Date:         Sun, 12 Jun 2011 01:19:56 -0400
Reply-To:     Dennis Haynes <d23haynes57@HOTMAIL.COM>
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From:         Dennis Haynes <d23haynes57@HOTMAIL.COM>
Subject:      Re: Dashmount options for smartphones?
Comments: To: Rocket J Squirrel <camping.elliott@GMAIL.COM>
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Get a dedicated GPS with a screen large enough to actually use while driving. You'll save a lot of money in the long run by avoiding that accident. 

Dennis 

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From: Vanagon Mailing List [mailto:vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com] On Behalf Of Rocket J Squirrel
Sent: Saturday, June 11, 2011 3:03 PM
To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
Subject: Dashmount options for smartphones?

(...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.


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