I have to agree. I know we will get the GPS fix soon, and Froyo probably by the end of the year.
The issue for me anyway is that Samsung has been quiet about it for a few weeks now and when they did talk they were a bit vague. It would be nice to have more information about the issue, especially since it is now officially half way thru the month of September. I dont believe they even officially anounced that the U.S. Galaxy S line would even be getting Froyo. (But I could be wrong)
Samsung really could have done some damage to Apple with this phone if they played their cards right. Before the Captivate, AT&T really had NOTHING to compete with the iPhone. Then the Captivate came out and it was in supply. People were frustrated about waiting weeks and even over a month to get an Iphone. So here is this nice, sexy, shinny new Captivate they could take home right away! But alas it was fraught with bugs and bad GPS. Pretty much the reason I got the Captivate was because I couldnt get an iPhone for over a month! So i grabbed one. I had a TON of trouble with the first one, as MANY people here did too. I took it back. When I did, the lady at Best Buy told me that OVER 75% of the first batch of Captivates they sold had been returned! They even had a few iPhones in when I was doing the return. I really fought the urge to exchange for one, but I got another Captivate instead, and happy I did.
BUT; how many iPhone converts did Samsung miss out on because these issues? If I did a search on this forum alone I could find dozens. If Samsung had put a bit more into their testing and developing they probably could have easilly doubled the amount of iPhone converts on the simple fact that they could offer a great, fully functional alternative to the iPhone community to dangle in front of their noses as they stood in line to order their iPhones.