Treo Car Kits

Treo car kits enable you to position your Treo for use in your car. Car kits add a degree of safety by positioning the Treo before you set off and enabling you to see who is calling without needing to fiddle about finding and holding your Treo.  For added safety they can be easily combined with a wired or bluetooth headset for total handsfree experience. A few offer charging options and some offer bluetooth speakerphones. Very few are made for a specific type of Treo or even smartphone so you will not have the compatibility issues that exist for other kinds of Treo accessories.

It's worth noting that some Treo accessories include very good quality car kits; the Palm GPS kit, for example, not only comes with a good quality Treo vehicle mount but also a car lighter charger as well.

Several Treo car kit types are available and the most popular are described below.

Treo Car Mounts

These take the form of a short, flexible stalk anchored at one end by a vent clip or suction mount and tipped at the other end by an adjustable holder.  Most feature a generic holder than can be re-purposed for a multitude of devices. In these generic types the Treo will sit vertically in the holder. Custom Treo vehicle mounts are available that feature a swivel mount. They are also known as Treo vehicle mounts.

Lighter Mounts

Like the car mount some have a short flexible stalk with the holder at one end and a 12V lighter connector at the other. Few if any will charge your Treo but have the benefit, should your car be suitably designed, of being less bulky and not requiring a flat surface on which to place the suction cup.  In California it's apparently unlawful to have any significant device mounted on the windscreen such that it obscures your view of the road a head.

Bluetooth Car Kits

Since the Treo features Bluetooth 1.2 you will find a variety of bluetooth car kits that may suit your needs.   The car kits create an in-car speakerphone without wires.  Simply pair your Treo with the kit and you can begin handsfree speakerphone operation within seconds leaving your Treo in its case or pocket.  Some kits anable you to make as well as receive calls without touching the Treo. They are, however, farily expensive compared to a more flexible car kit + bluetooth headset style solution.

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