Samsung Epic 4G Dock

Does anyone know if this dock is pretty good or not? I was wondering also if I get this dock, will I have to remove the rubberized cover I bought from sprint just to dock my epic or can I leave the cover on, Thanks for your help.

I have the dock also. I like it, but it does not work with the hard cover on the phone. it works well for charging, has a good angle for viewing, and can be used with the slide out qwerty. The release note included states that the audio port will allow connection of a 3.5 mm speaker system, stereo headset, or ability to connect to a home stereo system, after 2.2 is installed on the phone. Can not data sync through the dock. Only drawback i see is that the volume control is under the phone so you have to use the qwerty function keys to adjust the volume or take it out of the dock.

I have the dock with the hard case, and it is a pain to always remove the case to use the dock. I stopped using it b/c the dock screen remained on while the phone was docked, and I was concerned about burn-in. It'd be nice if samsung would update the dock app to do something to prevent burn-in.

I received the dock as a Christmas present.  It's quite nice with the free "Desk Home" software installed.  But there are a couple of questions that perhaps someone can answer for me..

1.  If you have the dock with the Desk Home software, does your "Music" program start up when you remove your Epic from the dock?  Mine does, every time.  I have no music on the phone but the program starts anyway and must be closed using the task manager.

2.  Is there a way to stop the Epic from saying "Battery fully Charged..Unplug Charger."?  This useless Info box appears while the phone is in the charger and dims/covers up the Desk Home screen.  The Blue Light indicates when the phone is fully charged.  To have this announcement appear on the screen and stay there is awfully annoying.

-Allen

Thanks for the feedback Trili7.  After finding so many "horror" stories in various forums about Screen Burn-In from the Full Battery notification, I'm very careful not to leave my phone in the Dock overnight.

The Music application starting by itself when removing the Epic from the dock is really weird.  I don't even have any music on the phone, yet this app starts up and runs in the background every time, without fail, within 5 seconds of dock disconnection.  I'm sure it's related to the "Samsung Home" dock display application.  What's also strange is that there's no Developer info listed in the Market for this application.  I'd like to speak to the Samsung support department responsible for the Samsung Home app, but there's no way to find them.  It's probably some contractor (who doesn't want to be bothered) that's authorized to use the Samsung name.
-Allen

I uninstalled the "Samsung Home" app that was designed for the Epic by Samsung because it had almost no usable features other than being a decent, large clock while the Epic is docked.  I replaced it with an application from the Market called "bedside".   It has good reviews and works almost perfectly as a clock and alarm (if needed) when the Epic is sitting horizontal in the dock.

BTW..I found out that the MUSIC application starts up when my phone is removed from the charging dock, even when there is no docking application installed, like Samsung Home, or Bedside.  I'll do some web searches and see if any other Epics have this application automatically start when the phone is removed from the desk dock.

-Allen