Start Your Car with Your iPhone

Since October 13, Best Buy stores began selling the Viper SmartStart remote starter kit for $499, while previous Viper owners are able to upgrade for $299.

It requires downloading an application at the online iTunes store to control your car through your cell phone, including control of the door locks and the "panic" button feature.

Of course, the most important feature is the remote start feature, to preheat the car and defrost the windows in the winter, or to activate the air conditioner and avoid baking in the oven in the summer.

The advantage of this classic system is that it functions from virtually any distance. For example, a car parked in Vancouver could be started from Montreal, provided that the vehicle and iPhone gains access to a network.

Not very eco-friendly but certainly practical, Apple has given us yet another useful iPhone App.