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Mobiado and Aston Martin show how phone and car can get along beautifully

by Noah Joseph (RSS feed) on Mar 30th, 2011 at 8:00AM

With all the trinkets and gizmos we pack onto ourselves before we leave the house, do we really need a physical car key? Aston Martin clearly doesn't think so. The British purveyor of luxury GTs was among the first to replace the key ignition with a push-button. Then the company teamed up with its watchmaking partner Jaeger-LeCoultre to incorporate a transponder into branded timepieces designed to lock and unlock its cars. Now Aston is taking things one step further, and soliciting the services of the mobile phone to get there. Created in collaboration with Canadian luxury cellphone company... Read More

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