Samsung Fascinate...NO GOOGLE !!!!

[GatorDroid]

My business partner just got his Samsung Fascinate today by way of our Verizon Rep...to his surprise there is NO GOOGLE anything on this phone. It is driven by a Bing search engine, and has no google maps and no access to the market to download. Appearantely the operating system does not support google apps. I can't believe there is no one saying anything about this and does anyone know who made this decisions...Verizon or Samsung...who's to blame

 

[Dragoro]

My business partner just got his Samsung Fascinate today by way of our Verizon Rep...to his surprise there is NO GOOGLE anything on this phone. It is driven by a Bing search engine, and has no google maps and no access to the market to download. Appearantely the operating system does not support google apps. I can't believe there is no one saying anything about this and does anyone know who made this decisions...Verizon or Samsung...who's to blame

According to droid-life.com per a tweet, you can install google maps and stuff on it.

 

[validoption]

My business partner just got his Samsung Fascinate today by way of our Verizon Rep...to his surprise there is NO GOOGLE anything on this phone. It is driven by a Bing search engine, and has no google maps and no access to the market to download. Appearantely the operating system does not support google apps. I can't believe there is no one saying anything about this and does anyone know who made this decisions...Verizon or Samsung...who's to blame

That would be a Samsung decision. I saw that about the bing stuff, but am surprised that there would be no Market access nor support for Google applications. That part just makes no sense.

Sent from my DROIDX

 

[Backnblack]

IIRC the Samsung Fascinate has always been said to be Bing Driven.....

 

[cereal killer]

IIRC the Samsung Fascinate has always been said to be Bing Driven.....

Correct. I have an update that's burning to be used and I STILL can't find anything worth upgrading to.

Fascinate has failed to fascinate me. What a waste of a device.


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[billygalbreath]

IIRC the Samsung Fascinate has always been said to be Bing Driven.....

Correct. I have an update that's burning to be used and I STILL can't find anything worth upgrading to.

Fascinate has failed to fascinate me. What a waste of a device.


Sent from my Droid

I'm still holding out for the Droid Pro

 

[Backnblack]

IIRC the Samsung Fascinate has always been said to be Bing Driven.....

Correct. I have an update that's burning to be used and I STILL can't find anything worth upgrading to.

Fascinate has failed to fascinate me. What a waste of a device.


Sent from my Droid

Get the X ya sissy...:icon_ banana:

 

[GatorDroid]

Where is this info. When he did a online search the info he found said the phone would not even support google maps without rooting it. I own a Droid X and i'm not familiar with the Samsung at all, but we have a large number of phones on a business plan (most Droid based) and he's talking about canceling Verizon he's so pissed and is blaming Verizon. I understand it has no Google Search, which means no google voice commands or voice recognition driven by google, which sucks, but is there an actual way to put Google Maps on the phone without any major mods?

 

[DF Smod]

I'm still holding out for the Droid Pro

I think I gave up hope on the MoDropro :icon_evil:

I will be surprised if it turned out to be what I initially expected it to be

 

[Googleaddict]

I like the fascinate... I don't care about bing because I can root it and install custom roms (cough droid X) to remove bloatware ect.

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[mrdroid]

Everything I've read says the Fascinate should be easy root and ROM. If that's the case wouldn't the Fascinate with a CrystalClear ROM or CyanogenMOD ROM be one of the best phones out?

 

[Roland B.]

i couldnt believe it either..... no google...WTF?

 

[Backnblack]

Everything I've read says the Fascinate should be easy root and ROM. If that's the case wouldn't the Fascinate with a CrystalClear ROM or CyanogenMOD ROM be one of the best phones out?

Maybe, but it still Samsung hardware.....dancedroid

 

[mrdroid]

Everything I've read says the Fascinate should be easy root and ROM. If that's the case wouldn't the Fascinate with a CrystalClear ROM or CyanogenMOD ROM be one of the best phones out?

Maybe, but it still Samsung hardware.....dancedroid

From my experience Samsung phones are hit an miss... same with Moto. Seems like a solid device though. I like it because of the screen size....

 

[cereal killer]

Get the X ya sissy...:icon_ banana:

Great device but not worth upgrading to. I can't give up root access AND a unlocked bootloader just for any device : )

Wow me and I'll be there.....