[Shop-talk] Phone mounts

[Todd Walke]

Steve wrote:
>OK, so all you smart phone/google maps people, do you use a mount that 
>holds the phone up in some appropriate viewing place?  What do you do when 
>you receive a phone call?  Do you use the speakerphone feature or 
>bluetooth to something else?

         I use the Kenu Airframe 
(http://www.kenu.com/products/airframe).  Clips into most any air 
vent.  Doesn't get the phone right my line of sight, but then I'm listening 
to the Google Maps voice directions mostly.  The Airframe+ works with 
larger phones.  It's small enough that when I'm not using it I can just 
toss it into the ashtray and out of my way.

         My car doesn't have Bluetooth so I use a Motorola Roadster 2 
universal Bluetooth speakerphone.  It clips into my sunvisor and 
communicates via Bluetooth with my iPhone.  I can make calls handfree and 
the Roadster volume is much louder than the iPhone so I can hear it 
clearly.  It uses dual microphones with noise cancelling technology, people 
report they can hear me very clearly.  It'll also take music on your phone 
and broadcast it on an FM freq so you can listen to your music collection 
on older stereos.  Haven't used that feature, don't know how it works.


Todd
Seattle,WA
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