BIG, big news... actually announces PCM3.0:

"The price increases will be accompanied by a range of product upgrades - for example, a completely new development, the Porsche Communication Management (PCM) Multimedia System with touch-screen operation and hard disc navigation. In other models this is available as an optional extra, but in the Cayenne Turbo it comes as standard."

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Sweet, touch-screen nav, just like in my Honda Ridgeline? Wonder if it'll also be voice-activated, or is expecting more than one step at a time too much?

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That would be too much to ask of Porsche AG. Porsche AG makes tiny incremental changes at a time. That's the beauty of owning a Porsche. You know your car won't be any more obsolete than it already is for a long time because Porsche makes tiny incremental changes one at a time.
We can't see Porsche AG making more than one change at at time because A)
it would strain the marketing budget of the world's most profitable car company to introduce more than one model change at a time and B) we can't see Porsche talking about more than one change per issue of Christophorus .

Don't worry. Porsche AG is the world's most profitable car company in the world so everything they do must be right. If they say you don't want Bluetooth, iPod integration, up-to-date Nav system, or voice-activated control, then they must be right.

Why approach an exciting announcement with such a half-empty glass?

I disagree with your statement and believe in the past few months Porsche has responded very fast to their customers in regards to electronics. Several months ago they posted a survey for the public asking what they want out of audio systems in their Porsche's, and now, they've announced the new system for June this year.

Not to mention, they released an ipod solution a few months ago, most probably also as a response to that survey.

This system either will mean that Porsche has broken from their relationship with Harman Becker, or that Harman Becker is finally releasing a touch-screen nav; they provide nav solutions for all other German car makers (BMW, Merc, etc) and this will be the first announced touch screen unit on any German automobile as far as I know. And, with that said there is a 50% chance there will be voice activation, no? Becker's done it in BMW's and Merc's, I'm sure Porsche will not specifically ask them to keep the technology out of their cars.

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