PRODUCT: Motorola DROID Multimedia Docking Station

Just received the Multimedia Docking Station today. It's the dock, USB cable, and charger, so I don't think $30 is overly expensive. It's going to be perfect on my nightstand, and I won't have to worry about charging anymore. I think it will also be great for travelling.

When I ordered my Droid, I bought the Bodyglove case for it, and I found that to be too bulky. It was the same price as the dock, so I just exchanged that for the dock.

My wife bought me the multimedia dock... I was very disappointed with the length of the usb cord.  I can deal with the short cord that came with the phone...but WTF make a longer cord for the accessories.  Now I need to get an extension cord to use the phone as an alarm clock.

Yeah I agree with you guys, the cable is wayyyy to short. 

I ordered it through my local VZW store, and they had it shipped directly to me.

They were sold out at my Vzw store when I got mine.  I need to go back and pick one up. Are they put together pretty well, solid build.

Yeah, I was stoked to find all my old Dare chargers worked with my Droid. My wife (who now has the Dare) previously had an LG Chocolate 3 which also used the same micro usb, so now we have lots of compatible chargers and cables. Something interesting though, travelling over the Thanksgiving weekend, we got our wall chargers switched one night. I plugged my Droid in with the Dare charger (which worked fine), but when my wife plugged in the Dare with the Droid charger, the Dare said something like "warning: charger not recommended for this device, may cause damage." Which got me worried . . . is there any danger of damaging the Droid by using the LG usb charger?

I searched the net and found...

A bunch of former LG Dare users running their charger's on the Droid.  As far as the charger not recommended  message (which indicates it won't charge) when you plug your Droid charger into the LG Dare -  I believe this response (below) might explain the reason.

A regular-sized USB connector has 4 pins(+5vdc, data-, data+, ground). Housing could be considered an extra contact but it usually replicates the ground lead. Mini and micro USB has 5 pins: +5vdc, data-, data+, ID and ground.  On generic cables and chargers, ID pin is either not connected at all, or coupled to ground.  Some brands, driven by strange desire to have only THEIR brand accessories to work, play tricks with the ID pin.  For example, for most Moto devices to accept a charger, its ID pin must be coupled to ground via a 200kOhm resistor.  Oh, and a 'standard' Moto car power adapter shorts ID to both data pins - which tells the device to go into car mode (i.e. screen stays lit) - but WILL NOT CHARGE it.

FWIW, I found this package on amazon for $3.50, it has a wall charger, a car charger and a data cable, and claims A855 compatibility. Did not test the car charger yet, but the wall and data cables work fine.