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    Image of Chimaera Chimaera
    11/12/09

    In reply to DIY Palm TouchStone Car Mount: Death to All Cables
    I can't imagine that the magnet in the Touchstone is strong enough to hold onto the Pre when going over bumps, potholes, etc. Pre owners, what say you? I'd hate to have my phone fall off and be underfoot or underpedal. #palmtouchstonecarmount
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    Image of jhong42 jhong42
    11/12/09

    @Chimaera: Actually, works fine for me. The only time it ever falls off is if my hand accidentally knocks it off. But it has taken the abuse of my crazy driving! To be honest, it's the ONLY reason I haven't bothered thinking about getting another phone. Voice turn by turn GPS with Pandora with a wireless charging setup is bliss, IMHO.
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    Image of Prolab Prolab
    11/12/09

    @Chimaera: Exactly.

    Its a good idea, but bumps, potholes aint a good idea with this thing magnetically latch to that touchstone. #palmtouchstonecarmount
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    Image of ospreyguy ospreyguy
    11/12/09

    @Chimaera: Touchstone is a lot stronger than you'd imagine. I know a couple of people on the precentral forums that use this set up. #palmtouchstonecarmount
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    Image of Yinzers Are People Too Yinzers Are People Too
    11/12/09

    @Chimaera: You'd have to hit a seriously rough patch of road to shake the Pre off of the touchstone. Those magnets are not at all weak. #palmtouchstonecarmount
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    Image of beamin445 beamin445
    11/12/09

    @Chimaera: i can't vouch for this method, but i use it mounted horizontally. hasn't fallen yet. #palmtouchstonecarmount
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    Image of NyC88Rican NyC88Rican
    11/12/09

    @Chimaera: I have a pre and, although I cannot say I have the touchstone in my car. I have tried using it horizontally and vertically on my wall and it works wonders. It really does take some force that a bump or sharp turn can't really produce. Picking it up is easy because you are actually grabbing the phone but sliding off from a turn or bump would have to be reeeeeally rough in order for that to happen. #palmtouchstonecarmount
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    Image of Fractal the Meek Fractal the Meek
    11/12/09

    In reply to DIY Palm TouchStone Car Mount: Death to All Cables
    Soon to make my jump to webOS. Wonder if modders out there might comment on how well those magnets hold up to bumps in the road?

    This guy's mounted at a steeper angle than most. Can't imagine it holds well. #palmtouchstonecarmount
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    Image of pixelpushing pixelpushing
    11/12/09

    @Fractal the Meek: He discusses it in the article, says it's fine. #palmtouchstonecarmount
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    Image of raebis raebis
    11/12/09

    @Fractal the Meek: i've taken the touchstone with the phone on it and shaken it around (above my bed, of course) and it does take quite the force to knock it off.

    i think he'll be fine for going around corners and whatnot, but as for bumps... well maybe the angle of the touchstone will take the force of any bumps rather than the phone sliding off. #palmtouchstonecarmount
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    Image of Fractal the Meek Fractal the Meek
    11/12/09

    @raebis: Then I'm thinking this coupled with bluetooth into the stereo = ultimate car kit. #palmtouchstonecarmount
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    Image of raebis raebis
    11/18/09

    @Fractal the Meek: already i use bluetooth to car stereo (CARKIT) in order to listen to pandora on the ride home, and man that is SOOO much beter than FM radio, in terms of content. Quality, OTOH, is lacking.

    i have envisioned getting rid of the stereo all together in favor of a bluetooth - audio adapter (hopefully with telephony capability) - speaker & sub amp and then using the phone as the UI.

