Oh you sure know how the ‘central locking’ feature in an automobile secures the locks of your car and how the alarm key on the remote can be used to locate your car from a parking lot. And perhaps you also know how iPhone apps are spreading their roots to almost every possible domain in existence.

Under the focus here is another one of the best iPhone apps that we have seen so far. It is practical, geeky, classy and most importantly very utilitarian.

This application, known an Mbrace, is a part of the Mbrace Telematics system that can be used to secure a Mercedes Benz car remotely.

Mercedes Benz USA (MBUSA) in collaboration with Hughes Telematics Inc (HTI) has launched a new telematics system known as Mbrace, which promises an unmatched level of connectivity to Mercedes-Benz owners with their cars and also allows them to customize their in-vehicle experiences to fit their daily needs.

You can use the mbrace iphone application to remotely lock and unlock the doors of your car (Mercedes Benz in particular), trace where you parked the car in the crowded parking lot or even connect to your car dealer and avail specific services. That’s what we call connectivity.

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The application shows a graphical remote on the screen and the lock and unlock buttons appear exactly as they would appear on an actual physical remote. Touch the graphics on  the iPhone screen to lock or unlock the car.

The mbrace system packs in 18 brilliant features including subjects from safety and security, navigation and destination, planning and convenience and much more.

That explains why we can say mbrace is no doubt one of the best iPhone apps for practical implementation in the automotive sector. Another best we’d say is, (click here to see) how Lewis Hamilton drives his F1 car using a Blackberry storm application.

Presently, this novel mbrace system is available with a new Mercedes Benz (USA) while the existing Benz owners can upgrade their Tele Aid system with the new and dynamic mbrace. And yes, this application is compatible with a Blackberry phone as well. We are not sure, what model it is.

“With mbrace, we begin the introduction of a whole new generation of innovative and personalized services that fit our drivers’ mobile lifestyles, keeping them connected to the people, places and services that are important to them and offering them enhanced safety, security and navigation options.

Most importantly, the flexibility of Hughes Telematics’ architecture will also allow us to continually add new features and innovations that will keep Mercedes-Benz on the forefront of in-vehicle services”, said said Sascha Simon, director of advanced product planning, MBUSA.

Didn’t we say earlier than the iPhone is sprawling over everything in the universe? That’s so true because when you think of doing something with an iPhone, in a remarkably less amount of time, you’ll see yourself download iPhone applications for what you have wished. Thanks to the application developers and their logical thinking ability.

Critical Appreciation:

The Mbrace should definitely be one of the best iPhone applications in existence today in the automobile sector. But, the application comes as a part of the mbrace telematics unit fitted into the Benz which confines it scope to Benz cars only.

The same technology when paired with a mbrace-like iPhone applications can be used to secure other non-Benz cars making the iPhone more useful to other brand car owners.

Another issue could be whether reliability can be guaranteed when using the mbrace iphone application or if there is a room for some tech savvy intelligent robber to tweak the security and leave the owner blank and numb. We’ll let you as we acknowledge. Meanwhile, stay tuned.