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Monday, March 7, 2005

Gomadic Universal Windshield Mount Reviewed

Posted by Dave Beauvais in "SOFTWARE" @ 10:30 AM


Let's Drive!
For the last three years I have been using mapping software on my Pocket PC to help me find and navigate to clients' locations or to find my way around road closings and construction in unfamiliar areas. The software is very handy but actually using it while driving forced me to do some rather unsafe things on occasion. Taking your eyes off the road to look at a Pocket PC in your hand is not something I recommend people do on a regular basis; you're not looking where you're driving and you have only one hand on the wheel. This is a recipe for an accident, especially at night or in heavy traffic.

A little over a year ago, Gomadic introduced a line of powered and unpowered automobile windshield mounts for use with Pocket PCs. The powered models plug into your car's cigarette lighter or power socket and can be used to keep your Pocket PC charged as you drive. The unpowered models are "universal," meaning they can hold nearly any Pocket PC and are not limited to one series of Pocket PC due to a device-specific power plug. With the universal models, you can use the charging adapters available from your device manufacturer, so the mount can last through several Pocket PCs! The version of the mount I reviewed is the unpowered Universal Windshield Mount.


Figure 1: The Gomadic Universal Windshield Mount holding an iPAQ hx4700.

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