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So, here’s a heaping spoonful of awesome: Viper has released a SmartStart application for iPhone that lets you turn on your car, get the heat or A/C started, lock and unlock the doors, pop the trunk, or sound the alarms from any location within wireless coverage – no line of sight necessary. While I would be a little concerned about security, since it’s not like you would be able to immediately call SmartStart (or the police) if your iPhone got swiped, the novelty value on this is huge. I know in Canada we need lots of time to warm up the car before riding out in the winter, and SmartStart would save the pain of having to leave the house to do it.
Grab the iPhone app for free from iTunes, just remember that you need one of their proprietary modules from Best Buy that cost a wooping $499.99 ($299.99 if you already have a Viper system), plus $29.99/year after the first year. Painful on the wallet, but high on the style.
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Simon Sage
Simon Sage’s education largely surrounded writing, technology and online community, leading him to begin his blogging career at www.BlackBerryCool.com and to quickly discover a vibrant and active community surrounding BlackBerry and mobile technology. In exploring RIM’s platform, he has learned what enterprises are looking for in mobility as well as what makes the innocuous BlackBerry so appealing to them. Recently Simon’s been covering RIM’s gradual move into an already-crowded consumer market, and the impact of burgeoning challengers, such as the iPhone, as well as long-time leaders, like Nokia, on BlackBerry’s advancement. With plenty of content under his belt, Simon will be branching off a bit to see what other smartphone manufacturers are working on while still using BlackBerry as a barometer. At IntoMobile, you can count on his posts being even-handed, well-informed and thought-out.
