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if you rely heavily on your smartphone for directions or need to access it to make calls over bluetooth then you'll want the phone mounted somewhere at eye level the windshield is a good place to start cnet editors recommend that parent minikits smart 400 bucks this device will securely hold your phone charge it and provide Bluetooth speakerphone capabilities it is heavy so you'll want to make sure that the suction cup is secure if the windshield mount of structures site liner is too far away from you try mounting your smartphone to your dashboard cnet recommends that bracketron mobile doc for thirty bucks it doesn't do much more than cradle your phone but it's sticky mounting mechanism is sure to work on all hard surfaces if those devices fail be sure to invest in a mapping app that gives you good voice instructions on where to turn such as mapquest or ways in case that phone does fall under the seat in San Francisco I'm Kara Tsuboi cnet.com for CBS News