The ability to remotely monitor a home security system isn't anything new; for a while we've been able to check on our houses through special internet pages or via our cell phones. Well, now you can get all the stats and even camera pictures over your iPhone.
For example, if you are an Alarm.com customer, you can get their iPhone application, which lets you check on all sorts of information. You can find out if the garage door has been left open, if the dog walker took your pooch out for a full session, if there's a leak in the basement, if medicine or liquor cabinets have been opened, if you forgot to turn on the system, etc. You can also control your security system remotely (if you did forget to turn it on before you left for work, you can simply activate it over your phone).
If your home security company isn't offering these features yet, give them a call to see if it's in the works.
I keep going back and forth about getting an iPhone, but when I see apps like this, it becomes a no brainer.
Posted by: Beth | March 28, 2010 at 02:01 PM