Check out this video demonstration of the GReddy Simulator iPhone app we showed you a while back.  You get to see all the features we mentioned in action!

GReddy Simulator for iPhone and iPod Touch from Bonobo on Vimeo.

This goes on our “most innovative products” list of what we saw at the SEMA show.  As I was walking the halls in a small almost non-descript booth I saw this super awesome product.  It’s called DashCommand by Palmer Performance.  DashCommand basically turns your iPhone or iPod touch into a full OBD-II read out information center with a ton of extra stuff like a skid pad scatter plot and race track analysis.  There is a ton of other stuff this thing can do but it wont all fit here so click the red text for more info.

Pioneer just released an iPhone app dubbled ”AVIC FEEDS“ that adds some extra convenience and functionality to your Pioneer navigation system.  Normally you have the ability to manually enter points of interest to your navigation but with this new app you can find points with your iPhone through the app or via geo-tagged photos and then the iPhone will wirelessly communicate with the navigation system via bluetooth to add those points to your system.  Cool stuff!  Hopefully Pioneer will release something like this for Blackberry and Windows Mobile devices soon.

Press Release:

PIONEER UNLEASHES THE POWER OF ITS IN-DASH NAVIGATION SYSTEMS WITH NEW FREE APPLE APP

LONG BEACH, CA - (September 21, 2009) - Pioneer Electronics (USA) Inc. today releases its first iPhone® application created for use with Pioneer’s new AVIC-U310BT and AVIC-Z110BT in-dash navigation systems. Pioneer’s AVIC FEEDS App establishes a link between the Apple® and Pioneer products, letting iPhone owners find points of interest or search for destinations ahead of time on their phone and easily access them via Bluetooth® from their Pioneer navigation systems. This eliminates the need to jot down or manually enter address information into the Pioneer unit and allows drivers to receive convenient turn-by-turn voice guidance while still being able to use their iPhone for other purposes.

Through independent research, Pioneer discovered that a significant percentage - more than 22 percent - of registered Pioneer navigation system owners also own and use an Apple iPhone.

“We are continually looking for ways to enhance a driver’s experience by providing high quality navigation and entertainment products that incorporate convenience and safety features,” said Ted Cardenas, director of marketing for the mobile business group of Pioneer Electronics (USA) Inc. “After researching what technologies and consumer electronics products our registered owners embrace, we identified a natural opportunity to integrate the features and functions of our navigation systems with Apple’s iPhone.”

Ways to Navigate:
POI Search - Points of interest (POI) searched through Pioneer’s AVIC FEEDS App can be selected by simply choosing the pin drop of the desired location
Take a Photo - Photos taken on an iPhone that are geotagged with geographical metadata such as location coordinates can be saved for future use as a POI
Saved Photos - Geotagged photos sent to users or photos from the internet can be used as a POIs

Destinations created from a POI search or geotagged photos are converted as a phone contact to the navigation system via Bluetooth. Once the phone book is synchronized, the routable contacts are identified by a unique icon that appears next to the contact in the navigation system. By selecting that contact, Pioneer’s navigation system will calculate a route and provide turn-by-turn guidance to that location.

Value of Convenience:
AVIC-U310BT and AVIC-Z110BT owners who want to take immediate advantage of these convenient features can download the Pioneer AVIC FEEDS App for free from their iPhone at pioneerelectronics.com or the iTunes store.

Consumers who have not yet invested in a navigation system or an iPhone can purchase these products for under $700 - the AVIC-U310BT ($599) and iPhone ($99), plus subscription and other fees associated with the Apple device. Pioneer’s AVIC-U310BT is the best value in in-dash navigation, offering robust, full-featured route guidance, CD playback and the convenience of built-in Bluetooth for hands-free calling and iPod/ iPhone control.

The AVIC FEEDS App is also fully compatible with the AVIC-Z110BT ($1,599), Pioneer’s flagship in-dash navigation AV receiver featuring DVD playback, built-in Bluetooth, voice recognition, text-to-speech guidance, an advanced touch screen interface and more.

 

I personally have a love/hate relationship with the iPhone.  I think it has cool features and possibilities but its become such a trendy status symbol it sickens me!  So I’ve been on the fence about trying to get one.  Although I’m leaning more towards the “give in and buy it” side now that I’ve seen the “Dynolicious” appliation for the new 3G iPhone.

The Dynolicious application makes use of the 3G iPhone’s built in accelerometer to calculate things such as 0-60 times, wheel horsepower, estimated engine horsepower, lateral G’s, and braking G’s.  And its only 13 bucks!

Several people have tested the application against real world dynos and other performance meters like the G-Tech Pro and has been shown to be fairly accurate.  Not as accurate as the more expensive methods, but for 12.99 it can’t really be beat!

Now all I need is an iPhone…Anyway most recently the guys at StreetFire.net tested out the software.  Check it out.

iPhone Dynolicious video review