MINI Connect - MINIMALISM leader board!

So none of you are using this or check your MINIMALISM rankings??

I'm shocked! Thought there might be a few competitive personalities about on here. Ah well.

And I just learned something new.. I will give it a go

I don't pick my car up until Tuesday next week. I've already downloaded all the apps, so looking forward to trying them out!

I do use the minimalism info screen and sometimes the analyser (fish bowl), but I haven't tried any of the mini connected phone integration yet. I will get around to it...

I like the extra info you get in green mode... when it's charging the battery or why the auto start stop didn't stop.

I have windows phone
But tried today whith the ipad but didnt save nothing

havent really played with it yet, its been to hot to sit in the car & fiddle with stuff when not driving

For some reason I found the app works better when you have your music loaded onto the 20gb on board hard drive, if you are dragging music and using the app at the same on the iPhone it prioritises - or that's what I have found so far. Secondly the music quality etc is far better. Great apps though

I've got a samsung galaxy note 2 and it's terrible! Very little on offer for me (until I get the iphone 6). I've got the phone set up - in that I can make calls via the car/bluetooth but it doesn't show messages for some reason - unless I'm doing something wrong.

Also how do you get the fishbowl up?!! I've not seen it yet!

It's obvious

I'm first

The fish bowl is called minimalism analyser and I think it's only there in green mode. Also, I think it only makes sense for longer journeys.

I've found it only works with the iPhone plugged in via USB and you have to have the Connect app running in the forefront of your phone. If you move away from the app to do anything else, it just stops running.
@MintMark is right as well that it only analyses you in Green Mode. So won't do anything in either of the other modes.

I like it for my commutes to work as I use Green Mode to try and get the most I can from the tank. They can take anything from 30 mins to 1hr depending on traffic so it's normally a slow and steady drive anyway.

Other journeys I want to have some more fun driving so switch it up to Sport....but then you get to use the Driving Excitement app to earn XP points

Have I told you all I like gimmicks and gadgets?!

I just tried mini connected and after finally working out how to get it connected (USB accessory mode) I was offered the choice of "News" (a mini related news feed) and "Calendar" (with no appointments).

That's with Android on LG nexus 4. I suspect there would have been more with an iphone.

So... should I have seen minimalism under the connected menu? Or is it a separate app on the phone?

Has anyone got the fish to jump out of the bowl yet?

I didn't know there was any other mode, other than SPORT! lol.

Well this older thread makes more sense now

http://www.minif56.com/forum/409-electronics-audio/6193-mini-connected-android-app.html

I hope mini work to improve the support for android... as far as I can tell it is one of the selling points for the f56. I'm looking forward to the "send to car" feature from Google maps.

sorry, but i dont buy a cooper s to be on a greenies leader board... it sort of goes against the grain lol

@Matt fair enough...there's always the XP points on the Driving Excitement app as well

What can I say, I like the gimmicks, bells and whistles, but of course they'll not be to everyone's taste :nerd: