In-car phone cradles

[Brodster]

Anyone know if Audi make a phone cradle/charger for Samsung Galaxy Aces to mate to the cars bluetooth system or even one with mini USB connection. I have an Iphone 3/3G/4 cradle but dont have an Iphone. I use the handsfree all the time but my phone sits in the storage space between the seats. It would be nice if I could just clip it in as it would charge at the same time. I know they have a limited range of cradles so this could be along shot.

 

[gary3306]

PM Stoke-Audi (members on here), they'll be able to tell you and supply too.

 

[Brodster]

Cheers for that. Just PM'd him. I'm not hopeful as I've had a look on the Audi website and they make only afew cradles, some of which are for steam driven phones. Fingers crossed though.

 

[brough74]

Yer i know they dont keep up with the times, when i changed my nokia there was no cradle available so i cut and chopped my old one to suit and now it works perfectly

 

[Arrkon]

There's always a Brodit active mount. I run one for my iPhone, works perfectly and is paired up with the parrot handsfree

 

[Vertigo1]

I'd bet serious money that they won't - sorry.

They've always dragged their heels producing cradles for the latest models of phones - even before smartphones arrived they only tended to produce them for the most popular few models of each manufacturer's range. I had a cradle for my old Nokia 6230i and, when I switched to an HTC Desire, there was obviously no cradle available. Whilst I could still use the phone via bluetooth, I really missed the cradle as it gave the convenience of somewhere to stash the phone whilst charging it and connecting it to the sharkfin aerial for better reception.

Have switched to an iPhone now and laid out for the cradle for that (£100+!!!) but it's worth it to have the convenience back. As far as I'm aware, they decided to do iPhone cradles due to the sheer ubiquity of the things but haven't bothered with any other smartphones at all.

From what I can tell from the newer models, Audi are ditching the cradles altogether in favour of pure bluetooth, with the option of RSAP connectivity in the higher-end preps. It's obviously just too much hassle trying to keep up with all the latest models of phone, especially when most people aren't interested and are happy with basic bluetooth connectivity.

 

[coxy8329]

My car came with a Bury mount for an old Nokia. They appear to do a Universal smart phone mount. That fits the existing cradle. There phone is charged from the mount via a lead and connects via bluetooth to the cradle for hands free.

take-and-talk.co.uk :: Bury Universal Cradle :: THB Bury Smart Phone Universal Cradle [inc Micro USB Charging Lead]Have asked Father Christmas for one for my HTS Desire.