[Captivate General] boomerod:
Wow, what did I start here. I posted this and forgot about until today, as I was searching through Forums other than Development, where I spend entirely too much time. Obviously, there are some strong feelings about Samsung and the Galaxy S line.

I love XDA!!

You've got some good points there. Samsung has definitely been flexing their muscles by putting out bad-ass hardware. If they would just see the wisdom in following up with solid firmware and software, organized technical and customer support, they would damn near a monopoly.

Yep, great pictures from Samsung TV's...but as you mentioned, it's the price (i.e. flexing muscles). I think we are and may see more of a real competitor in LG screens.

This is true. I think the frustration is in the political-like deception with smoke and mirrors in relation to the all-out potential of this hardware. But hey, I'll admit, I did no research before buying this phone. Briefly this is my Captivate aquisition story:

I got tired of dropped calls on my iPhone 3GS. I'm not a dev - although technically inclined and make a living at it - so I managed to convince myself that I had somehow damaged by 3GS by jailbreaking it (started out that I JB'd because I was on TMo at the time I got my 2G). So, off to the Apple store I went in hope that a 4G might give me a better experience (I know, I was deluding myself, and partly just wanted to experience the 4G myself). On my way I saw an AT&T store and decided to stop in. I looked around and this phone caught my eye. I was interested in Android and had read enough to know it had a huge following and dev community, and I like the idea of open source. I bought this damn phone not even realizing that Andorid had not introduced voice dialing over bluetooth until Froyo. So, yeah, I was a fairly typical consumer and fell for the specs and that damn awesome screen. Once I got home and found out I had no BT voice dialing I was disappointed. Went to the web and searched and found enough evidence that the Captivate was going to get Froyo forthwith, so I chilled and embraced the phone. That was July of last year. All I want now is solid Bluetooth voice dialing (activated even if the phone is asleep), easy-to-use cut/copy/paste, and decent battery life.

Indeed. It's like they're saying, oh well, so sorry you jerks, but we have money to made elsewhere. I don't think they loose much money if they said, OK, we f'd up the Galaxy line, so let's fix it and then move on. That would produce loyalty because people appreciate truth and when someone/people/companies admit their mistakes. If Jobs had done that early on in the antennagate saga, along with admitting that their proximity sensor was broke, he'd have fared much better. ****, he still begrudges the public for forcing him to admit Apple f'd up.

Yep, this pattern exists with their TV's and DVD players too.

Exactly. And then, if something goes wrong we have to try to hide that we flashed a non-OEM ROM or be faced with rejection of the warrant - that's BS, plain and simple.

Yeah, too much like the politicians in Washington, DC for my taste. I'm one consumer that appreciates the plain old truth. I think politicians and big companies are missing the boat: We are all so sick and tired of lies, smoke and mirrors, saying what they want us to hear only to go behind our backs and do whatever they want...I digress.

LOL. That's a little harsh MM01...hopefully, you were just being sarcastic. If not, oh well, he'll get over it.

Hehe, let's hope your bro doesn't find out about XDA! LOL

Yeah, that bull**** pisses me off too, from all those f'g big companies with their warranty fine print. ****ers!!

Hey, we are the first to admit that our carriers are evil, money/power hungry ****ers. But, in reality, it's not all their fault - read more of this thread to see what I mean; there are some great points against not blaming the carriers.

LMAO, you know it. And, mine will be one of them, for sure. And, if that don't work I'll try Craigslist!!!

Well, that's not very nice...I can assure you that many of the posts before yours are from some pretty smart, well-rounded people. And, you are naive, to say the least, about Samsung's intent vis-a-vis intentional leaks.

Yeah, if only locking on to a signal was the problem....can I get my blue arrow back on the road I'm driving on instead of the cul-de-sac 500 yards to the east.

I think you might be off just a bit...it's more like double-talk to me. They are full of **** with that argument.

Well, that's my hope too...if they release a laggy-ass Froyo on us after all these months I think there may just be a war. I expect a bad ass Gingerbread, or at least and 2.2.1, with fixes.

I tend to agree, but am trying to break my pessimistic mold.

A lot here I agree with.

I totally agree with your comments. So, I'm hoping I can find some dumbass that wants my phone for $300, so I can get a new one around a net of $200 (I know, I'm probably on crack).

Well, that's a good argument on it's face...but then what explains all these new devices they've managed to crank out with Froyo and even Gingerbread?

See below...that's my argument too. I know we can get better sound quality and battery life with source code written specifically for our hardware. We need the source code! **** the original ROM itself...I'll be taking some tranquilizers to keep my anticipation under wraps waiting for the first custom Captivate ROM based on Captivate source code.

Exactly!