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Wow I had an idea similar to this back in college, couldn't get any co-founders interested in doing a proper startup sadly!

iPhone accessory manufacturer had a smartphone-OBD-II product called CarTrip which they discontinued:

http://www.griffintechnology.com/blog/new/cartrip-and-cleand...

As others have noted, you can buy the hardware yourself for pretty cheap: http://dx.com/p/obdii-bluetooth-car-diagnostic-cable-black-b...

Combine it with an app like Torque...: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=org.prowl.torq...

...or Rev and you've got some of the functionality already: http://www.devtoaster.com/products/rev/

edit: the advantage of Automatic is that it's an all in one solution for the mass market, rather than the DIY/car enthusiast nature of the existing apps and hardware.



Last I looked, none of these were iPhone compatible, as they were Bluetooth Serial profile (SPP), which isn't supported for app use.

This may have changed, so for now the conventional ELM### devices are Android/Jailbreak only.

As an iOS user, this alone makes me interested in Automatic's product.


Rev, linked above, has been around for a few years and is iPhone compatible. See the hardware page on their site for bluetooth info.


Rev only advertises/supports wifi dongles, for the reasons listed above


The Pebble smart watch uses Bluetooth Serial Profile.




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