I had to sign up to reply to this, i haven't read through the whole thread but honestly the first post was as far as i needed to go to reply. I get that some here think it is worthless and futile for peopel to post on facebook their irritation about this phone and it's lack of updates. I also understand why they do. Perhaps you don't think of it as such a big deal, but for me, I have a different view.
Some of you call it childish and poor behavior. Perhaps it is, all I know is that when my wife and a couple family members got me multiple docks for christmas because that's what I wanted, was to have a dock for this phone everywhere basically and they are still sitting there without being able to be used to their fullest extent is upsetting. I don't care about returning them, which has been offered for in store credit...
This phone was supposed to be the phone i stuck with for at least a year yet here i am 7 months later, well over 50% of the way through with this contract and the phone is still running 2.1. Childish is perhaps putting bing on a phone and then while other the other equal counterparts get their 2.2 updates on various carriers our phone is the one galaxy s variant sitting in the same funk that it has been in since day one.
I fault Verizon, and I fault samsung. Yes I realize I could root it and run unofficial froyo, but that shouldn't be the way it is. So maybe you think that the behavior of ranting on facebook isn't the best method. I haven't done it but i have blasted them on twitter. If we don't voice our disgust for this type of behavior why would they want to change it. I personally wish the Fascinate users could all agree that this phone has not lived up to it's offerings since day one. I was there for the awful GPS which has only been made moderately better on my handset personally. I was there for the purchase of docks that sport 2.2 on the side being sold for a 2.1 device. I'm still here now because I personally think the hardware in this phone is great compared to other offerings out there, but I can't help but feel used, cheated, and ripped off by this purchase. I have to keep my service with Verizon as long as I work with this company, the second that changes though, I will leave and not look back. This phone/purchase/contract has been the biggest let-down of any purchase i have made in my life.
TVs and computers are sold knowing they are obsolete, android handsets are sold with the intentions of being upable to get the updates in the future and their longevity. This phone was sold obsolete in the beginning running 2.1 3 months after 2.2 was published. It hasn't made a single step forward in it's lifecycle neither. I will not knock other people for standing up for their rights as a consumer though, be it on facebook, twitter or any other means, this forum included. If people don't stand up, companies keep pushing the line of what they can get away with.
