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Since the admins/mods created this subforum, I figured I'd also start a thread regarding accessories.
Motorola PHOTON 4G Car Dock, Multimedia Dock, and Webtop Hands-On | Android Community
Based on what was shown at the event on the 9th, I first thought that maybe I'd only be getting the laptop dock.
After closely inspecting the car dock, that's something I'm likely getting since it has the similar functionality as the HTC car dock I have for my EVO right now.
Is it true that the car dock does NOT have a charging option? I have not been able to confirm this one way or another, but, I saw a review that stated it was just a mount and not a charger, too.
These things need charging often, esp. when using GPS etc.
I hope this is wrong, ...anyone know for sure?
Actually, I read it in the review linked below.... there HAS to be a car charging option....
How can this not affect the appearance of the screen while on??
Looks like Skinomi is the first with a screen protector:
Skinomi TechSkin - Motorola Photon 4G Screen Protector
Interesting. That would be so absolutely pointless if they made the dock without the capability to charge...LOL. My hope is they made it like HTC's dock that has a micro usb input on the base. If not, I"ll be looking at other options for sure.
If you look at pic # 9 of 23 in your first post you can see that the phone plugs into the car dock, so where you sit your phone you have to "plug" your phone into it so I would say it does charge it. Like you said its kinda pointless having a car dock that doesnt charge it,lol.
WOW that would.be messed up if its true. Why on earth would ANYONE make one that doesn't charge,LOL. I actually hope iGrip makes one for the photon I like there's and with every phone I get I just change the holder. Like now I have the Evo 3D and a iPhone 4(work phone) and all I do is change the holder, they all fit the same base.
You know, the one thing I'm hoping for is to see more aftermarket manufacturers making accessories.
Sprint store had them in yesterday it comes with charger so on would assume it charges
Nice. Thanks for pointing that out. I've never really purchased accessories from Sprint just because you could get much better deals online (that's even with the Premier accessories discount).
Same here the HD media dock in store is called the superdock or something and it is 130
WOW that would.be messed up if its true. Why on earth would ANYONE make one that doesn't charge,LOL. I actually hope iGrip makes one for the photon I like there's and with every phone I get I just change the holder. Like now I have the Evo 3D and a iPhone 4(work phone) and all I do is change the holder, they all fit the same base.
You know, the one thing I'm hoping for is to see more aftermarket manufacturers making accessories.
Okay, so I got curious about the "charging" aspect of the Photon specific dock made by Motorola, so I looked at the Atrix dock for comparison.
On Motorola & Best Buy's website, it says that there's a dual port power charger adaptor for charging, so I'd imagine they'd design the car dock exactly like they did for the Atrix, so that you can charge. It's possible that the reviewer just didn't look carefully:
Vehicle Dock for Motorola ATRIX 4G
Motorola - Vehicle Dock for Motorola Atrix 4G Mobile Phones - 89456N
the otterbox case is pretty cool, a little bulky Pictures by halfdriven1 - Photobucket
I certainly hope so,LOL. From what I remember with the Evo 3D it showed up on the website at about 12:15am ET for the 3 day premier customer orders, so ill be checking starting at midnight. And it shows up for everyone but u can't order unless u sign in as a premier customer.
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