Your cell shop sounds like they're snowing you. Really. Can you please tell me the specific model number of your phone so I can point you to exact prices & part numbers?
The official Nokia car kit, name brand, handset - cradle - voice mike in window post - $150, $200 installed at any car electronics shop. $350 is outrageous.
The car kit I have is a speakerphone cradle that plugs into the 12v socket. It cost me $20. Others (like the FM radio) are $40-$100. I've also been happy with real full-size headsets (2.5 mm jacks), same kind you use on work phones, and the Nokia to headset adapter is $10. Earbuds are a joke. You can use a mechanical holder with it (under $10 anywhere) if you want it to hold still. They make cradles which would let you use any RJ-11 house phone - costs $100 - for that Hello Kitty car phone.
I also have a AT&T Nokia 5160 which is useless to me. Want it? A broken power button may be a user-level repair - if I look at it for 5 seconds I can tell. Most shops will repair older
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Date: 2002-09-13 10:53 am (UTC)The official Nokia car kit, name brand, handset - cradle - voice mike in window post - $150, $200 installed at any car electronics shop. $350 is outrageous.
The car kit I have is a speakerphone cradle that plugs into the 12v socket. It cost me $20. Others (like the FM radio) are $40-$100. I've also been happy with real full-size headsets (2.5 mm jacks), same kind you use on work phones, and the Nokia to headset adapter is $10. Earbuds are a joke. You can use a mechanical holder with it (under $10 anywhere) if you want it to hold still. They make cradles which would let you use any RJ-11 house phone - costs $100 - for that Hello Kitty car phone.
I also have a AT&T Nokia 5160 which is useless to me. Want it? A broken power button may be a user-level repair - if I look at it for 5 seconds I can tell. Most shops will repair older