Originally Posted by brianbeech

I've been cautioned in the past about mounting my phone to the bars; sounds like it has merit. This person told me, 'keep your phone on you in case you have a wreck and you're unable to get to your bike. You'll need a way to call for help'. Kind of makes sense to me since I ride by myself a lot. Other than alone, obviously this wouldn't matter. I'm thinking of getting a Garmin precisely for this purpose though.

Originally Posted by brianbeech

I've been cautioned in the past about mounting my phone to the bars; sounds like it has merit......I'm thinking of getting a Garmin precisely for this purpose though.

Originally Posted by rlevine

yeah i was using cardiotrainer for a while. awesome app that gives lots of good info...for free! the only thing i don't like is that you don't have instant access to the info unless you keep your phone mounted. personally, i don't like mount devices that large on the stem/bars/frame. i was just gifted a garmin edge 500, which does pretty much all i wanted while also being considerably smaller than my android phone and also is much easier to mount and use while riding. still, i'll use my phone for mapping routes while i'm out there.

Originally Posted by JRonaTrek

mchacon, It actually is. I liked the droid....dont get me wrong, but it was blown way too out of proportion, The reason why i went back to BB was for e mail purposes, BB is the best at fetching them....with droid i have wait 15 minutes, or manually fetch them myself....in regards to speed, camera, accessability, and performance over all, i have to rate the X higher than the droid. It has really come a long way in 1 year.