The world of technology never ceases to amaze me. It’s a never ending battle to make one device “do it all”. There are two things that have my full attention, the world of automobiles and the world of wireless phones. If I can combine the two, then that’s a perfect little world.

Well – now I can and with the help of Google Android and PLX Devices. Combine the HTC Hero with Google and the PLX Kiwi Wifi, along with one of the MANY auto ECU diagnostic/tuning applications for Android and I have a portable, hand held auto tuning machine! Accurate and extremely user friendly, this is the future of not only the auto world, but the wireless phone world.

With a little imagination, knowledge of the changes you’re making, and of course a Android phone and a PLX Kiwi WiFi, you can make your cell phone go above and beyond by diagnosing your rides Engine Control Unit for errors (rid of that check engine light) or tune the ECU for greater power, better fuel mileage or just a smooth care free idle!

For more information on the Android ECU application, visit http://android-apps.com/tag/ecu/ and for information on the PLX Kiwi WiFi ECU adapter, visit http://www.plxkiwi.com/kiwiwifi/hardware.html

By Randy Battiest