In the product listings, and even on the back of the box for this Nexus S Vehicle Navigation Mount it boasts:"FEATURES
Auto Detect: Automatically puts the Handset in Vehicle Menu Mode when Docked"!
No, it doesn't. I can see no way the phone would know it is docked, since the dock is just a passive piece of plastic, and there are no connectors between the dock and the phone. This seems to be like claiming that putting your phone in a plastic case will open Google Maps. So why is this 'feature' is advertised on the product box, yet there is no mention of it in the product user guide. This feature does not seem to exist.
Worse still, the side of the box shows a picture of the dock, with an arrow pointing to the back of the dock where the thumb-tightener is, boasting a wonderful:
"Integrated Micro USB Charging Port"!
Where is this "integrated port"? There is no such port. What there is, is a standard cigar charger cable bundled loose in the box. How is a loose cable "integrated"? How is a regular micro-USB charger plug an "integrated port"?
What it feels like is Samsung designed this product, then realized how bad it was, so made up some lies to put on the packaging. Sadly the end result is a very unhappy customer, and Samsung guilty of false advertising.
Even worse is although the thick plastic is matte, it is a reflective matte, so it reflects up onto your windscreen, obscuring your view of the road. Great! Hey Samsung, ever tried driving in a sunny place like LA with this thing?
Finally, the beveling joint has an extremely small range of motion, so much so that I could not find any suitable location in my car, except one that left the phone screen facing the ceiling. Unbelievable.
Do not buy this product, you will be sorely disappointed. I recommend the Nexus S Active Dock from ProClip, which does have a real, actual, "integrated charging port".
As a holder, it is excellent. It firmly sticks to the window but still comes off easily if you flip the lever. There's a knob that you can turn to unlock the plastic part that embraces the phone to adjust its orientation. The knob is in convenient position and you only need to turn it a bit to unlock. Once locked, the whole thing is rigid and holds the phone reliably. I have another holder where the mechanism is not that good and slowly follows gravitation and you have to readjust every 100 miles or so. Not so with this one: I used the Nexus S as GPS device for thousands of miles and this holder fully satisfied me.
The plastic part that holds the phone has another lever behind to release it. So you can take it off and it works like a protector for your phone. I found it to be very comfortable to do this. It does require some practice so you until you're able to get it off because this lever is somewhat obstructed. If you know where it is it works very well.
The only thing that sucks a little about this holder is when you try to take the phone out of it. There's yet another lever that's supposed to let the phone come off easily but that's a bad joke. I always end up prying open the two edges at the phone's top. This works OK, but you need two hands and it's not an elegant, quick movement. Also it requires some practice so you don't push the buttons on the phone or touch the display.
For less then 20 Dollars this is a definitive buy.Works well as a mount, the design of the base is a nice way to hide the suction cup latch means. As a plus it does include the power supply. The dock doesn't offer any charging connection like certain docks do (think Nexus One or some of the Droid branded docks from Motorola) so you'll have to plug the power in each time. But for $18 or so it's not a bad deal.
The main thing I don't like is that it's hard to get the phone in and out sometimes. Might be the way you have to hold it but I've yet to get it to go smoothly, essentially you're snapping the phone in to place in the dock.The box clearly states that the phone will go into 'car mode' when docked but it is absolutely not the case! I understood this from reading the reviews before buying but it's still a damn shame.
That said it suctions great on any flat surface, the phone is held in tightly and it's not too difficult to pop in or out. Wish it was a little more integrated like actually putting the phone into car mode and having the connectors for charging and audio actually be part of the holder so I don't have to manually plug it in and out every time but it works.I have a Sprint Nexus S 4G phone. The mount is wonderful. Extremely easy to get the phone in and out. The phone does not vibrate while in the mount. Unfortunately, Samsung screwed everything up by including an under powered car charger. The Samsung car charger has a power output of 700mA. When the phone's GPS and WiMAX radios are on at the same time the charger can't keep up. I used Google Navigation for a short 5 mile trip. The phone's battery level dropped from 96% to 82% while plugged into the charger. This phone requires a charger with a minimum power output of 1,000mA. As if Samsung's false advertising on the box about the mount's capabilities wasn't bad enough.
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