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    iPhone 3G, 3GS: Car Gadget Round Up

    Control Zipcar From Your iPhone

    Hertz Connect Car-On-Demand Service Taking Aim At Zipcar

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    Car Sharing to Get More Tax-ing in Washington State

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    Image of domino domino
    06/09/09

    In reply to iPhone 3G, 3GS: Car Gadget Round Up
    so now i can escape from enemy agents driving from the back seat of my armored bimmer with an iphone, while the German woman from BMW voice control directs me to the nearest safehouse? awesome.
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    Image of Triborough Triborough
    06/09/09

    In reply to iPhone 3G, 3GS: Car Gadget Round Up
    Who cares about this crap.

    You have to spend an absurd amount of money for the thing which only works on a crappy provider's network, then you have to shell out more money for these add ons. By the time you are done you could have gotten a Lemons car or two with that sort of money.
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    Image of Alphamazing Alphamazing
    06/09/09

    @Triborough: Not necessarily. For some of the stuff, it does require an iPhone. However, many applications will run on the iPod Touch, which can be had without contracts for much cheaper. And when you weigh in its features as a music player and more, it actually is a pretty good deal. Many applications are only $1, including fun games, time wasters, and convenient things like workout calculators and logs.


    I agree that the iPhone is a bit expensive, especially when you don't really need it, but the iPod Touch gives you most of the functionality without the crazy contracts.

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    Image of domino domino
    06/09/09

    @Alphamazing: the ipod touch is worth the price, imo. the catch with some of the apps is that you need to be in the range of wireless internet. mine fits in my purse and has replaced many simple functions of my laptop.


    best timer app: BigStopWatch by Yuki Yasoshima :)

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    Image of Uncle Bo Uncle Bo
    06/09/09

    In reply to iPhone 3G, 3GS: Car Gadget Round Up
    First, it was glass-mounted radar detectors. Once stolen, a thief could avoid getting a speeding ticket. However, it assumed the thief had a car in the first place.


    Next, the glass-mounted GPS navigation device. Once stolen, a thief could carry it with them, ensuring they would not get lost on the way to committing their next crime. However, beyond a locating device, navi's are a bit limited in usefulness.


    Now, we have a glass-mounted $400 cell phone with GPS capability and a host of other features. Once stolen, a thief can make phone calls to their crack whore girlfriend, make reservations at their fave restaurant, use the Fandango app to buy movie tickets with your credit card, watch a movie trailer, read the New York Times, and a myriad of other fun things all on your dime using ATT's 3G network. Hooray!!

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    Image of Chris Hamrick Chris Hamrick
    06/09/09

    @Uncle Bo, piston forger: All those features and apps, and you still can't send a picture or video message...
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    Image of A strolling player A strolling player
    06/09/09

    @Chris Hamrick: Yes you can. That's coming with software version 3.0 as well.
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    Image of engineerd engineerd
    06/09/09

    In reply to iPhone 3G, 3GS: Car Gadget Round Up
    The Tom Tom app is cool, but I still like my Storm. I have Google Maps on it and my wife can hold it.
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    Image of Captain Liverspots Captain Liverspots
    06/09/09

    @engineerd has lost the funny:


    That's what I don't get: the iPhone already has Google Maps nicely integrated, and I've found it to be preferable to The Missus' Magellan GPS unit. I need to pay for a branded app exactly why?

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    Image of A strolling player A strolling player
    06/09/09

    @Kapitän Lebertransplantation: Google Maps ain't turn-by-turn with voice direction, basically.
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    Image of MrBangBam MrBangBam
    06/09/09

    @Kapitän Lebertransplantation: You don't NEED to.
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    Image of Syrax Syrax
    06/09/09

    In reply to iPhone 3G, 3GS: Car Gadget Round Up
    Why the hell would I need a compass?
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    Image of pauljones pauljones
    06/09/09

    @Ambiguously Unfunny Syrax: Why the hell would I need any of that shit?
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    Image of Syrax Syrax
    06/09/09

    @pauljones: Good point. And is the Digital North different than the Magnetic North?
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    Image of Van Sarockin, rogue trebuchet Van Sarockin, rogue trebuchet
    06/09/09

