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defender110
18-03-2008, 09:42 AM
Has anyone seen any sioght or sound of a possible future car mounting solution? I've found nothing myself so far. I asked RAM mounts about this. They got very excited and interested at first until they realised that the email enquiry i sent from my work e-mail was only a private enquiry. They then failed to provide a response!

I would love to use this puppy as my main GPS navigation and in car media entertainment.
x5-rwk
18-03-2008, 02:03 PM
proclipusa.com is working on it. They have an exclusive deal. They are working on one for the shift.
defender110
19-03-2008, 08:14 AM
I'll keep an eye out on their website. Not entirely sure how they can have an exclusive deal? Surely anyone can desgin their own cradle without needing the permission of the OEM for the unit being mounted,

What I will need to check is whether the cradle they produce will fit onto the mounting arms produced by RAM.
x5-rwk
19-03-2008, 06:18 PM
I think they were refering to a "certified" accessory manufacturer. Maybe the only one HTC recommends. Anyway, they are working on one right now. I placed a call to them a little over a week ago and that is what I got for an answer. Their US office and distruibution area is a couple miles from mine so I just place my order online and then pick it up there.
defender110
21-03-2008, 01:39 PM
When you do get it would you mind posting a few photos? in particular the back of the mount showing how it fixes to the mounting arm.
x5-rwk
24-03-2008, 12:09 AM
Will do. What type of vehicle are you going to mount it in?
wu5262
24-04-2008, 02:38 PM
I am still looking for car mount which can be use with Shift.....have to admit i don't see one yet, you guys have any better luck?
purrfect
29-04-2008, 05:32 AM
nothing yet, i looked at the proclip website and nothing

i curently have their athena car mount that holds the keyboard as well, but must admit, getting real board of it since i want my shift on my dash.

any luck anyone ?
x5-rwk
08-05-2008, 02:33 AM
I stopped by ProClip a couple days ago and talked to them about the Shift. Mine was the first one they had actually seen. They said that even though they could make a bracket for the Shift, the ROI would not be worth it. They were really impressed with mine but they said it costs around $5K US to design a custom bracket for something like the Shift. So, unless the Shift takes off in sales, basically a carrier picks it up and starts really pushing it, they probably will not make one. So that kills one from ProClip. Sorry
lucid
25-07-2008, 12:59 PM
ProClip actually sells the CarHolder now, even with tilt swivel !

It's great to have the shift display Google Earth with my real time track, I now
use Google Earth as a navigation aid, and to look for cool places when I'm driving somewhere I don't know the surroundings.

Check http://www.reperion.com/example for the free software.












I stopped by ProClip a couple days ago and talked to them about the Shift. Mine was the first one they had actually seen. They said that even though they could make a bracket for the Shift, the ROI would not be worth it. They were really impressed with mine but they said it costs around $5K US to design a custom bracket for something like the Shift. So, unless the Shift takes off in sales, basically a carrier picks it up and starts really pushing it, they probably will not make one. So that kills one from ProClip. Sorry
x5-rwk
28-07-2008, 02:31 AM
There is another thread related to this. I posted pictures a couple weeks ago. I picked one up right after they announced that they had them.

http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=400726

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