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Cell phone can unlock car, start engine

TOKYO (AP) -- A new Japanese mobile phone will automatically unlock the doors of its owners' cars and let drivers start their engines without using an ignition key.... ...full story at AP

from AP on Wed, Sep 24 2008

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