Awaking from the dark ages as we are, my wife and I do not have smartphones (but we do have cash to purchase a nice S85, so no snickering!!).
At the moment I'm stubborn and unwilling to entertain ridiculous phone bills so I'm exploring alternate options for getting the functionality of the App without incurring additional costs.
My best idea so far is to grab a lightly used iPod Touch off eBay (penny saved = penny earned), install the App, and then keep the iPod with the car. We'll be switching drivers on a regular basis.
When the car is home the iPod would live by the garage door so the state of the car could be checked without going out there, preheating, cooling, whatever (I'll probably rig up a wall-mount for it). When at work, the driver would take the iPod and use workplace WiFi to access the car for the same purpose. When traveling, I think most SpC locations have businesses (Starbucks and the like) with free WiFi also. Also, by having the iPod along would provide for audiobooks and maybe some games for the little creatures (some people call them "children").
Anything I'm missing? Would this work? Is there a better solution w/o the ongoing expense of smartphones? Recommendations for iPod specs/generation I should be shopping for?
Thanks!
At the moment I'm stubborn and unwilling to entertain ridiculous phone bills so I'm exploring alternate options for getting the functionality of the App without incurring additional costs.
My best idea so far is to grab a lightly used iPod Touch off eBay (penny saved = penny earned), install the App, and then keep the iPod with the car. We'll be switching drivers on a regular basis.
When the car is home the iPod would live by the garage door so the state of the car could be checked without going out there, preheating, cooling, whatever (I'll probably rig up a wall-mount for it). When at work, the driver would take the iPod and use workplace WiFi to access the car for the same purpose. When traveling, I think most SpC locations have businesses (Starbucks and the like) with free WiFi also. Also, by having the iPod along would provide for audiobooks and maybe some games for the little creatures (some people call them "children").
Anything I'm missing? Would this work? Is there a better solution w/o the ongoing expense of smartphones? Recommendations for iPod specs/generation I should be shopping for?
Thanks!