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Samsung Car / Vehicle Mount for Verizon Samsung Fascinate Galaxy S

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Technical Details:

Samsung Fascinate i-500 Navigation Vehicle Mount

Auto-Detect: Automatically puts handset in landscape mode when docked

Multiple uses when docked: speakerphone, GPS navigation, hands-free with Google Voice Search, and more

Fully adjustable, multi-angle neck for dashboard or windshield mounting

Contains Navigation Vehicle Mount and suction cup.

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Customer Reviews:

Very solid mount

I picked up one of these from Verizon's on-line store for forty bucks, they shipped it next day for free... in so far as anything is free when you already paid a chunk of change for it.

The construction is rigid, and very good quality. The suction cup is large and holds the mount to the windshield very well. The lever that operates the suction cup is similarly rigid and effective. The phone 'socket' holds the phone well, as you'd expect with an OEM product it is perfectly sized. The USB connector lines up perfectly, the block at the end slides out a little way to make connecting and disconnecting the phone easier.

You can not use this mount with a case, the fit is too close. You can't have it both ways.

I was surprised that when I plugged the phone in it flipped to the car mount screen, which is a clever trick but unfortunately useless as it is linked to Bing and Verizon applications instead of the proper Google apps. But that isn't a fault of the mount, just part of the persistent annoyance with the damage Verizon did to Android.

Why did I mark it down? The power connection to the mount is via a micro USB connector. Since they don't include a car charger with the phone you need to acquire a suitable one. The Samsung charger has quite a tight coil and is really too short to reach anywhere you are likely to want to mount the phone without some strain. So you should really find a straight and reasonably long micro USB car charger. To make this high quality mount perfect they should really have used a more suitable method for supplying power or they should have included a suitable car charger.

Edited to answer comment: The micro USB and aux connectors come straight out of the sliding contact piece which plugs in to the top of the phone. There is no obstruction behind the connectors when the mount is attached to the windshield and in either portrait or landscape mode. I have not had any issues with the USB connector and have not used the aux connector because I don't have an aux-in on my car.

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