Pay Off Your Mercedes-Benz? There's an App for That
Everyone has an iPhone app nowadays. The Hut, Starbucks, our friends of TUAW, even car sharing service Zipcar are now part of the club. So who was left sitting around without a cheaply and poorly developed, multi-touch doodad, that they could slap their brand on? Apparently Mercedes-Benz, and as expected, the luxury car maker couldn't wait any longer to hop on the bandwagon. This isn't the first car company to release an iPhone app, but it is the first to even attempt to do something useful with one. Last October, Ford released its Flex app, which lets you manipulate snapshots taken with your iPhone, but seems to have very little to do with the Flex Fuel vehicles it was supposed to be promoting. So what exactly can you do with the new Mercedes-Benz app? Well you can pay your bill, see when your bill is
The Mercedes-Benz Financial app also lets you manage multiple accounts and loans with the app, so you can pay off your M-Class SUV while scampering around town in your S-Class Sedan. And if you're in a position where that scenario doesn't sound too far fetched, we'd just like to say we hate you -- but mostly because we're jealous. [From: Information Week, Via: textually.org]
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Chris said 10:09AM on 10-07-2009
"see when your bill is do,"
You should have the word "due" there instead of "do".
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Jay Ward said 7:44AM on 10-08-2009
Just to be clear, the Ford Flex application references the new Flex Crossover and has nothing to do with any Flex-fuel vehicle.
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