Filed under: Software, iPhone, iPod touch
Save gas and money with your iPhone
There's a great article at Treehugger on saving money with your iPhone. Specifically, they explore four categories: automotive, travel, energy consumption and green shopping.Applications like iGas, which helps you find cheap fueling stations, and GasHog, which measures fuel efficiency, are listed. However, what's interesting to me aren't applications.
PrimoSpot lets New Yorkers (Manhattan and Brooklyn only) find available parking spots, even identifying parking meters that are about to expire. That's pretty cool, and should save you some driving around.
SmartLinc lets you monitor your home's energy consumption and even remotely control lighting, heating and AC use, all from your iPhone. It's $1,400US to get set up, but definitely a useful service.
Many people still yearn for an Apple tablet. The iPhone is that tablet. Once you start to think of it as a computer with great telephone software, you'll begin to see that's exactly what it is.
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hmlong said 10:55AM on 10-03-2008
"Many people still yearn for an Apple tablet."
I'm one of them, though in my book the "tablet" would be no larger than a 4x6 card. The iPhone proves that you can cram a lot into a small screen, but something a bit larger would be ideal for watching movies, bigger games, ebook readers, and so on.
Larger than that and the touch screen keyboard interface breaks down.
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King Fysel said 11:21AM on 10-03-2008
Did TUAW bother to read the reviews of iGas before posting this? I think not. Many pissed-off buyers. Make sure you read it before purchasing.
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RadicalxEdward said 11:58AM on 10-03-2008
You don't have to get the $1400 set. All you need is the SmartLinc - INSTEON Central Controller. That will allow you to control it from any browser/pda. including the iphone/ipod touch. You can add any other accessories you want later.
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D said 4:04PM on 10-03-2008
How about Spotasaurus for the iPhone. It lets you find and compare parking garages in most major US cities. I have used in NY, Boston, WDC and SF so far and it saved me a ton of cash. Its in the navgation section of the app store.
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Jaymi said 5:35PM on 10-03-2008
Thanks very much for mentioning the iPhone post here. It's great to see the sharing of info that helps people keep down energy costs wherever possible. More of this kind of information to come at http://www.treehugger.com.
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Robert said 7:04PM on 10-03-2008
iGas is not really useful. You want to find out the cheapest gas price around so you stop and check your iphone.. oh, yeah you can't find it by your current location. Oh well, I am lucky enough to know the zip code I am at so I put that in... Oh wait, it only pulls data over wifi. Well, its always nice to know what the prices are when at home on my couch. LOL
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Collin said 3:46PM on 10-06-2008
A great resource to saving gas is http://www.gasbuddy.com. You can find the cheapest gas in your town. Also try http://www.savegas4you.com. They sell innovative new ways to easily save gas.
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Colin Garrett said 1:16PM on 10-07-2008
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carwaterguide.blogspot.com said 11:48AM on 11-25-2008
it's has review many sites like gas for free,run your car on water etc.
You can truly get better mileage...... http://carwaterguide.blogspot.com
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