Hi Peder, Indeed - since my email earlier today, I realised the Tom Tom would not fit the iPhone 4 and have now started looking at the Magellan Car kit instead.
It has pretty much all the same features as the Tom Tom (including a GPS chip), but with an adjustable cradle and extended dock connector so it can fit iPhones in cases and it sounds like it will fit the iPhone 4 as well. http://store.apple.com/us/reviews/H0884ZM/A?mco=MTcxOTI4Mzk It also still doesn't have an FM transmitter and as Chris S mentioned, I have also aways found the quality lacking, but I don't know if we have much choice not being able to modify the car stereo. Thanks also to Eugene for your suggestion. Looks like a nice very cheap option and crams an amazing number of features into the unit. Just a couple of questions - does it allow you to rotate the iPhone to landscape viewing? Also, the specs don't mention an extra microphone for hands-free calling - does it use the mic on the phone? What is the quality like on phone calls? -Mart ------------------------------------ Martin Hill mailto:mart_h...@mac.com homepages: http://web.mac.com/mart_hill Mb: 0401-103-194 hm: (08)9314-5242 On 03/07/2010, at 11:27 AM, Peder Kristensen wrote: > > Hi Martin, > > Just a heads up … if you are planning to get the new iPhone 4, it will not > fit the in current Tom Tom unit. > > Cheers, > Peder > On 03/07/2010, at 10:12 AM, Martin Hill wrote: > >> >> Hi all, >> So what sorts of Car kits is everyone using with your iPhones in your cars >> these days? >> >> We need: >> >> - hands-free phone calling >> - car audio play-thru (FM transmission as we don't have a direct audio >> input to the car stereo unfortuntely) >> - dashboard/windshield mount (rotatable for GPS apps) >> - in-car charging >> >> We've tried the Belkin TuneBase FM with Handsfree for iPhone and found the >> FM transmitter not that fantastic in our particular car, though it performed >> well in my sisters car, and our car cig lighter socket was a bit too low for >> the stalk to bring the iPhone up to a height that would make it useable for >> GPS software usage. >> >> We have a BlueAnt, Supertooth II bluetooth handsfree in our other car, which >> works well enough for hands-free calling, but it doesn't do anything else. >> >> I'm leaning towards the Tom Tom Car Kit for iPhone which ticks off on most >> items though doesn't do FM radio transmission so we'd need to work out some >> other option there. it's a leased car, so that makes it more difficult. >> >> Can anyone recommend a cheap source of the Tom Tom unit? >> >> -Mart >> >> ------------------------------------ >> Martin Hill >> mailto:mart_h...@mac.com >> homepages: http://web.mac.com/mart_hill >> Mb: 0401-103-194 hm: (08)9314-5242 >> >> >> >> -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- >> Archives - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml> >> Guidelines - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml> >> Unsubscribe - <mailto:wamug-unsubscr...@wamug.org.au> >> > > > > -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- > Archives - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml> > Guidelines - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml> > Unsubscribe - <mailto:wamug-unsubscr...@wamug.org.au> > -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml> Guidelines - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml> Unsubscribe - <mailto:wamug-unsubscr...@wamug.org.au>
