Maybe someone will make a case that will have an integrated kick stand on the back!
That's what I was hoping too. It needs to be functional though. I've seen some godawful homebrews out there that make putting the phone in your pocket impossible.
Really a kickstand?! Thats a problem? it is a phone not laptop, or tv
What's your point? There's a beneficial function that's fulfilled with a kickstand. TV's and laptops are irrelevant.
it does however have that really nice dock that we saw in engadget's leak
Yeah, but I don't want to shell out $40 for the multiple stands that I'll need to keep the thing upright.
Let me put it this way.
I would like my phone to stand at my desk, next to my bed, at work, and at school (or wherever else I sit with my laptop).
That means I can do one of three things:
1) buy 4 docks
2) buy one dock, and plug/unplug/carry it with me along with my phone
3) wait for a phone with a friggin kickstand
Now, before people start saying "big deal" to #2 (I know you fanbois are out there) - lets think about this. The
mobile phone market is about portability. It's not very portable to lug around a dock that's the same volume as your phone, in order to watch it hands free. I see posts here comparing the size of the Shadow to the Evo, where people squabble about the difference in mm. The volume difference between that and an additional dock is several orders of magnitude. Nobody can tell me that lugging around a dock like this wouldn't suck.
A kickstand is a no-brainer - they serve a needed purpose within a small volume footprint.