(In following post, I am assuming that the X and the D2 are very similar if not exact, thus making all +1 Droid 2 determinations also translate over to the DX.)
So yesterday I ran to the local Verizon store after calling to verify that they finally stock the Fascinate Desk and Car dock. I got both of them as well as the Motorola Droid 2 desk and car dock for my son.
Motorola - WIN
Samsung - EPIC FAIL
Here is what you would notice between the two.
+1 Droid 2 - The Droid 2 has a car and a desk dock home screen that is triggered by the magnet in the dock. The Samsung requires that you hit the HOME KEY to actually activate the dock mode.
+1 Droid 2 - The Droid 2 allows multiple swipe-able home screens on the dock! Samsung has one single dock screen.
+1 Droid 2 - The Droid 2 allows the end user to add/move/remove apps and widgets to the dock home screens. The Fascinate is so full of SUCK here it is insane! The fascinate does not allow any end user adjustments of the applications displayed on the dock screens, rendering the entire experience useless.
+1 Droid 2 - With the Fascinate you can not place Google maps on the car screen, nor can you in any way get to it while in the car dock. So you only can access Verizon Navigator (Absolute bull crap) and Bing (The stripped down worthless version with no voice guidance). You must un-dock the phone, go to the standard home screen, activate Google Maps and once your all set with destination re-dock. DO NOT ACCIDENTALLY HIT THE HOME KEY! If you do, you have to un-dock and pull back Google maps and re-dock.
+1 Droid 2 - You can not place a Pandora or any other shortcut on the desk dock. You get exactly what some idiot at Sumsung decided he would want on his docked home screen, and nothing can be changed. What absolute idiot forced this locked screen into the system should be hauled out back and shot. Nope, you can not long touch to change shortcuts, you can not hit the menu key, you can not go into settings. You get what the idiots ordered, and nothing else.
Now realize that by simply making the dock home screen adjustable, most all of the Fascinate shortcoming vaporize! How this happened is beyond me.
As for the Samsung Car dock, fit and finish as well as structural integrity are fantastic. The lack of cut out for the camera/video is an oversight that a dremel will fix easy enough.
+1 Droid 2 - The Samsung home/desk dock kind of sux because again the volume keys are on the bottom and not able to be adjusted while in the dock! Are you kidding me? The Droid 2..... you guessed it, totally accessible!
+1 Droid 2 - Again, the point about the non end user adjustable home screen fits here. You may be like me and not give a crap about the voice search, the photo album, or anything else they force on your dock screen. You may wish for a Text widget, email widget, Internet widget/shortcut, or a link to IHeartRadio.com application.... Nope. You can not have this! Your tied to the stupid and useless junk on the Samsung home screen!
So, here is the point of the rant.... Yea, I love my Fascinate and have NO DESIRE to carry my sons Droid 2, but I want my Fascinate to have the function and adjustability that the D2 has!
Does root allow these things to be changed? This is unacceptable.... I must find a way to make this all work, or I'll end up passing this thing to Ebay and go buy a Droid X. I can not take this, I have been wanting these dang docks since I got the phone, I finally drop $70 on 2 Samsung docks so that I can make my phone more useful and I discover that the docks are USELESS!
So yesterday I ran to the local Verizon store after calling to verify that they finally stock the Fascinate Desk and Car dock. I got both of them as well as the Motorola Droid 2 desk and car dock for my son.
Motorola - WIN
Samsung - EPIC FAIL
Here is what you would notice between the two.
+1 Droid 2 - The Droid 2 has a car and a desk dock home screen that is triggered by the magnet in the dock. The Samsung requires that you hit the HOME KEY to actually activate the dock mode.
+1 Droid 2 - The Droid 2 allows multiple swipe-able home screens on the dock! Samsung has one single dock screen.
+1 Droid 2 - The Droid 2 allows the end user to add/move/remove apps and widgets to the dock home screens. The Fascinate is so full of SUCK here it is insane! The fascinate does not allow any end user adjustments of the applications displayed on the dock screens, rendering the entire experience useless.
+1 Droid 2 - With the Fascinate you can not place Google maps on the car screen, nor can you in any way get to it while in the car dock. So you only can access Verizon Navigator (Absolute bull crap) and Bing (The stripped down worthless version with no voice guidance). You must un-dock the phone, go to the standard home screen, activate Google Maps and once your all set with destination re-dock. DO NOT ACCIDENTALLY HIT THE HOME KEY! If you do, you have to un-dock and pull back Google maps and re-dock.
+1 Droid 2 - You can not place a Pandora or any other shortcut on the desk dock. You get exactly what some idiot at Sumsung decided he would want on his docked home screen, and nothing can be changed. What absolute idiot forced this locked screen into the system should be hauled out back and shot. Nope, you can not long touch to change shortcuts, you can not hit the menu key, you can not go into settings. You get what the idiots ordered, and nothing else.
Now realize that by simply making the dock home screen adjustable, most all of the Fascinate shortcoming vaporize! How this happened is beyond me.
As for the Samsung Car dock, fit and finish as well as structural integrity are fantastic. The lack of cut out for the camera/video is an oversight that a dremel will fix easy enough.
+1 Droid 2 - The Samsung home/desk dock kind of sux because again the volume keys are on the bottom and not able to be adjusted while in the dock! Are you kidding me? The Droid 2..... you guessed it, totally accessible!
+1 Droid 2 - Again, the point about the non end user adjustable home screen fits here. You may be like me and not give a crap about the voice search, the photo album, or anything else they force on your dock screen. You may wish for a Text widget, email widget, Internet widget/shortcut, or a link to IHeartRadio.com application.... Nope. You can not have this! Your tied to the stupid and useless junk on the Samsung home screen!
So, here is the point of the rant.... Yea, I love my Fascinate and have NO DESIRE to carry my sons Droid 2, but I want my Fascinate to have the function and adjustability that the D2 has!
Does root allow these things to be changed? This is unacceptable.... I must find a way to make this all work, or I'll end up passing this thing to Ebay and go buy a Droid X. I can not take this, I have been wanting these dang docks since I got the phone, I finally drop $70 on 2 Samsung docks so that I can make my phone more useful and I discover that the docks are USELESS!
