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Free Android app trumps $30 multimedia dock

By | 11.20.2009 | Android Phones | Comments Off

A new, free application you can download (for now) from the Android application store opens the functionality that you could previously only use on the Motorola Droid by purchasing the Multimedia Dock. The application only works on the the Android 2 OS of the Motorola Droid. Search the app store for DockRunner and install.

The Motorola Droid senses whether it’s being used free-form or mounted in either the multimedia dock or the car-mounted dock through the use of magnets. When mounted in the car dock, the phone automatically launches the Google Maps Navigation application while launching the multimedia interface / clock when the device is cradled in the Motorola accessory. Although you can fire up “Car Home” on the phone without the use of the dock for your vehicle, there hasn’t been an obvious way to launch the hidden multimedia interface without the corresponding accessory for your desktop.

Found at telephonvonline.com

Droid “Phone Holder” car mount announced

By | 10.30.2009 | Android Phones | Comments Off

Motorola has added a cradle accessory for the Droid phone being released on November 6th. The simply-named “Phone Holder” is intended to be either dash or window mounted in your vehicle in order to provide the same vantage point as dedicated GPS devices available today.

I’ve read a number of opinions about how the new GPS navigation offering from Google is going to have only slight impact on the GPS manufacturing market. While there are some reasonable points to these arguments — hard to use the phone while it’s being used as a GPS, necessity of a data connection to pull down maps which makes the feature nearly useless in low coverage areas, search and rescue needs — I believe the impact will be a lot more serious than people think. The pounding that Garmin and TomTom took on the stock market in recent days lends weight to this possibility. If the navigation functionality offered by Google and the Droid is even moderately good, I can’t imagine how GPS makers can survive without getting into the mobile phone market.

Phone Holder Accessory

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Multimedia Dock
Some initial reports when the Droid was revealed last week stated that the multimedia dock was included in the Droid package, while others are claiming this is a for-purchase accessory.

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