There's a lot of whining and b!tching in this forum about the Cap. It's either GPS this or OTA that.... doood.... What about all the amazing Crap the Cap can do that others CANT?? I mean seriously... if you people are just gonna b!tch and Complain.... Go pick up another phone.
You ARE RUINING THE FORUM!!!!
Brilliant... I agree!
When I see all this obsessing over the GPS I wonder how much, if any experience, some users have with _other_ smartphones.
These are complicated devices people! Not only that, there are many factors that come into play, far beyond just the technical side of the device. There is all the R&D time, the compromises the engineers must make to satisfy the stylists that determine what they want the phone to look like. Then there is the budget they're forced to adhere to in order to be price competitive. Then there's the wait they must endure as they deal with FCC approvals, patents etc. In other words, there is far more involved than many people realize.
Then to be fair, lets' set the discussion about the Captivate aside for one moment.
I'm a multi-platformist that is heavily invested in mobile communications and computing... IE: smartphones and laptops. I've owned over 40 smartphones of all makes and models over the last several years and I'm here to tell you they _all_ have issues. Currently I have four active lines and four phones that I test / use and evaluate.
My Droid X a very well respected, and sought after phone is not perfect, I could give you a list longer than that of the Captivate of it's issues. My iPhone 4 which is a platform that is far more mature than Android, still has issues that I find unacceptable.
So I don't buy into the Captivate is crap line of thinking. Not for a second. In fact I have been so pleased with the first one, I bought two more for family members. Having mine since day one and fully optimizing it for the best performance with 2.1 Eclair, this is my current favorite.
So... before you bash the Captivate and condemn it, perhaps you might want to think about all the others with their own unique set of problems.
Cheers...