Google Nexus One Desktop Dock Review
Google shipped my Nexus One Dock two days ago and it arrived this morning, even though I picked the free ground shipping. Ill give them credit for the shopping experience — it was seamless and obviously the delivery was quick; on a Saturday morning, no less! The dock has a very minimal look and feel, which is good and bad. Youll see why in the video — Im not convinced the metal interfaces between dock and handset work consistently. Then theres the price question — is it worth $45? Thats a personal decision of course, but keep in mind that the dock includes a duplicate phone charger for the phone; so youre getting both a dock and second charger. And then theres that wireless Bluetooth functionality to pipe music from the phone to external speakers that you provide. I initially wondered why Bluetooth would be used, but now I see why — without a USB interface between phone and dock, theres no other way to get data or music between the two. About that Bluetooth — theres a limitation that I didnt expect. I really like the night mode however — although I didnt show it in the video, the phone displays the time in an old-school, green alarm clock color thats not too bright. It turns out that the dock actually is capable of streaming Bluetooth audio when the phone isnt in the dock. However, if you let the dock auto-connect wirelessly to the handset, you lose the wireless music streaming when you pick up the phone. If you manually connect via Bluetooth, you can use the dock or pull …
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