In another year or two, I'm going to be replacing my trusty 96 Accord with something new. My top candidate are the G35, the CTS, and the TL. I've been following forums like this for all three vehicles.

As I can see from several of the threads in this forum that Ipod integration is important to many of us. Particularly for a luxury brand vehicle, I'm looking for a lot better than an RCA/Headphone jack or Honda's pretty weak excuse for a connection in my next car.

Both the G and the new CTS are going to feature some pretty top level integration. This thread on the new G37 shows what Infiniti is up to.

http://www.g35driver.com/forums/showthread.php?t=164106

From what I've read, the CTS will offer something similar.

Has anyone heard if Acura is going to be offering more comprehensive integration, especially for the 09 TL?

This next car is a place that I'll be spending a lot of time in so the TL is going to have to drop from the list if Acura isn't going to be competitve in this gadget area.

I've seen the Hondalink deal they've put out and the horror stories to go along with it. I've currently opted for the NEO unit in my 06 Odyssey, which sounds good, but using the DISC keys to try to navigate the Ipod is pretty clunky at best.

 

USA SPEC HON2Y FTW, though it doesn't display text on the radio, you can control it though both the IPOD and HU controls and the steering wheel controls, charges it and has better than CD quality with AUX in. THere is the dice thing though which can display text, but not to many people like it due to the lack of XM with it.

 

lots of people don't use xm also, and the dice unit would be perfect for them.

 

The DICE kit will work with XM. But you cannot have text and XM at the same time.