Want your iPhone to have an app for car diagnostics?

Owen

I need people's help. Mods feel free to delete if inappropriate, it's only a valid request until Midnight.

There's a competition on facebook from a company called Funzoo. It's basically if you suggest an idea for an app, and if you win the vote, they'll develop that app. My idea was to create a hardware interface between the iPhone's dock connector, and a car's diagnostic port. The iPhone app would then read in fault codes, and could reset them. Handy for the EML lights on your dashboard. It would also be possible to show real time data from the port, such as fuel level, rpm, speed, engine temp, etc.

So here's the clincher, I'm in desperate need of votes by midnight to win the competition and have the app developed. If you want to help, here's what you need to do.

Search for 'funzoo' on FB and become a fan - you can remove yourself from fans later on if you want. Click on their page, click on polls, allow it access to your profile, and then choose 'Real time data for your car', and vote for that.

Thanks for the help in advance guys, and if I win, we'd have a killer iPhone app.

guil

ur runnin away with it now, 49 votes and 26 is the closest to u, ya goin to give us the app for free if ya win:D

omb0wyn5ehpij9

Done Great idea!

antodeco

Done!

limklad

Great idea but with bluetooth support as well has cable connection, to give people another option.

DonalN

Done! - Great idea.

You're up to 72 votes now - with 42 votes trailing for some recipe yoke...

L'prof

Done.

Quazzie

I voted there. You're now winning 75 - 42.

JacksDad

limklad wrote: »

but with bluetooth support as well as cable connection, to give people another option.

+1

Done!

Great idea. You are running away with it now - good luck!

eden_my_ass

Theres an app for that.... http://openbossa.indt.org.br/carman/

(ok its not apple os but I doubt they'll beat it)

Quazzie

eden_my_ass wrote: »

Theres an app for that.... http://openbossa.indt.org.br/carman/

(ok its not apple os but I doubt they'll beat it)

Yea but who has a Nokia tablet?

limklad

Quazzie wrote: »

Yea but who has a Nokia tablet?

More precisely N810, Not it successor the N900, which is a bumber.

T-b0n3

Done, your well in the lead. Looking forward to it!

eden_my_ass

Quazzie wrote: »

Yea but who has a Nokia tablet?

I have, but its a cheap 770 so no carman, great little device though!

antodeco

Well done! It was chosen!

cojomo2

there is an app for this already, well 'Rev' lite is in the app store already but the full version is supposed to be on its way:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V1PWU8xC8FY

Owen

Yup, I have the full version, but as I've pointed out in other threads, it's 32 euro for the app, 170 for their interface, and the software is limited. It doesn't reset airbags, and all the emmissions data and mpg calculations are US based, and useless over here.