The Bluetooth OBDII app is a reality already. ProScan and Scangauge both
offer Bluetooth connectivity for their engine monitoring software - I'm sure
it would work with the smarter phones out there.

Jake

On Tue, Jul 27, 2010 at 8:39 PM, Robert Fisher <garciasghostvw@gmail.com>wrote:

> On something of a side note, this discussion prompted me to look for a
> scanner app for my Droid (had it about two weeks) and lo there was one
> (well
> reviewed, and free). Interesting given the wildfires around here now.
> As for the CB, someone is developing an app with that kind of
> functionality,
> although I don't really see them tying into actual CBs (but who knows).
>
> We talk a lot about these different devices in our vans, and I wonder that
> these phones/devices won't eventually replace most or all of them. We had
> the phone hooked up to the stereo for the music, and it faded it down, the
> GPS app gave some directions and then faded the music back up, all while my
> wife was refilling her prescription online. Then she looked up the
> elevation
> of Mt. Fuji 'cause my daughter was curious about it since I climbed it once
> (but had forgotten the number).
>
> I realize that the lack of coverage in the backcountry is an issue,
> particularly for a lot of this crowd (for whom "backcountry" has a
> different
> meaning), but that will presumably change as time goes on. These things are
> game changers in many areas in the same way that Tivos/DVRs are game
> changers in the way one uses television. I've hardly used my computer
> lately; I have to remind myself to sync it up every day.
>
> I can see somebody developing a bluetooth ECU scanner so your phone can
> monitor your engine. Why not?
>
> Cya,
> Robert
>

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Jake

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