Gadgets Gizmos Gossip

The iPhone has become incredibly popular over the last few years, and offers one of the best mobile operating systems in existence (alongside Google’s Android OS). The number of applications available for the phone is now momumental; there are so many it can often be difficult to sort your way through them all looking for what you need.

So to try and help out a little bit, here’s the first in what will become a ‘Top App’ series. Here’s the top car-related applications for your iPhone:

1. AA Fuel Prices

This genius little app will find the cheapest fuel prices in your area, and will even direct you to the cheapest filling station closest to you. It’s £4.99 so it’s not the least expensive app you’ll ever come across, but it’s reliable and it will make you the money back in no time, just by saving you money on your petrol.

2. TomTom UK & Ireland

Satellite navigation systems have been increasingly popular over the last couple of years, but they can be quite expensive. So why waste the money on an expensive Sat Nav system when you get download one for your iPhone? Admittedly it’s not the cheapest app in the world at £49.99, but  it’s less expensive than buying a seperate sat nav machine and you don’t have to worry about carrying around an extra gadget.
The app features all UK and Ireland road maps, making it the perfect solution if you’re looking to find your way around the UK.

3. Free Parking

This application helps you locate free parking spaces, and costs just £1.79. Currently the app only works in London, but it’s extremely useful if you do find yourself regularly looking for parking spaces in the capital. If they roll out the same service for the whole of the UK however, this would be one of the most useful driving apps in existence.

4. RAC Traffic

This one does pretty much what you’d expect it to do; it warns you of particularly bad traffic problems and queues, allowing you to avoid them and get where you’re going quicker. The app itself works brilliantly, and it’s free, so you can’t really complain.

5. Car Spotter

Car Spotter costs just 49p, and allows you to find your car when you’ve forgotten where you left it. When you park you can leave video and voice memos, or simply log the position via GPS, then when you’re on your way back and have forgotten where you parked.

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Guest post by Steve; a freelance copywriter in his spare time, who’s day job is working for a company specialising in temporary car insurance, specifically dar car insurance.

There are so many gadgets for the car nowadays that it is almost impossible to talk about them all. Here are just a few of the most commonly used ones:

The LED Car Signal

This is a really useful gadget when you cut someone up or do something to annoy another driver in your new Audi. Simply programme the device to say whatever you want and it will come up at the back of the car to tell the driver behind you what you really think of them. Of course if you are a good driver and make a mistake you could use it to apologise to the other person.

The iPod player/ charger

This one is easily the most used gadget in my car and without this I would be stuck listening to the very boring DJ’s and the irratating advertisements that traditional radio is made up of.  Instead I put the pod on and listen to all of my favourite tracks as well as charging it all at the same time. The plus side to my kit is that I can also do this with my iPhone too! Great for my Audi R8.

I’m always having to hop over to Brussels and Frankfurt for last minute meetings with colleagues. I dash to Gatwick, park my car in one of the huge Gatwick parking lots and then immediately forget where I’ve parked.

On my return I rely on the ever helpful transfer bus drivers to help me locate my old BMW. But on my last trip I decided to get sensible and make use of a neat little application that runs on the iPhone.

PosiMotions G-Park application is just so simple to use. All I had to do is press the ‘Park Me’ button when I’d parked my car. Then, when I wanted to find it again I just pressed the ‘Where did I park?’ button and I was guided to where my car was. Brilliant.

No more worries about where I left the car. Now if only the application could help me find my car keys in the mornings…