Your iPhone is already your internet browser, music machine, contacts book, miniature TV, daily planner, oh, not to mention, your phone. It’s the electronic gateway to everything in your world. The Viper SmartStart module, available from Best Buy for $299, adds to this by allowing you to lock and unlock your car, open the trunk, and even start it up over the 3G network, ie. from anywhere in the world. Some practical uses include: keeping the kids from using the car when you’re away, starting the car while you walk across the parking lot on a cold day, or when you’ve lost your keys.

I’m a woman on the go. For years, I struggled with atlases, hard to fold maps, and other people’s direction each road trip. I always got where I was going, but then I received a iphone Christmas 2008. I took it on a business trip to Miami, FL. Though I flew, I thought it would be handy. Usually, I’m stuck in the hotel with a rental car, not knowing the area, but this time I had the most empowering travel companion. I used the google maps and my iphone to come up with a close restaurant to have dinner. I feel confident every time I leave the house that I know where I’m going and my iphone knows how to get there. Now, I’m fearless!