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Originally Posted by brianbeech (Post 11879962)

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.

I'm no grammar expert, but I would like to point out that there are actually two different spellings and meanings for the words: 'sense' and 'since'. :D

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Originally Posted by brianbeech (Post 11879962)

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.

I've thought about this too. None of the bike mounts I have seen work with a protective case. Thinking about a Garmn as well....at least once my company gets out of this crazy start-up-negative-cash-flow-phase!:notamused:

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Originally Posted by rlevine (Post 11855292)

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.

I just keep my droid in my back pocket of my jersey zipped and it works just fine. Most of the rides I do I can just put it in a pocket with elastic only. I used to put it in my gear bag and it worked fine there too but it was a pain to get in and out.

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Originally Posted by JRonaTrek (Post 11879851)

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.

I believe part of what makes it better is the firmware for the android application it self. When I send an e-mail to my phone I get it in 5 min at the very most. This is on the original Android. I seem to remember it taking longer before.