| Unless you drive for a living, or spend most of your | | | | your phone. This can be either a wireless, bluetooth |
| time in your car, then you really don't have to spend a | | | | headset or a much less expensive wired headset. To |
| lot of money. Most people can get buy using 2 basic | | | | be fair - with all the competition out there today, |
| components - a car phone holder coupled with a | | | | Bluetooth headsets have come way down in price. If |
| bluetooth headset. Cell phone holders for your car are | | | | you will only be using it in your car then I suggest you |
| one of the hottest selling cell phone accessories on the | | | | spend no more that $25 - $30 for a new one. You |
| web today. At last count, there are about 8 different | | | | can find used ones cheaper on eBay - but who wants |
| types of mounts including Air Vent, Cigarette Lighter, | | | | to stick something in their ear that has already been in |
| Gooseneck Windshield and Weighted Friction | | | | someone else's ear? Not me. Not wanting to sound |
| Dashboard mounts. The type of car you drive, be it a | | | | biased - but the best bluetooth headsets I have used ( |
| sports car, mini-van or truck can be a deciding factor | | | | and I have used them all ) are the Motorola branded |
| on what sort of car mount will fit your needs. | | | | ones. Anything in the "H" series will work very well. |
| A few states, California being one of them, have laws | | | | People will scream "What about the Jawbone" and my |
| in place that prohibit the use of anything that needs to | | | | response would be "What about it?" I'll stop there. Well, |
| be adhered to the inside of the windshield. This includes | | | | maybe I won't. I've had the Jawbone - and it is a good |
| radar detectors, GPS units - and you guessed it - car | | | | headset - but in my honest opinion I believe that |
| phone holders. I'm pretty sure this law was passed to | | | | Motorola produces some of the best headsets |
| stop people from using their radar detectors - I could | | | | available. |
| be wrong about this (but I'm probably not). In these | | | | In the end, what we are trying to accomplish is the |
| areas the Air Vent Phone Holder or Cigarette Lighter | | | | ability to make a call, take a call and end a call - all |
| Holder are very popular. An Air Vent holder attaches | | | | without having to grab your phone, or taking your eyes |
| to the slats or louvres in your vents. They attach via 2 | | | | off the road. With an iPhone holder for your car, you |
| clips and are held steady by a stabilizer leg. The | | | | don't have to worry about it sliding across the console |
| cigarette lighter mount plugs into any standard | | | | or off the seat and onto the floor. This coupled with a |
| cigarette lighter port (it does not draw power from the | | | | headset, all we have to do is touch our ear and press |
| port) and tightens in place. The flexible gooseneck can | | | | a button to answer or, do the same thing and issue a |
| then be twisted and turned to any viewing angle that is | | | | voice command to make a call. When the call is over - |
| comfortable to the driver. | | | | simply press the button in your ear and the call is |
| Another accessory that you will need is a headset for | | | | ended. |