http://mobile.engadget.com/2008/06/07/samsung-instinct-hands-on/ Engadget Mobile Comments for Samsung Instinct hands-on http://mobile.engadget.com/media/feedlogo.gif http://mobile.engadget.com en-us Copyright 2009 Weblogs, Inc. The contents of this feed are available for non-commercial use only. Blogsmith http://www.blogsmith.com/http://mobile.engadget.com/2008/06/07/samsung-instinct-hands-on/http://mobile.engadget.com/2008/06/07/samsung-instinct-hands-on/If this allows tethering trough WIFI, I'd be willing to extend my contract and pay no more than $50 for an upgrade]]>Jun 7th 2008 4:48PMhttp://mobile.engadget.com/2008/06/07/samsung-instinct-hands-on/http://mobile.engadget.com/2008/06/07/samsung-instinct-hands-on/Jun 7th 2008 4:51PMhttp://mobile.engadget.com/2008/06/07/samsung-instinct-hands-on/http://mobile.engadget.com/2008/06/07/samsung-instinct-hands-on/
I use iPhone's virtual keyboard, and without the error correction software, it is absolutely terrible. Typing passwords is a joke. But with it, for emails and texts, I actually like it a lot.]]>Jun 8th 2008 10:32PMhttp://mobile.engadget.com/2008/06/07/samsung-instinct-hands-on/http://mobile.engadget.com/2008/06/07/samsung-instinct-hands-on/
Considering even the expensive iPhone is only $60/month. That would easily make up for the difference in pricing, not to mention that the new 3G iPhone will probably be subsidized by AT&T down to $299 or even $199.

-- About the touchscreen, I'm not sure about any other phones as it's been awhile since I've tried a touchscreen/virtual keyboard, but I LOVE the keyboard on the iPhone. It is MUCH EASIER to use than the Treo 700wx I was using, and I'm at least twice as fast on the iPhone and make much less errors.

For those who haven't tried it, do give it a try! It works much better than you would expect. I myself was very skeptical when I first saw it, and I was gladly surprised to find it so functional. Even if you don't prefer it, the iPhone is obviously worth buying for so many other reasons...




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As far as i know, the "required 100/month" thing isn't true.

though $100 a month WOULD give you unlimited minutes, texts, and internet access. ...so if you want to use all the features of the phone, and have unlimited everything, the $100 plan makes a lot of sense (and is LOADS cheaper than the competition.)


(PS: for the record, i'm jumping ship from Sprint (after 8 years) to AT&T as soon as the 2nd Gen iPhone is released. I really wish this phone wouls have been around about a year ago.)]]>Jun 7th 2008 9:53PMhttp://mobile.engadget.com/2008/06/07/samsung-instinct-hands-on/http://mobile.engadget.com/2008/06/07/samsung-instinct-hands-on/Jun 8th 2008 4:02AMhttp://mobile.engadget.com/2008/06/07/samsung-instinct-hands-on/http://mobile.engadget.com/2008/06/07/samsung-instinct-hands-on/Jun 7th 2008 4:56PMhttp://mobile.engadget.com/2008/06/07/samsung-instinct-hands-on/http://mobile.engadget.com/2008/06/07/samsung-instinct-hands-on/
Care to tell us which phones you think are NOT ugly and boring?

Thanks.]]>Jun 7th 2008 5:00PMhttp://mobile.engadget.com/2008/06/07/samsung-instinct-hands-on/http://mobile.engadget.com/2008/06/07/samsung-instinct-hands-on/iPhone
RAZR V3


When it comes down to the consumer demographic, that's pretty much the only set of phones that have actual brand recognition in this sad country.]]>Jun 7th 2008 5:09PMhttp://mobile.engadget.com/2008/06/07/samsung-instinct-hands-on/http://mobile.engadget.com/2008/06/07/samsung-instinct-hands-on/Jun 7th 2008 5:04PMhttp://mobile.engadget.com/2008/06/07/samsung-instinct-hands-on/http://mobile.engadget.com/2008/06/07/samsung-instinct-hands-on/
well, I lost money on that one]]>Jun 7th 2008 5:10PMhttp://mobile.engadget.com/2008/06/07/samsung-instinct-hands-on/http://mobile.engadget.com/2008/06/07/samsung-instinct-hands-on/Jun 7th 2008 5:16PMhttp://mobile.engadget.com/2008/06/07/samsung-instinct-hands-on/http://mobile.engadget.com/2008/06/07/samsung-instinct-hands-on/Jun 7th 2008 5:45PMhttp://mobile.engadget.com/2008/06/07/samsung-instinct-hands-on/http://mobile.engadget.com/2008/06/07/samsung-instinct-hands-on/Jun 7th 2008 7:08PMhttp://mobile.engadget.com/2008/06/07/samsung-instinct-hands-on/http://mobile.engadget.com/2008/06/07/samsung-instinct-hands-on/Jun 20th 2008 4:37PMhttp://mobile.engadget.com/2008/06/07/samsung-instinct-hands-on/http://mobile.engadget.com/2008/06/07/samsung-instinct-hands-on/Jun 7th 2008 5:21PMhttp://mobile.engadget.com/2008/06/07/samsung-instinct-hands-on/http://mobile.engadget.com/2008/06/07/samsung-instinct-hands-on/
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jwND7j2ZLEA]]>Jun 7th 2008 5:30PMhttp://mobile.engadget.com/2008/06/07/samsung-instinct-hands-on/http://mobile.engadget.com/2008/06/07/samsung-instinct-hands-on/

