Using Your Phone For Blogging On The Train

If you want a creative solution for doing blogging on the train, you can’t get more McGyver-ish than this simple solution.

My note taking solution is a Motorola Q9h and a Stowaway Bluetooth keyboard. Works great if I have a flat surface to rest the keyboard on, but working on the train is a bit harder. I can’t balance the phone in a position that makes it viewable while being able to type at the same time. What I really needed was a method for putting the phone on the seat-back in front of my while I type on the keyboard which sits on my lap. I toyed around with various thoughts for a few days before coming up with an ultimate, minimalist and yet workable solution.

So here are the details: as mentioned, I have the Q9h and I also have a hard plastic belt holster. It works by clipping the phone in screen in, so it protects your screen. You can flip the phone over to face screen out, but it will not clip in at the top. So I raided the top of my daughter’s dresser for two elastic hair ties and a barrette. I prefer the hair ties to rubber bands because they don’t tend to break nearly as easily as a rubber band. One of the ties goes around the holster to keep the phone in the holster (since it won’t clip). The second tie gets doubled up to shorten it and slipped into the belt clip portion of the holster. I then clip the barrette into that same tie and slip the barrette into the back of the train seat, between the cushion and the hard back plate. Presto, hands free phone holder that keeps the phone at eye level!

Total cost, less than $20 and that includes the holster! And totally portable! Look around for a solution similar with your device and make good use of your commute time. Enjoy.