Tuesday, November 23, 2010

GPS AutoBot Dongle Tracks Your Car From Your Cellphone

I'm not certain what's my preferred segment of this GPS-dongle for cars. Maybe its that it creates it unfit to displace your car, or maybe it is that fact that it's called the AutoBot, evidently the many Transformer-tastic name for a automobile fitting ever .

Hooking in to the car's on-board evidence brain around an OBD-II-port, the AutoBot functions with a partner-app in your Android phone or iPhone. From here you can obtain on foot directions to the car, or daub in to the diagnostics for in-depth info on what's going on beneath the hood.

Even better, the dongle will moreover let you follow a stolen automobile (or sound an warning when your kids expostulate to the local make-out mark instead of going to song lessons), and will send your place to both family members and 911 should your airbags deploy. The AutoBot will be in stores early next year for "less than $300″.

There is a catch. The monthly service comes in swap for spam. If you do not pay to opt-out, you'll obtain "offers" formed on what it going on with your car. Ominously, "AutoBot knows when you need an oil change, tires rotated, and how many miles you've driven," and will "share this data with the partners." No thanks.

AutoBot product page [Mavizon Tech around The Giz ]

See Also:

Remote Control Your Car With Your iPhone

Start Your Car From Your iPhone

Car Thieves Use GPS Jammers to Make Clean Getaway

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