Zipcar have actually just realeased a brand new way to unlock a car;. They are doing well for themselves as this is an idea unique to them at this moment in time. This company have actually used the fact that the iPhone has become popular to invent a new way of renting their cars.
Just over four hundred have their cars can now be unlocked by using an iPhone. This brand new idea has actually got the technology to tell which iPhone is its current master so it will not unlock for any old phone. The small system is placed on the inside of the car and it basically used to pick up the signal from the phone. For security reasons when you rent the car and get inside it for the very first time there is a security card that must be swiped so that it will pick you up as the individual user for that car.
Sounds more like a Bond Gadget but believe it or not it exists and can be used by anyone. Of course you are not going to be able to do this with new cars yet because this is happening only at Zipcar. However the day is sure to arrive where everyone is unlocking their new cars in this way. Perhaps in the future when you go to buy a new BMW or perhaps when you buy a Toyota
So what is next for the iPhone and car? Of course the next step would be to actually have it remote controlled just like Bond does in the very same film mentioned before. Technology is leaping forward more and more every single year so expect to see a lot more combinations of the phone and the car.