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Re: Fax Through A Cellphone

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Originally Posted by spinmunky View Post
ok i know this has nothing to do with faxing through a cellphone but i've heard that if you forget your car keys for the car and have another pair (with the little remote thing) at home, you can call someone at home with your cellphone to theirs and they can unlock the car with the remote through the cellphone.

Any one know if this is true?
I doubt it. For this to happen, one cell phone would have to act as a receiver and the other as a transmitter. Cell phones have transceivers built in, but they're meant for the cellular or PCS bands, which are nowhere close to your standard garage opener bands (I'm assuming these are 27, 49, or 900 MHz). Second, the cell phone would have to be listening for these transmissions.

Eventually you'll probably see cell phones which are able to replace your key entirely.
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