Wish you could control your automobile from your smartphone? Yes, now there’s finally an app for that, assuming your car is from Ford and it’s one of the latest and greatest electric models that haven’t even been officially announced yet.
Engadget is reporting that auto maker Ford is planning to release an app for iOS, Android and Blackberry called MyFord Mobile. Like similar apps already available for the Nissan Leaf and Chevy Volt, MyFord Mobile will check your “car’s charging status from afar and deliver some climate settings to ensure that the car is properly hot or cold before you leave on your hot or cold commute.”
“When the car and the app launches there will be versions for Android, BlackBerry, and iOS, though interestingly there will be a an HTML-5 browser interface that'll even work on featurephones. Yes, featurephones,” Engadget notes. “Interestingly, the app can automatically charge... whatever mystery vehicle you connect it to at the optimal time of the night to ensure you get the lowest cost for your juice, automatically pulling down rates from your utility so that you don't have to worry about it. That is what we like to call smart. And thrifty.”
Of course, the MyFord Mobile app will also let you find your car in the first place thanks to GPS technology, and even unlock the doors from your handset as well.
Finally, Engadget notes that Ford’s photo above is actually running the app on a Samsung Focus, which is a Windows Phone 7 device… which wasn’t mentioned as one of the platforms that MyFord Mobile will launch on. Bad case of Photoshopping or did Ford slip something extra into their announcement? You be the judge.
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