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    Ask your phone about your car: Nissan Micra iManual owner's manual

    Forget about skimming the pages in the hope of finding what that one button does; just pick up your phone, start iManual, point it at what you want to know more about, and you got it!

    Available for iPhone and Android.



    Read all about it: http://www.autoevolution.com/news/ni...cra-73621.html

    Here's a vid: http://www.dailymotion.com/video/x19...new-micra_auto



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    I read about that briefly. I think its a cool idea as long as its very easy to use. Of course, you'll still have non-smart phone owning owners, so what to do with them?

    I'm not surprised that so few owners use their manuals. I can't say I really have read mine more than once or twice.

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    I can't help but think what happens if somebody would make fun of your car and shows his whatever, and you ask what the most obscure button on his dash does... and the takes his paper manual...

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    Neat find - thanks!

    I hope it's also searchable so if you wanted to read something about the car while you're inside the house, you don't have to go outside and point the camera at it.

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    According to the video it 'squeezes all the information in the (paper) manual into the palm of your hand'.
    And indeed the app has a View full manual button; see the phone on the right in the top picture.

    It looks neat; I am tempted to try it out. Would be the first app I'd put on my phone
    "I'm a programmer, not a software user"

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    Ah, so it does. Merci, monsieur.

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    I didn't watch the video. I take it this isn't actually replacing the manual, just a supplement to it?

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    Boo - my phone's too old for this.


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