Just IMHO, of course]]>Jun 7th 2008 5:41PMhttp://mobile.engadget.com/2008/06/07/samsung-instinct-hands-on/http://mobile.engadget.com/2008/06/07/samsung-instinct-hands-on/
I have been with Sprint for around 3 years now and I like their service. The EV-DO rev A I have used is faster than my old SBC ADSL was at downstream and almost as fast as my current cable modem is at upstream (broadband speed test rated it at like 2230 down and 600 something up versus 9000 down and 700 something up on my cable modem).

I was planning to get an Instinct and I think I still will depending on the price. Just have to hope for an update to the browser or maybe a decent third party one sometime. I hope they upgrade it to a webkit based browser.]]>Jun 7th 2008 5:43PMhttp://mobile.engadget.com/2008/06/07/samsung-instinct-hands-on/http://mobile.engadget.com/2008/06/07/samsung-instinct-hands-on/
I guess in the end, portrait-mode typing that's acceptable (I had gotten quite good at two-thumbing it on the iPhone by the time I sold it) is the best bet for web use, but for texting/emailing it's better landscape. Which I really hope for in iPhone 2.0. ]]>Jun 7th 2008 5:46PMhttp://mobile.engadget.com/2008/06/07/samsung-instinct-hands-on/http://mobile.engadget.com/2008/06/07/samsung-instinct-hands-on/Jun 7th 2008 6:00PMhttp://mobile.engadget.com/2008/06/07/samsung-instinct-hands-on/http://mobile.engadget.com/2008/06/07/samsung-instinct-hands-on/Jun 9th 2008 11:17AMhttp://mobile.engadget.com/2008/06/07/samsung-instinct-hands-on/http://mobile.engadget.com/2008/06/07/samsung-instinct-hands-on/Jun 7th 2008 6:06PMhttp://mobile.engadget.com/2008/06/07/samsung-instinct-hands-on/http://mobile.engadget.com/2008/06/07/samsung-instinct-hands-on/Jun 7th 2008 6:48PMhttp://mobile.engadget.com/2008/06/07/samsung-instinct-hands-on/http://mobile.engadget.com/2008/06/07/samsung-instinct-hands-on/Jun 7th 2008 7:20PMhttp://mobile.engadget.com/2008/06/07/samsung-instinct-hands-on/http://mobile.engadget.com/2008/06/07/samsung-instinct-hands-on/
I have been out of contract since 2003 (been a Sprint customer since '99/2000) and see no reason to leave, not even because the iPhone is only on AT&T.

I hate holier than thou effeminate nancy-boys (sorry, yuppies) who hide in front of a monitor and make silly one-sided arguments.

No one is asking for a review filled with "ectoplasm", and to be fair, most of your review is objective, but in the end the fanboy sausage in your rectum rears its ugly head.

Sigh....... Decent review, nonetheless. ]]>Jun 7th 2008 6:59PMhttp://mobile.engadget.com/2008/06/07/samsung-instinct-hands-on/http://mobile.engadget.com/2008/06/07/samsung-instinct-hands-on/Jun 7th 2008 7:07PMhttp://mobile.engadget.com/2008/06/07/samsung-instinct-hands-on/http://mobile.engadget.com/2008/06/07/samsung-instinct-hands-on/
Contradict yourself one more time, please. For all of us.]]>Jun 7th 2008 7:18PMhttp://mobile.engadget.com/2008/06/07/samsung-instinct-hands-on/http://mobile.engadget.com/2008/06/07/samsung-instinct-hands-on/
You...you're just...just turn in your modem, the internet no longer wants you.]]>Jun 8th 2008 1:23PMhttp://mobile.engadget.com/2008/06/07/samsung-instinct-hands-on/http://mobile.engadget.com/2008/06/07/samsung-instinct-hands-on/Jun 7th 2008 7:02PMhttp://mobile.engadget.com/2008/06/07/samsung-instinct-hands-on/http://mobile.engadget.com/2008/06/07/samsung-instinct-hands-on/Jun 7th 2008 7:07PMhttp://mobile.engadget.com/2008/06/07/samsung-instinct-hands-on/http://mobile.engadget.com/2008/06/07/samsung-instinct-hands-on/Jun 7th 2008 7:18PMhttp://mobile.engadget.com/2008/06/07/samsung-instinct-hands-on/http://mobile.engadget.com/2008/06/07/samsung-instinct-hands-on/
Fixing the Instincts Browser or getting a better 3rd party browser is priority #1 for me.

