Car Dock Speakerphone (CDS) corrects one of the flaws that bugs me a little about the Motorola Droid: when you set it into a Motorola-made car cradle, it automatically displays the "car mode" interface, but doesn't automatically set the phone app to speakerphone mode. That seems like such an obvious feature to me.
But that's where the exceedingly simple Car Dock Speakerphone app comes in. When it's installed on your phone, it enables speakerphone mode whenever the phone is in the dock. Take your phone out of the dock, and speakerphone mode is automatically turned off. The developer of this app was smart enough to make it work completely in the background, unlike some other developers who've written apps to address the same problem but have the flabbergasting decision to require you to enable them or disable them. CDS doesn't even put an icon in the status bar, which would have been a waste of space.
Comments (3)
April 12, 2010
5:02PM | #
Awesome. I am going to have to give this a try. That always bugs the heck out of me. Thanks!
April 30, 2010
12:32PM | #
2 Questions:
(1) Does it work consistently? Some of the earlier similar programs worked about half the time.
(2) Will it work with any magnetic based clip? I have the Pro Clip (magnetic version). I assume that it uses the same principle as Verizon's Car Dock to activate the car mode.
Thanks for you help,
Dan
November 15, 2010
11:00AM | #
I made a Car Dock out of a Simple plastic cover and bought a GPS suction mount off ebay for $3. Total cost was about $7. I also glued a magnet to the back and it works flawless. Now I found this app and plan on trying it. Two thumbs up for this developer. I plan on calling someone next time Im in my truck just so I can test it.