I hadn't had a chance to play with the Car Mount with the new DroidX until today. I really hoped that I'd be able to use the Camcorder mode to record in front of my vehicle. I have a TomTom Mount for my (now my wife's) iPhone 3GS and the mount blocked the camera so it wasn't usable to record forward.
I have a Jeep and enjoy offroading and there are times that I'd like video evidence of some of the cool stuff that we come across, up and over and through at times. I have friends with FlipMino's and other camera mounts and I'm jeolous of the footage they get sometimes.
It took a bit to position the suction cup mount and mounting arm so that they didn't appear in the frame. Eventually I got something that worked. I got some glare off the windshield, but that is to be expected (especially with the top and doors off the Jeep on a bright and sunny day).
Overall I'm pretty happy with the results with the initial testing (not offroad, just around town). I have a Cig Lighter Charger on the way so that will hopefully help with the charging (although it appears that some are having issues with Car Dock Charging).
We'll see how "sturdy" the mount is when we start getting some bumps and rougher offroading, but that will be the next test.
I have a Jeep and enjoy offroading and there are times that I'd like video evidence of some of the cool stuff that we come across, up and over and through at times. I have friends with FlipMino's and other camera mounts and I'm jeolous of the footage they get sometimes.
It took a bit to position the suction cup mount and mounting arm so that they didn't appear in the frame. Eventually I got something that worked. I got some glare off the windshield, but that is to be expected (especially with the top and doors off the Jeep on a bright and sunny day).
Overall I'm pretty happy with the results with the initial testing (not offroad, just around town). I have a Cig Lighter Charger on the way so that will hopefully help with the charging (although it appears that some are having issues with Car Dock Charging).
We'll see how "sturdy" the mount is when we start getting some bumps and rougher offroading, but that will be the next test.