Garage door opener?

[jlhollander]

actually, it would be possible, especially with all of the new api's. you could have it go wifi, or bluetooth, if you are in range, or as rip said, when you are away through a network connection. the latter would take a little more work, because you could in theory have your whole house wired up through a network connection and control it from anywhere. the former, though easier, would still take some work, including a modified switch on the front of your garage set up. bluetooth, being the easiest, would be fairly simple, and controling your garage door would be one of many various tasks that you could do with a specific app. you could lock / unlock your own front door as well with a little bit of tinkering.

[iphun]

In addition to the api's they are adding support for accessories(probably an api) to be added on to the device, so you could (if some company created one) connect the device to your phone or even integrate it into a case that would open your door when an app or button was pressed. Apple's accessory support adds countless things you could add to the iphone to do almost anything.

[Avataris Media]

Originally Posted by Rip

I use mine for opening my garage door. I use either of 2 methods:

X10 commander for when I'm at home.
IOBridge for checking it's closed when I'm away and closing it if I left it open.

Thanks for the info!

X10 Commander:
http://itunes.apple.com/WebObjects/M...293175400&mt=8

IOBridge:
http://www.iobridge.com/