Thread: Smartphone Apps for Car Guys

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Originally Posted by Evolvo

I'm technologically challenged, but I was thinking it would be cool to have a little "bug" you could put in your car so you could find it by interfacing with the phones GPS. In case the car was stolen. Sort of like a Lo Jack for your phone. Somebody will do this and become a gazillionaire, too bad it won't be me!



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Originally Posted by Mike52

Roger, I've got a Droid phone. After a little browsing around I found an interesting app called Torque Pro that uses a bluetooth interface adapter (very cheap from ebay) that plugs into the vehicle's OBD port that will send a signal to the phone to display real time functions plus a DTC code reader, etc, etc. Check out this YouTube video.

Mike

Mike,
I somehow missed this Droid app post, but it's super cool! I'm going to look into it a bit more using your other links, and see about snagging it!

Alan,
Garmin's ahead of you on the "bug" idea - it's called the GTU 10, and it works fantastic as long as you keep it charged up http://www8.garmin.com/ces/gtu10.html. Every time I leave home I get an e-mail telling me "33 Hiboy has left the assigned area", and I have a free Garmin tracking app on my Droid phone that tracks the GTU 10, updating according to the setup I entered. I've not yet hardwired it into the car electrical system, but that's coming.