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    Image of Odin Odin
    10/14/09

    In reply to Your iPhone Is Now Your Car Keys
    But can you drive it ala James Bond?
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    Image of Wburg Wburg
    10/13/09

    In reply to Your iPhone Is Now Your Car Keys
    Theft or hacking is the only thing i'd be worried about, but it would sure be nice to have on winter mornings!
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    Image of OMG! Ponies! OMG! Ponies!
    10/13/09

    In reply to Your iPhone Is Now Your Car Keys
    Seeing as my Insight was free, I like it. I love the steering (teeny turn radius). Also, the key to driving a hybrid is, believe it or not, jamming on the gas to quickly accelerate. It's why the Insight has an electric assist motor.
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    Image of Jrsy Devil's Advocate® Jrsy Devil's Advocate®
    10/13/09

    In reply to Your iPhone Is Now Your Car Keys
    This reminds me of a car alarm system from back in the day that had a beeper with it and would page you if someone was trying to break into your car.
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    Image of nutbastard nutbastard
    10/13/09

    In reply to Your iPhone Is Now Your Car Keys
    "no line of sight contact necessary, not that the iPhone has the IR hardware for anything like that anyway."

    i wonder if this can be done without silly annual fees over wifi. sure your car has to be pretty close, but i dont see any other real obstacles.

    question - which has greater range on iphone/ipod touch: wifi or BT?

    (and is it any better than a regular RF Fob? my guess, no)

    so... this app is for people who live kind of far from where they park, eh?
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    Image of Xeno Xeno
    10/13/09

    In reply to Your iPhone Is Now Your Car Keys
    I still maintain that this is a bad idea. If you break/rundown/loose your phone you are stranded. Technically impressive but practically flawed.
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    Image of Wburg Wburg
    10/13/09

    @Xeno: I feel like not many people would use this totally instead of keys. It's easier for me to pull out my keys than my phone and start an app. This would be really good for cold winter days when you want the heat going, rainy days when you want the door unlocked, hot days when you want the a/c on, etc. before you get to the car.
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    Image of leavethegun-takethecannoli leavethegun-takethecannoli
    10/13/09

    In reply to Your iPhone Is Now Your Car Keys
    I had a paging system installed on one of my cars years ago- it would alert you if the alarm was tripped. If this had push notifications I would spring for it.
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    Image of dnono dnono
    10/13/09

    In reply to Your iPhone Is Now Your Car Keys
    but can it engage the clutch as well?
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    Image of leavethegun-takethecannoli leavethegun-takethecannoli
    10/13/09

    @dnono: You can bypass a clutch for remote start. You can even install sensors that won't allow the car to start if it is in gear, or the e-brake isn't engaged.
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    Image of nutbastard nutbastard
    10/13/09

    @leavethegun-takethecannoli:

    yep. so long as it's in neutral, the only thing that the clutch has to do with it is a little switch that closes when the clutch is in, which is easily bypassed. good to do if you ever think you'll be in the unfortunate position of starter-motor-throttling to move the car for some reason if it wont start.
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    Image of echo off echo off
    10/13/09

    In reply to Your iPhone Is Now Your Car Keys
    where i live, keeping the engine of your car running, just so the heater heats up the interior, is illegal. in the us, they advertise it.
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    Image of Barry99705 Barry99705
    10/13/09

    @echo off: Where I used to live if you left your car off for more than four or five hours in the winter you might not get it restarted.
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    Image of nutbastard nutbastard
    10/13/09

    @echo off:

    i can't imagine it's very enforcable.
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    Image of mchadez000 mchadez000
    10/13/09

    In reply to Your iPhone Is Now Your Car Keys
    What happens if you iPhone's battery dies? lol
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    Image of Barry99705 Barry99705
    10/13/09

    @mchadez000: You use your keys.
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    Image of gemcosta gemcosta
    10/13/09

    In reply to Your iPhone Is Now Your Car Keys
    "It'll start your car, turn on the heat, unlock your doors or trunk, and manage the car alarm."

    I live in South FL, I hope that by "turning on the heat", you mean it can also turn on icy cold A/C or roll my windows down.
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    Image of Barry99705 Barry99705
    10/13/09

    @gemcosta: Wait, you live in south FL and actually turn off the ac???
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    Image of Mike Zuniga: That was Unexpected Mike Zuniga: That was Unexpected
    10/13/09

    In reply to Your iPhone Is Now Your Car Keys
    And when you misplace your phone at the bar you now have to worry about your car being stolen too?
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    Image of pdditty pdditty
    10/13/09

    @Mike Zuniga: That was Unexpected: That's why you should have a passcode lock for your phone
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    Image of thesillyone thesillyone
    10/13/09

    @Mike Zuniga: hopefully theres a feature that can password protect the app, in case anything like that ever happens..
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    Mike Zuniga: That was Unexpected promoted this comment Edited by thesillyone at 10/13/09 10:48 AM thesillyone was starred thesillyone was unstarred
    Image of caine3320 caine3320
    10/13/09

    Wicked use of technology. This is the kind of stuff I've been waiting for from smartphone devs.

    @Mike Zuniga: That was Unexpected:

    Or people could just not lose their $200+ smartphones.

    Sorry to rant, but I'm always amazed when I hear of incidents like that. Locking it in your car I get, but leaving it somewhere unattended? At that point, why don't you just leave your actual car keys, birth certificate, SSN, driver's license, credit cards and passport, too? These things have tons of personal data on them; in most cases, probably more than enough to steal your identity. I can't wrap my head around how some people don't treat it with at least a little respect.
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    Mike Zuniga: That was Unexpected promoted this comment Edited by Mike Zuniga: That was Unexpected at 10/13/09 10:54 AM caine3320 was starred caine3320 was unstarred
    Image of chajjar chajjar
    10/13/09

    @Mike Zuniga: That was Unexpected: You wont be able to steal the car, as like most remote starters im sure you need the key to actually drive away. however you could be worried about the unlocking, and stolen goods contained therein.
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    Image of Barry99705 Barry99705
    10/13/09

    @Mike Zuniga: That was Unexpected: No, you call up ATT and tell them to wipe you phone. Or if you are a dotmac/mobile me user you do it yourself.
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    Image of TheSonOfKrypton TheSonOfKrypton
    10/13/09

    In reply to Your iPhone Is Now Your Car Keys
    WANT!
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