Kensington Windshield /Vent Car Mount with Quick-Release Cradle for iPhone/iPod touch

I went ahead and bought this naively believing a few other reviewers say it was perfect for the iPhone 4. Simply, it aint. The iPhone 4's square edges come nowhere close to fitting into the rounded clasps "perfectly", forcing the iPhone to sit awkwardly in the cradle. It's not a terrible fit, but definitely not perfect as other reviewers would lead you to believe. Without a case on the iPhone, the fit is a little better, but still not ideal. If you have a hard plastic outer body case for the iPhone 4, the iPhone slowly slips out of the clasps becasue of the imperfect fit and the suface of the clasps are also hard plastic, which does not create the friction needed to hold the phone. My temporary fix for this was to apply a couple of small strips of electrical tape to the inside edges of the clasps, which has done the trick. If you have a soft body silicone case, the friction will be fine and you won't need to do anything.

Keep in mind that the featured "one-handed operation" of this mount is not so functional with the iPhone 4 because of the imperfect fit. IF you are planning to use this with the iPhone 3G(s) phones, I'm sure this mount is wunderbar. But my advice, wait for Kensington to come out with this model built specifically for the iPhone 4.

I ordered this to use with my iPhone 3GS, which has a Speck Seethru Case on it, so it doesn't fit in some mounts that aren't adjustable or flexible to fit cases. (That obviously leaves out the Tomtom mount for me.) I was seriously considering the Magellan mount, but as it's just as expensive as the Tomtom I decided to look for something cheaperI don't need the GPS enhancement.

Now, let's be realisticthis is a rather inexpensive window mount. I expect it to securely hold my iPhone without dropping it, be adjustable, and swivel so that I can use my iPhone in a horizontal position. It does all this very well. Is is rock-hard solid? NO. It shakes a little, but it's not going anywhere! You shouldn't be staring at your phone while you're driving anyhow! It's easy to pop your phone in and out and I love it. Would I love it at twice the price? Maybe not, I'd probably keep looking some more. But at this pricenot even as much as the Speck Case I have on my iPhoneheck yes, I like it. BTW, The vent mount holds the iPhone a bit more securely, less vibration, but in my car using the vent mount isn't terribly practical.

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I got this car mount prior to a trip, because I didn't want to have to pack the old Magellan standalone GPS unit and its charger. Especially with an iPhone 4, I preferred to just use the phone as my only GPS unit if possible. I purchased the car mount and Navigon's GPS app, and I was ready to go.

The mount worked exactly as expected. We preferred to use the suction cup/gooseneck mount, rather than the vent mount, as it is more versatile (some car vents have trouble fitting the vent mount). The two mounts are packed in the box along with a single cradle that holds the phone. You can attach the cradle to either mount. Using the gooseneck, the iPhone was easily inserted and removed from the mount, yet did not slip or slide within the mount at all. The gooseneck is very stiff, which is a good thing, as it keeps the phone from bouncing around. Admittedly, we were driving on pavement rather than bumpy roads, but the mount and phone seemed rock solid.

The Navigon GPS app also controls and is integrated with the iPhone's iPod functions, so it's easy to play music while the GPS app is running. When the navigation voice needs to give directions, the music fades smoothly to the background. An addition of a (separately purchased, of course) 1/8" male-male audio cable plugged into the front AUX jack of the car stereo and the phone's headphone jack allowed the music and nav voice output of the phone to play through the car stereo's speakers, which is good because the iPhone's speaker isn't well-suited to stand up to road noise.

Having the audio cable in the headphone jack, and an iPhone car power adapter cable in the dock connector both attached did not cause the gooseneck to perceptibly droop.

I highly recommend this car mount (and the Navigon GPS app, too).

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Bought this for my HTC EVO and it has been working great. Really solid feel and you can definitely tell it is a high quality piece.

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After using the Griffin Window Seat for several years for both my iPhone 3G and then the 3GS, I didn't think it'd get much better than that. Then I got an iPhone 4, and discovered there was no way to use the Griffin Window Seat with the newest iPhone model. So the search began. I became friends with a guy who works for Griffin via Twitter, and after some exchanges he made it rather clear that Griffin would NOT be releasing just the black plastic piece to attach the iPhone 4 to the "old" suction cup assembly already on my windshield; instead, I would have to spend *another* $30-$35 dollars for a completely new Window Seat.

Why? Is it that difficult for Griffin to make just the piece that would connect the iPhone 4 to the Window Seat and sell it separately?

Apparently.

So my hunt began, here on Amazon.com. Saw this item, then did some shopping around. Got lucky; Fry's had this unit on sale with a rebate, so my total cost ended up being $14.99 (plus tax). What a deal. The suction cup is just as good, if not maybe a little easier to secure, than the Window Seat. This unit fits my iPhone 4 either naked, with an Apple Bumper "case," or with my new iFrogz Luxe Lean Gunmetal case. It's a win all around. Free access to the headphone jack, the 30-pin connector on the bottom, and even though the roads where I live are AWFUL and very bumpy, my iPhone 4 has never "slid out" of the grasping teeth or scratched any part of my iPhone.

If you can find this unit cheaply, I highly recommend it. It also does work with an iPhone 3GS, as well as an older white 5G iPod + video I have also.