Date:         Sat, 11 Jun 2011 20:01:41 -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: Mike <mbucchino@charter.net>
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The camera was lower than my eyesight is - the warning lights are
visible.

On this GPS app -- MotionX GPS -- landscape mode does not appear to be
an option.

On Sat, 2011-06-11 at 22:00 -0400, Mike wrote:

> If your phone will auto-rotate the display (like my Samsung Galaxy S does),
> I'd rotate it 90 degrees so you don't block the warning lights on the center
> of the instrument cluster.
> Particularly the oil warning light!
>
> Mike B.
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Rocket J Squirrel
> Sent: Saturday, June 11, 2011 7:32 PM
> To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
> Subject: Re: Dashmount options for smartphones?
>
> Hokee dokee, all good ideas, everyone.
>
> Here's what I ended up doing:
>
> <https://picasaweb.google.com/j.michael.elliott/IPhoneMount?authkey=Gv1sRgCJyXwMuQ17iBmAE&feat=directlink>
>
> (or)
>
> <http://goo.gl/jehbS>
>
> It's one of the two car mounts for the iPhone that my Verizon store
> sells. It came with a long arm on it: dash-mount with sticky back, ball,
> socket, arm, socket, ball, cradle. A little contemplation revealed that
> the arm part was not needed. So pulled it, resulting in a cradle that
> sits almost atop the instrument panel, far enough away from the steering
> wheel that it won't interfere. It says here.
>
> The coilcord charger cable puts more pull on the bottom of the phone
> than I like. I reckon I can find a car charger without so much coil to
> its cord.
>
> I'm rather pleased!
>
> -- Jack "Rocket J Squirrel" Elliott
>
> 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
> >
> >
>