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Date:   Sat, 11 Jun 2011 14:05:37 -0700
Reply-To:   Rocket J Squirrel <camping.elliott@GMAIL.COM>
Sender:   Vanagon Mailing List <vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com>
From:   Rocket J Squirrel <camping.elliott@GMAIL.COM>
Subject:   Re: Dashmount options for smartphones?
Comments:   To: Angus Gordon <birdworks@gmail.com>
In-Reply-To:   <BANLkTi=NB_iYR5XCZtpHNOd+JFETfMM+VQ@mail.gmail.com>
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Very nice indeed!

Won't work for me, tho', on account of I have one of those black plastic "covers" for the dash that provides a flat spot up there with pockets in it (forget what it's called, where I got it) so the ashtray is covered.

I have two other considerations, too: I don't want the phone in the sun, and I want the face of it pointing squarely at me. Using it as a GPS, screen visibility in full sun is a consideration.

On Sat, 2011-06-11 at 12:34 -0700, Angus Gordon wrote: > > > <https://picasaweb.google.com/birdworks/IPhoneDock?feat=directlink> > > > > > Angus Gordon > 206-289-0560 > Bainbridge Island WA > > > www.wordless.me > > > > > > On Sat, Jun 11, 2011 at 12:02 PM, Rocket J Squirrel > <camping.elliott@gmail.com> wrote: > > (...in my case, specifically a brand new swell iPhone running > the > excellent MotionX GPS outdoor activity app.) > > So I got this new iPhone and have been holding up in various > locations > on the dash, trying to find a good spot to mount it. > > Up by the mirror is in too much glare. Over down by the > radio/vent > controls is not really in line of sight. > > Over to the left of the steering wheel, it's blocked by my > left steering > hand and partially blocks the already puny amount of air that > comes out > the upper dash (not knee) vent. > > One really swell spot would be atop the steering column -- > allowing for > room under the phone for the charger plug, the phone still > doesn't block > the warning lights. > > So a really squatty iPhone dock would be nice there. > > But before I start what might be a long and possibly fruitless > quest for > an imaginary dock, has anyone else found a > easy-to-see-but-doesn't-block-anything place to mount a > smartphone? I > need to mount mine in portrait, not landscape, orientation as > that is > how the GPS/mapping apps draw the screen. > > > -- > > -- > Rocky J Squirrel (Jack Elliott) > '84 Westfalia: Mellow Yellow ("The Electrical Banana") > '74 Westrailia: (Ladybug Trailer company, San Juan Capistrano, > Calif.) > Bend, OR > KG6RCR > >


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