 Here’s a front view of my iPAQ cradle mounted in our dinky toy car. Attaching it was as easy as I wanted. Just align the pegs to the vent and push and they’ll slide into their position without a problem. Remember to turn off the vent if driving in the winter. You don’t want to overheat you PDA. |
 Here you have a nice side view of what you’d see if your passenger bend forward to peek behind you iPAQ. Yellow was maybe not the right choice for me after all. I must say that I’m very impressed about the stability of this creation. After driving for about an hour with it mounted it was still in exactly the same position. And even better - my iPAQ never ever vibrated!!! I actually did expect it to vibrate a bit every now and then but it was as still as if the car was parked all the time. |
 Here’s the last picture I took. The iPAQ is in a perfect position where I can reach it without a hassle as well as it doesn’t obstruct the view. Now I just need to solve the problem with the the sound from the iPAQ to the car stereo… |
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November 2nd, 2005 at 13:44
Mounting a iPAQ cradle car vent mount
I love this hack because it combines a proper iPAQ mount with four washing line pegs to make a car vent cradle for the iPAQ! Interesting hack - but as with anything that you fix to your vehicle, make sure…
November 4th, 2005 at 21:28
Mount your iPAQ in the car with pegs
For those of you who have Pocket PC, specifically the iPAQ - here’s a good how to on mounting your iPAQ in the car with washing line pegs in the ventilation outlet. I’ve seen versions of these sell for $30+ and this looks like it will work better. Link.
November 24th, 2005 at 15:38
Excellent hack! Too bad that outer blades on my car’s vent are vertical, not horizontal,
and the peg just slides down on those. Oh well, I’ll keep looking…
August 27th, 2007 at 10:48
what a shity idea not worth it ,by proper and nice looking mount just 4 few box fuss free
September 25th, 2007 at 19:10
Doesn’t this block the airflow from the vent?
January 7th, 2008 at 9:46
Nice mount….stu, of course it blocks the one vent’s airflow….the other vents will have to suffice. It is either that, or else attach something to your windshield (ugh) or to your dashboard (i agree - too permanent).
i think this is a good tradeoff….and i love the KNIPEX pliers i see in your pics, they are awesome tools!!!