Okay, I am really confused now. :impatient
Which phones hook into the armrest charger without buying a snap-in?
I ordered the bluetooth w/car on order.....do I need to buy something else besides a phone? Is there a charger in the arm rest that comes standard with the bluetooth prep? Thank you again for clarifying this. I hate to bug everyone with this again, but my phone is kapput. I have to buy a new one a.s.a.p. and want to make sure I am making the right choice in phone.
(I am not to bright so be very descriptive LOL

 

They only have a few ancient phone docks for the arm rest...

 

do you buy them or do they come with the car armrest?

 

You buy them separetly.
Ebay is your best bet (pay 50-100) vs 150 at the stealership

 

You have to buy them separately. There are specific ones for specific phones. It takes some doing, but if you look up the BMW website you can figure out which ones are available. Sorry I don't have a link, but I spent some time on this and figured out a Razr cradle is available, so I'm good to go. I think the price is $130 or so.

Putting the phone into the cradle will charge it and connect it to your exterior antenna.

 

Correct me if I'm wrong but Razrs only connect via USB right ?
That should work with all of motorollas newer lineup then..
The ROKR/ Razr / KRZR / L7/ L6 ect ect.

 

gee whiz...you would think for all that money they would put a lil something in the armrest for ya

 

Its a Break My Wallet.. lol whatd'ya expect

 

Maybe I will get lucky and atleast have the "secret glovebox" LOL. Thanx everyone for your help...I guess I will have to do some quick research and see what phone I really want.

 

NO. Some of those models use different pinouts. AND, they will not fit exactly in thew cradle...

I'm going to make my own connection in there.... I'll post it in the Nav/audio and/or electronics section when I get to it....

 

http://wireless4mini.com/phones.html

 

Not in the cradle itself, but taking the USB portion(cutting the rest away) then putting padding in (Pelican sells quality padding)-replacement stuff for their cases... and then running a small cable for any of the motorolla phones there...
Each time I've connected any of those phones via the mini USB jack the phones awlays connect to my PC just fine.

 

I wouldn't necessarily take the phones listed in this url per carrier as gospel. I've been working through this with my mini service department. I have VerizonWireless. They confirmed that the most recent list from Vz for phones for which MINI has an armrest insert is comprised of ONE cell phone -- a Motorola e815. Luckily, that's the phone I have. Unluckily, the dealer has been searching for 2 weeks for the part number for them to order that stinking $140 insert. I'm gonna live without it. Waste of money.