OBDII with Bluetooth

Previous OBDII post.

Forget the proprietary connectors or even USB.  Manufacture OBDII with wireless Bluetooth.

Create apps for smartphone, tablet, laptop.  Create online service to store info, alert, report, recommend scheduled maintenance.
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Contract for OBDII with bluetooth.  Make smartphone/laptop/tablet software, with SaaS analysis, trend.

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2011 December
What electronics is this device using?
The LINK Armband, enabled with Bluetooth® wireless technology, sends information to your fingertips by communicating directly with your mobile device ...
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2012 March
Started thinking about this with the post in 2009: http://productsideas.blogspot.com/2009/03/obdii-usb-connector_17.html


Actual product with wifi/bluetooth connector to smartphone.  $138.96 on Amazon, with free shipping.
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Looks like carvoyant hooked this into fault monitoring that sends the info to local mechanics.  They raised $1.5m.
Carvoyant’s focus is not on building a better transmitter and app, it’s about building a service that connects consumers and repair shops together at the very moment when car maintenance or repairs need to take place.
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Tire stores could subsidize part of the price.  Connector with bluetooth to phone, to notify driver + tire store to schedule a rotation based on mileage.