Comments on: Samsung Galaxy Nexus Docks and Chargers Get a Proper Fondling, Prongs Put to Use

By: Orin

Orin — Fri, 27 Jan 2012 23:00:00 +0000

Dude, that is awesome!

By: TapThat

TapThat — Fri, 27 Jan 2012 22:43:00 +0000

I made my own dock using 2 DV casette cases and it didn’t cost $40-$60,
http://imgur.com/a/wruWi#0

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Thu, 12 Jan 2012 06:25:00 +0000

why no landscape homescreen? am i missing a setting somewhere? rather annoying

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Tue, 10 Jan 2012 20:15:00 +0000

There are apps that detect if anything’s plugged into the USB and will default to a chosen app or launcher. Annoying if you want to plug in at home, but it IS an alternative…

By: Orin

Orin — Mon, 09 Jan 2012 21:27:00 +0000

Yeah, my home screen soft keys stack up on the right, too, when I rotate the display. No, wait… that’s just me turning the phone sideways.

By: Hank Godwin

Hank Godwin — Fri, 16 Dec 2011 15:43:00 +0000

Samsung would have needed to build magnets into the phone like Motorola has done. Based on the videos above, it does not look like that is the case. You can download an app that would act very similar, but you would need to start it up yourself each time.

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Fri, 16 Dec 2011 09:34:00 +0000

The LTE verison of the car dock does NOT have the 3 POGO ports to permanently connect your dock to the car charger like the GSM version it is basically just a plastic holder. It does have cutouts so you can manually connect it everytime you dock, but I want a permanent port like my droid x car dock has, it is extremely convenient. Does ANYONE know if the GSM version that does have the permanent ports works with the LTE version. I’ve done a ton of searching and found that it DOES fit, but I want some confirmation before I order international that it fits AND will charge without issue. ANYONE KNOW?? kellex please find out since you have both versions and create a blog entry about it

By: Christopher LaPointe

Christopher LaPointe — Fri, 16 Dec 2011 01:09:00 +0000

Of course it will. These videos don’t have power running through the docks, which means they’re not entering their correct home/car dock states. I had the same concern when I first plugged my Bionic into it’s car dock and nothing happened. Then I realized that it needed electricity through a charging cable (which wasn’t necessary with my last phone, the OG Droid). Plugged in the cable and it acted like normal. I’m assuming the Galaxy Nexus will be the same way.

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Tue, 06 Dec 2011 23:44:00 +0000

is there a car dock mode like the droid x? Or can an app be created to take advantage of the API that allows the phone to know it is in the dock so it can auotmatically open up the car dock app? This is very important to me, and would love to see a developer build a very customizable app

By: Ted Pavlic

Ted Pavlic — Tue, 06 Dec 2011 19:56:00 +0000

Check out this review of the HDMI out on the Galaxy Nexus:

http://www.zdnet.com/blog/cell-phones/galaxy-nexus-experiences-hdmi-out-and-free-calling-with-data-only-sim/7002

The external display is definitely shown in landscape mode. If that’s the only view available on the HDMI out (which you could argue makes sense), then it doesn’t matter if the HDMI dock is upright.

By: Ted Pavlic

Ted Pavlic — Tue, 06 Dec 2011 19:55:00 +0000

Regarding the portrait HDMI dock, I noticed that someone reviewing the HDMI out on the Galaxy Nexus had shots of the launcher on the external display in landscape mode!

http://www.zdnet.com/blog/cell-phones/galaxy-nexus-experiences-hdmi-out-and-free-calling-with-data-only-sim/7002

Is it weird that the stock launcher appears to only support portrait mode on the internal display?

Also, will landscape launching be the default (only?) option for the HDMI out? That might further explain a portrait HDMI dock.

By: Tuantsg

Tuantsg — Tue, 06 Dec 2011 06:51:00 +0000

too bad none of these work when u have a case on the phoneee..

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Mon, 05 Dec 2011 01:44:00 +0000

But still if you think about it, the on screen buttons stay on that bottom lip in landscape mode. If all you are doing is watching movies using this, then the back button will stay put, and you can use that to back out of the movie. I dunno. I want a landscape hdmi dock too…

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Mon, 05 Dec 2011 01:40:00 +0000

Cause cases are useless. Phones are built fairly robustly. My droid x2 has survived being dropped off a balcony, and many times just off a table, and is no worse for the wear. Besides, phones feel better naked.

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Mon, 05 Dec 2011 01:37:00 +0000

“We sent you instructions on how to avoid lawsuits…” if they took those same concepts and applied those to televisions, every single one is a copy of each other…