The easy answer is no. This is coming to the iPhone for around £60 which is not cheap at all. Of course the friendly woman telling you where to go is present here but what on earth happens if you recieve a telephone call when you are concentrating on the directions. Is the lovely Sat Nav woman simply saying “please stop here while you take the call” as you frantically answer “BUT I’M IN THE MIDDLE OF A MOTORWAY!!!This inventions has many flaws but then again dont all inventions.

The price isn’t exactly nice either; you can get a decent Sat Nav for cheaper that will do more than this extra application. Is it not just promoting you to look at your mobile phone when you are driving your nice, soon to be wrecked (if you are constantly looking at your phone) Mercedes orNissan?

Of course all of this could be just a little bit more hype for the iPhone? The thing is, many mobile phones have been able to do this for quite a number of years, why is the iPhone so special? It isnt at all. It is more of an added bonus to existing iPhone owners rather than a product buying piece of software which is what makes it worth having.

It doesn’t matter what car you have, or even if you are thinking of getting used cars it can work with anything just like a normal Sat Nav.

The iPhone application is jsut another option should you be interested in buying a Sat Nav.

With over 400 of their cars already installed with the new product it is only a matter of time before all of their electronic opening cars are fitted with the same piece of technology. The system that has been created can actually tell the difference between each and every iPhone so you wont have any thieves attempting to steal your ride. The signal from the phone is picked up by a tiny system placed on the inside of the car itself. 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.

This invention sounds like it is coming straight from a famous spy movie than anything else. Of course you are not going to be able to do this with used 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 an Audi or perhaps when you buy a Honda

So what is next for the iPhone and car? Perhaps you will be able to let the phone steer your car for you or do it via remote controlled access like in the Bond movies or perhaps this is as far as it is going to go. Of course technology itself is ever changing and it is almost certain to say that we can hope to see a lot more of these types of inventions.