    Take it a step further, and get rid of pandora all together, instead use Last.FM's api to do playlist generation and song recomendations, but build a app that uses mp3s from your own library at home and streams em to your pc. if last.fm reccomends a song you dont have, give the user an option to find it on itunes, or amazon, or elsewhere.

    its a pandora for your own music collection without the limits imposed by pandora (song skipping, no requests, etc)

    #tips
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    Image of Evangelion Evangelion
    11/12/09

    In reply to DIY Palm TouchStone Car Mount: Death to All Cables
    Thats badass. Why didn't Palm think of this before?! #palmtouchstonecarmount
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    Image of Cordfucious of Tech Clan Cordfucious of Tech Clan
    11/11/09

    In reply to Surfing the Road On an iPhone-Controlled Oldsmobile
    It would be better if it was a 92BuickLasabre.. #iphonecar
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    Image of ripfire ripfire
    11/11/09

    In reply to Surfing the Road On an iPhone-Controlled Oldsmobile
    So where's the rest of the band? #iphonecar
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    Image of Sinecure Sinecure
    11/11/09

    In reply to Surfing the Road On an iPhone-Controlled Oldsmobile
    FKNA! Gotta love those clever Robotics Team kids. #iphonecar
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    Image of dingus dingus
    11/11/09

    In reply to Surfing the Road On an iPhone-Controlled Oldsmobile
    Man, now I'm regretting NOT applying for that job with NI. #iphonecar
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    Image of RoofCoffeeCup RoofCoffeeCup
    11/11/09

    In reply to Surfing the Road On an iPhone-Controlled Oldsmobile
    Wuss. I've been doing this at highway speeds for almost a month now. #iphonecar
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    Image of Hello Mister Walrus Hello Mister Walrus
    11/11/09

    In reply to Surfing the Road On an iPhone-Controlled Oldsmobile
    He needs a wolf costume. #iphonecar
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    Image of Jrsy Devil's Advocate® Jrsy Devil's Advocate®
    10/28/09

    In reply to Why, What Do You Use? An iPod? Pssh.
    Couldn't find a drive with a black faceplate to at least blend in with the dash a little better?? #carcdrom
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    Image of planetarian planetarian
    10/28/09

    @Jrsy Devil's Bright Idea®: One with an audio jack? not too likely, i feel. #carcdrom
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    Image of Jrsy Devil's Advocate® Jrsy Devil's Advocate®
    10/28/09

    @planetarian: You mean like this one?

    [www.pacificgeek.com] #carcdrom
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    Image of walker2151 walker2151
    10/28/09

    In reply to Why, What Do You Use? An iPod? Pssh.
    Um, how do you switch tracks and tell it what to do? #carcdrom
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    Image of bzr bzr
    10/28/09

    @walker2151: You DON'T. You SIT THERE, and listen to the ENTIRE DAMN THING in ONE SITTING. That's right, you damn kids got it too spoiled these days, with your "next" button and your "fast forward" and whatnot. In my day, we had to switch to Side B on our Lenny Kravitz cassettes, dammit! When we were walking uphill 15 miles in the snow and... #carcdrom
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    Image of djdare djdare
    10/28/09

    @bzr: Do you remember how fantastic it was when a good song would line up with another good song on opposite sides of the cassette, so like you could listen to the song on Side A, flip the cassette (or auto reverse if you were ballin' cept we didn't say ballin' we said "phat" I think, I dunno, it was a long time ago, possibly "da bomb") but you'd flip that shit to Side B, and maybe have to rewind or fastforward just a little bit to hear the other good song on the album... yah, it was money. Cds changed things, but napster... wow how the times have changed. I used to have to listen to the same stupid cassette for like a month until I saved enough to buy another damn cassette... you kids these days. #carcdrom
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    Image of SeventhExile SeventhExile
    10/28/09

    In reply to Why, What Do You Use? An iPod? Pssh.
    that's actually pretty bad ass.. #carcdrom
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    Image of Odin Odin
    10/14/09

    In reply to Your iPhone Is Now Your Car Keys
    But can you drive it ala James Bond?
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    Image of Wburg Wburg
    10/13/09

    In reply to Your iPhone Is Now Your Car Keys
    Theft or hacking is the only thing i'd be worried about, but it would sure be nice to have on winter mornings!
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    Image of OMG! Ponies! OMG! Ponies!
    10/13/09

    In reply to Your iPhone Is Now Your Car Keys
    Seeing as my Insight was free, I like it. I love the steering (teeny turn radius). Also, the key to driving a hybrid is, believe it or not, jamming on the gas to quickly accelerate. It's why the Insight has an electric assist motor.
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