Date:         Sat, 11 Jun 2011 14:05:37 -0700
Reply-To:     Rocket J Squirrel <camping.elliott@GMAIL.COM>
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From:         Rocket J Squirrel <camping.elliott@GMAIL.COM>
Subject:      Re: Dashmount options for smartphones?
Comments: To: Angus Gordon <birdworks@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:
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> Angus Gordon
> 206-289-0560
> Bainbridge Island WA
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> www.wordless.me
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> On Sat, Jun 11, 2011 at 12:02 PM, Rocket J Squirrel
> <camping.elliott@gmail.com> wrote:
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>         (...in my case, specifically a brand new swell iPhone running
>         the
>         excellent MotionX GPS outdoor activity app.)
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>         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.
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>         Up by the mirror is in too much glare. Over down by the
>         radio/vent
>         controls is not really in line of sight.
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>         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.
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>         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.
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>         So a really squatty iPhone dock would be nice there.
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>         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.
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