James Bond cars in FORD !!!

Ford has joined hands with Microsoft to put Sync in its cars.

Ford car owners will soon have James Bond experience. You can check e-mails, download and listen to music online, and have a better navigation, without much fumbling with the buttons. Microsoft is putting its operating system in Ford cars.

What is dubbed as 'Sync' will power these features. The Bluetooth-based technology will make debut in two of Ford's models-Focus and Five Hundred series, in the year 2007. The companies will make official announcement of Sync at the Detroit auto show and the Consumer Electronics show in Las Vegas in January 2007.

Starting with the two models, Ford will extend the technology by 2008 to other cars as well, according to reports.

Cars are getting smarter these days, most of the 'high-end' (if that is the proper word here) now come equipped with input jacks for iPods in certain 2007 models, including the Edge SUV.