    @Ambiguously Unfunny Syrax: Depends on how pixelated your screen resolution is. And in localized conditions, it might point directly towards Steve Jobs.
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    Image of sos10 sos10
    06/09/09

    In reply to iPhone 3G, 3GS: Car Gadget Round Up
    The days of stand alone, non build in dash, GPS units are counted.
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    Image of pallendo pallendo
    06/09/09

    @sos10: I doubt that. I see integrated GPSs going the way of the dodo. Let's see, $1500 option to the car, or $200 for a stand alone that does a MUCH better job, is more easily upgraded, usually better UI, and if it breaks, I can buy a new for cheap, and if I have 2 cars (or 3, or 18) I can just suction cup it to the next car's windshield. Also, some people just want a phone to be a phone.
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    Image of zeeboid zeeboid
    06/09/09

    @pallendo: But you forget of those who drive Lexus and Accura, who feel the need to show off to the joneses next door. that probably accounts for 60% of the integrated sales, where as someone like me would through an AVIC-Z3 in it and call it "Awesome"
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    Image of sos10 sos10
    06/09/09

    @zeeboid: @pallendo:

    The days of stand alone, non build in dash, GPS units are counted.
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    Image of MushyHeirloom MushyHeirloom
    06/08/09

    In reply to Control Zipcar From Your iPhone
    You see it rollin'


    You hatin'


    Controllin', unlockin' that heap of merde...


    (Honkin' that heap of merde...)

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    Image of Boosted Lego Wagon Boosted Lego Wagon
    06/08/09

    In reply to Control Zipcar From Your iPhone
    Up Up Down Down A B A B Select Start.


    Congratulations! Every zipcar in the Area wil now play "La Cucaracha" on its horn for the next hour!

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    Image of leavethegun-takethecannoli leavethegun-takethecannoli
    06/08/09

    In reply to Control Zipcar From Your iPhone
    Can you use the ipod touch as well?


    Obviously the phone doesn't emit a radio frequency pulse to unlock the car, does the order travel through the net?


    How long does it take to unlock the car?

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    Image of BЯдΖǐL-ЯЄРΘЯΤЄЯ BЯдΖǐL-ЯЄРΘЯΤЄЯ
    06/08/09

    @leavethegun-takethecannoli:A good car thief can do it in 7.3 seconds.
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    Image of engineerd engineerd
    06/08/09

    In reply to Control Zipcar From Your iPhone
    Unlocking? Honking the horn? Do they limit it to after you rent the car?


    I hope so. Otherwise, I can see a bunch of bored desk jockies randomly honking the horn on a zip car just to see the reaction of passersby.

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    Image of EndlessMike EndlessMike
    06/08/09

    @engineerd: I can see myself paying for an hour and doing this anyway.
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    Image of IN THE FACE! IN THE FACE!
    06/09/09

    @EndlessMike: Me too, if they had any of these where I live/work...
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    Image of .357 .357
    06/08/09

    In reply to Control Zipcar From Your iPhone
    Skynet can control cars now?
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    Image of Schm, enjoying his first desert winter. . Schm, enjoying his first desert winter. .
    06/08/09

    In reply to Control Zipcar From Your iPhone
    So, by "control," you really mean "unlock."


    A lot less exciting than I thought.

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    Image of IN THE FACE! IN THE FACE!
    06/09/09

    @Baron Schm Von Shamwoüzen und taxis: Looks like you can make it honk too! That's something... I guess...
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    Image of ravedown ravedown
    12/26/08

    In reply to Hertz Connect Car-On-Demand Service Taking Aim At Zipcar
    wait, if i enroll in the program for $50 a month, i can rent a camry for $70 a day? i can already rent one in my town right now for $15 for 24hours with a full tank. somethings not adding up.
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    Image of camp6ell camp6ell
    12/26/08

    @ravedown: but can you rent one in NY for $15/day?
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    Image of Ray Wert Ray Wert
    12/26/08

    @camp6ell: Seriously. In NYC, that's a helluva good price.
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