Smart phone mounts

Have you ever knocked the shifter by accident ?
So imagine a wider target .
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Physics 101 ... Inertia.

 

No. I haven't.

 

Wow, you have an active imagination. I have an iphone 6+ and a credit card holder type of case on it, mounted on a custom made wooden cradle, threaded onto the post.

Had an iphone 5 on similar holders in years past and I have NEVER experienced any type of unintended shifting that was a result of inertia, with any of my phones. And even if there was, the car will simply shift into neutral.

 

Good luck. No tears, now.

 

My goggle phone lays in the tray under the shifter or in my pocket. Why do you need a holder. I just answer the call on my display and talk. Hal

 

I don't have BT audio. I want to be able to control music and have phone charged.
Discussions about distracted driving aside, I want to be able to at least receive text msgs and stay in the loop on Whatsapp. I often use Siri to answer msgs.
I also don't have nav. I don't often use it in the city, but at least I can.
I want phone within reach.

 

I'll fly to your place and buy you a case of beer and we can even post about you giving me the "I told you so speech."

 

Why not just skype?

 

Hey guys, just to give everyone an update.

After playing with the Nimbus Mount, I can say with certainty that my phone (a galaxy note II) doesn't move at all. Once I set the mount at the angle I want, it stays put.

I have I knocked the phone off the mount? Sure I have, but that is because of user error (a result of having meat chops for hands).

Chazz8, I got it from Amazon, look up "the nimbus mount"

Air_boss to your point of: "vehicle dynamics accelerating the phone mass fixed to the end of the shifter shaft and how that may unexpectedly result in shifter actuation"
The car we are talking about here is a Prius not an Ariel Atom and the amount of dynamic forces applied is really minimal when compared to the resistance of the shifter knob, so everything holds tightly. My phone has yet to move unexpectedly.

 

Right. Now keep your hands in your lap.

You'll find that hitting potholes is more of a risk (ft/sec^3) than POWER mode...

 

Oy

 

You're not gonna change Airboss's mind. Apparently, the weight of the assembly causes the shifter to float around like a bobblehead, such that it will shift unexpectedly. Right..........

On the liftback, the shifter can only move in two directions: left, and back. The Prius cannot accelerate fast enough to drop the shifter back to "B." If cornering right during an emergency evasive maneuver, or if Lewis Hamilton decided to race my car, then maybe.....maybe......the shifter could slip to the left. Even if it did, for a fraction of a second, the car remains in "D." You have to hold it left for a full second before it goes into neutral.

AirBoss like to ignore the fact that the worse case scenario is the car slips into neutral. At which point, when I get home, I'll unthread the mount, put the original knob back on, and come back here on PC and tell him he's right. And that will NEVER happen.

And if I hit a pothole big enough to shift the tranny, I got bigger problems to worry about.

 

True. There is simply no reason to tease the physics gods.

 

Good. Sounds like we all agree to disagree. Let's focus on more important topics.

 

Very nice holder. Is it wedge shaped in the back so it sits at the right angle? Is the cable attached to the mount so you can just slide the phone in and have it connect? Is the phone snug so you can still make selections, etc.? I also like the Nimbus Mount that was posted.

 

Thanks!

The back is angled so that I find it comfortable to look at. It is not perpendicular to the long axis of the stem. It is tilted down, and to the left. If the plane of the phone screen is perpendicular to the stem, it would aim towards the sunglasses holder. Technically, the back (the base/tray, whatever you wanna call it) is flat against the back of the phone case. It's the wooden stem that is angled. It is glued to the underside of the tray.

The cable is not attached to the mount. The reason is the Apple Lightning connection is too strong (which is nice; it's a very positive connection.) If the cable was secured to the mount, you have to use one hand to hold the mount and pull the phone up with the other hand. It is way easier to "pinch" the cable connection against the bottom of the holder to detach it, and with same hand, pick up the detached phone.

The phone is secure. You can touch, swipe, all you want. It's not floaty.

Some challenges that remain:
1. The thread over time gets loose. I can secure it with a nut from the top, but I've been reluctant to punch a hole in the tray for cosmetic reasons. (Yet, it is covered up)
2. Wood changes dimensions depending on heat and humidity. The thinner the borders, the more it shrinks. Sometimes, it's a snug fit. Sometimes, it doesn't fit, and ends up sitting an angle. Ironically, I like the angle better when it DOESN'T fit.
3. The size of the i6 or i6+ definitely obscures some of the HVAC display. I can see it being a turn off for some. But I use the phone far more than seeing outside temp or A/C. No getting around that.

If I had even an ounce of entrepreneurial spirit, I might Kickstart a design that people can make out of plastic. But any mass produced design has to fit a naked phone. I'll 3D print an iPhone 11 holder for a Gen 5 Prius!!!!!