> it is a pain because the data ports can never be accessed
> using a cradle, because of that rubber doohickey on every phone
> I have used (and I've used a lot of them).
No true for my P2101V-FOMA phone. The cradle is specially constructed
so that the data connector is accessible, with the rubber lid bending
down through a recess in the cradle. It's obvious that this cradle is
constructed to allow data connection. Same for the headphone connection.
Gerhard
Paul Lester wrote:
> In Japan also the cradles that work with the regular charger
> can also be used for the car... and the best place to ge the cradle
> is from the phone manufacturer and its not universal. (for Gerhard's reasons).
>
> In the US I was shocked when my phone came with no cradle!
> Its weird here!!! I wonder in the cradles here in the US can be used
> for both car and USB/wall socket chargers. They should be!
>
> I think one disparity here might be if the cradles that are being
> questioned in the origial question are just for charging OR if they
> actually have the data ports also connecting with the cradle. In the
> latter case..... it is a pain because the data ports can never be accessed
> using a cradle, because of that rubber doohickey on every phone
> I have used (and I've used a lot of them). But someone could come up
> with a technical solution but no one has yet because there is no demand
> for that yet.
>
>
>
>>tarasp@gmx.de wrote:
>>
>>>Hello All,
>>>
>>>I am working at an European company and we are faced with following problem:
>>>
>>>We want to integrate a mobile phone cradle into a car audio system and need
>>>suppliers for the cradle. The cradle needs to support the common phones on
>>>the Japanese market. On the other side there shall be universal interface to
>>>handle the mobile phone.
>>>
>>>Until now I found out that there is www.cellport.co.jp Now I wonder if there
>>>are more companies that offer cradles for Japanese mobile phones.
>>>
>>>I would appreciate any hint very much!
>>>Kind regards,
>>>Enjoy your weekend!
>>>
>>>Johannes
>>
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