[Official] HTC Car dock with cut out for camera

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Here is the ordering link for the official HTC Incredible 2 or S as its internationally known as car dock. It even has a cut out for the camera so you can record all your boring drives to work.

If you read carefully, it's actually not for the rear camera, it's for the front camera. This dock is also sold on the vzw website. It's for video conferencing. Why anyone should be doing this in the car is beyond me, but there you have it. From the VZW item:

Provides unobstructed camera view for 2-way video conferencing. Vehicle Mount transforms your device into a multifunctional navigation tool! Easily and safely gain access to maps, voice search, your contacts and more with a single touch!

If you like your device mounted in landscape view this is probably the best dock you can get. Outside of that, I wouldn't recommend it. It blocks the volume buttons.

Here is another one Officially from HTC. It looks like the N1 original dock with the metal pole for support. Not sure how the phone fits in but if you look at the reviews they say it works great.

This first mount you listed is available on ebay for 5.99. It also shows the rear of the mount and definitely has a cut out for the rear camera. Also does not seem to block volume buttons

http://cgi.ebay.com/HTC-Droid-Incred...item3a68d40fe7

edit...they look similar but I see now they aren't.

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My old mount didn't cover the camera either. The problem is the mount shows in the camera view and blocks a good portion of it. Might take some work to minimize this.

I do like the idea of a fitted mount, but my cradle works great without blocking vital functionality (including the front facing camera ). It does block the rear camera though.

I was thinking the same thing, the area behind the mount will block the rear camera. Really not a big deal unless there is some important reason for using the camera while driving? Only other option would be if you mounted the suction cup to your dash and angled the arm down, that might work if you have a dash that the cup sticks to.

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Originally Posted by MJL99

Really not a big deal unless there is some important reason for using the camera while driving?

I know it's an old thread but I thought I'd give a reason for using your camera while driving. My Dad uses an app called DailyRoads Voyager because he was the victim of a hit and run once and it acts like cop's dashcam essentially. Oddly enough about 2 weeks after he started using it, he was inside a gas station and forgot to turn it off and caught the abduction of a little girl. Thanks to his video they were able to identify and capture the suspect within hours.

That's pretty amazing. I only made that comment because I had no idea what it could be used for but a dash cam is pretty useful idea for certain things I suppose

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