds up to 500
alphanumeric entries Personal Information Management — calendar, clock, world time, alarm, currency converter, calculator, and memo book 2G Network — GSM 850 / 900/1800 / 1900 Memory — 64 MB (internal), 14 MB user available memory Bluetooth v2.0 Games Unit Dimensions — 4.29 H x 2.32 W x 0.47 D, Weight — 3.09 oz
IFSC is made up of eleven
alphanumeric entries.
Not exact matches
The destination input screen uses predictive
entry on its
alphanumeric keypad, dimming out letters that couldn't possibly follow the previous
entry.
Address
entry is made easy by predictive typing, and the system is smart enough to gray out
alphanumeric buttons for street numbers that don't exist on that block.
For data
entry, you get a vertical row of buttons on the right side of the device labeled the same way as the
alphanumeric keys on most phones (that is, 0 through 9, with letters on the 2 through 9 keys).
Must have data
entry alphanumeric and numeric skills, along with MS Excel proficiency.
COMPUTER SKILLS Microsoft Office Suite: Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook Data Input: 40 wpm
alphanumeric data
entry, 10 key numeric 10,000 + KSPH
Data
Entry Operators will be expected to enter
alphanumeric data into the computer system.