This will be my GFs next phone for sure since she wants to stay with Sprint but I will weigh my options between this, the new Touch/ Touch Pro and the new iPhone]]>Jun 7th 2008 10:14PMhttp://mobile.engadget.com/2008/06/07/samsung-instinct-hands-on/http://mobile.engadget.com/2008/06/07/samsung-instinct-hands-on/Jul 21st 2008 7:40PMhttp://mobile.engadget.com/2008/06/07/samsung-instinct-hands-on/http://mobile.engadget.com/2008/06/07/samsung-instinct-hands-on/thanks]]>Jun 7th 2008 9:16PMhttp://mobile.engadget.com/2008/06/07/samsung-instinct-hands-on/http://mobile.engadget.com/2008/06/07/samsung-instinct-hands-on/Jun 7th 2008 8:37PMhttp://mobile.engadget.com/2008/06/07/samsung-instinct-hands-on/http://mobile.engadget.com/2008/06/07/samsung-instinct-hands-on/
the "real internet" browser is one of my deal breaker points...so this may suck

i travel the US 10 months of the year...i can't afford to have crappy service or coverage which seems to be worse than people admit with the iPhone


*sigh*...i hate compromise
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I've had continuous Sprint service since Jan. of 98 and in that time, I've seen the company rise from a longshot to a credible alternative in wireless service. Customer service issues aside, you have to admire Sprint for surviving this long, despite it's former competitors MCI and AT&T being acquired.

Financially, Sprint cannot match the resources of former Ma Bell siblings (the new at&t and Verizon) but there's something about the underdog that's attractive to me.

Ups and downs and previous customer service issues considered, I'm still happy to be a Sprint customer and I am planning to purchase the Instinct the day it's available.

The mobile version of Opera browser can be installed on the Instinct, which is better than the preloaded browser.]]>Jun 7th 2008 10:42PMhttp://mobile.engadget.com/2008/06/07/samsung-instinct-hands-on/http://mobile.engadget.com/2008/06/07/samsung-instinct-hands-on/~Trav]]>Jun 7th 2008 10:56PMhttp://mobile.engadget.com/2008/06/07/samsung-instinct-hands-on/http://mobile.engadget.com/2008/06/07/samsung-instinct-hands-on/Jun 7th 2008 11:07PMhttp://mobile.engadget.com/2008/06/07/samsung-instinct-hands-on/http://mobile.engadget.com/2008/06/07/samsung-instinct-hands-on/
I've been with Sprint over 10 years, and love it (currently using a Treo 700p), and I'd love to have an iPhone, but that at&t network! What was Jobs thinking?!?
~Trav]]>Jun 7th 2008 10:53PMhttp://mobile.engadget.com/2008/06/07/samsung-instinct-hands-on/http://mobile.engadget.com/2008/06/07/samsung-instinct-hands-on/Jun 7th 2008 11:49PMhttp://mobile.engadget.com/2008/06/07/samsung-instinct-hands-on/http://mobile.engadget.com/2008/06/07/samsung-instinct-hands-on/Jun 9th 2008 2:18AMhttp://mobile.engadget.com/2008/06/07/samsung-instinct-hands-on/http://mobile.engadget.com/2008/06/07/samsung-instinct-hands-on/Jun 7th 2008 11:52PMhttp://mobile.engadget.com/2008/06/07/samsung-instinct-hands-on/http://mobile.engadget.com/2008/06/07/samsung-instinct-hands-on/
I'm pretty sure it was

Verizon then AT&T]]>Jun 19th 2008 10:13PMhttp://mobile.engadget.com/2008/06/07/samsung-instinct-hands-on/http://mobile.engadget.com/2008/06/07/samsung-instinct-hands-on/]]>Jun 8th 2008 12:09AMhttp://mobile.engadget.com/2008/06/07/samsung-instinct-hands-on/http://mobile.engadget.com/2008/06/07/samsung-instinct-hands-on/
I have an HTC/ Sprint Touch and its a great phone. I like winmo because I do not have to jailbreak it to load software. EVDO Rev A, I have a beta rom loaded that activates it and GPS on my Touch, is really fast. The GPS is outstanding, but I have a portable unit and a nav head unit in my car. MS live search is great since you can use the current GPS location and speak your search. It finds more relevant stuff than google does for me.

I have used an iPhone and I do not see why everyone loves it so much, but then again this is from someone who is not having problems with Vista. The iPhone jewelry really. Its not a dynamic and groundbreaking phone. The HTC Raphael is going to be my next phone, I prefer the way it looks and what I can do with it and I am going to keep Sprint.

I have never talked to anyone who likes their cell phone company. Sprint gave me a Touch for 99 bucks and they did not make me get into a new contract. I upgraded to the unlimited plan and have been pleased, even with the less than ideal coverage at my house. But the coverage sucks here for my Verizon work phone as well. ]]>Jun 8th 2008 12:33AMhttp://mobile.engadget.com/2008/06/07/samsung-instinct-hands-on/http://mobile.engadget.com/2008/06/07/samsung-instinct-hands-on/Jun 12th 2008 12:35PM