Control your vehicle from your iPhone

This is probably one of the coolest iPhone accessories that I’ve seen recently. Viper, one of the leading automobile security companies in the United States, has released an app called Viper SmartStart which actually allows you to control your vehicle from your iPhone or iPod Touch (via Wi-Fi). I’m not talking James Bond remote driving. The SmartStart app will let you Lock/Arm, Unlock/Unarm, Trunk Release, Panic, and best of all Remote Start; all from your phone. Since it doesn’t work off of a radio frequency, you can control your vehicle from anywhere in U.S., as long as your vehicle is in range of a GSM cellular signal and your phone has a 3G or Wi-Fi signal. The SmartStart app is FREE, but the module required to control your vehicle is $299, and it only works with specific compatible systems. If you want to buy the whole kit including the alarm and module, it’ll cost you $599. Oh yeah and there’s a yearly service charge required as well, but that’ll only cost you a meager $29.99 a year; it’s a good thing the app is FREE. Check out the demo video below to see it in action. Hopefully Viper will be kind enough to allow us to test and review the SmartStart system for an upcoming review.