My Sprint store has had this headset for sale for the last few weeks.

It actually doesn't look as bad as everyone is making it seem. The picture isn't a great representation of what it looks like in the hand. It launched today and believe it or not we had a lot of people show interest in it. Out of 6 BlackBerry Curves sold today, 2 were the new Inferno color.

This video hands on was useless. The things we wanted to see on this video are the new features that differentiate it from the first Instinct like the Opera Web Browser and the IM client. That would have been something to see. Not SprintTV or Settings.

That is why Sprint implemented the ReadyNOW porgram. That's why they closed down their retail stores for a full day to ensure that their employees knew everything there was to know about the devices and how to set them up. It's part of their costumer experience efforts and to reduce churn. It is vital to our everyday business. Every customer that walks out of a Sprint Corporate Retail or Authorized Retailer should have their phone completely set-up. Everything from e-mail, bluetooth or peripherals, contact transfer, content (ringtones, pictures and screensavers) as well as application set-up like Sprint Music Store, SprintTV, Sprint Navigation, PictureMai, IM and Social Networking. It helps the business in so many ways.

Actually TIM, the reason Sprint did not have the RAZR was not that it didn't want the phone it was because Motorola's JAVA Platform had problems with working with Sprint. Motorola was always late to develop a CDMA version of its phones which is why Verizon did not get its RAZR until way after AT&T and T-Mobile already had it. The reason Verizon got it before Sprint was because Verizon uses BREW and Moto was able to get it for Verizon before Sprint. Sprint wanted to bring the RAZR and other Motorola devices to its network but it needed to ensure that they would work properly with Sprints specifications, something that took a long time to work out. In the meantime Sprint was aware that the SLIM handset market was very popular and it needed to get into it before it was too late which is WHY they had Samsung develop the A900 for Sprint. Samsung did not develop the phone specifically for Sprint because the phone was offered in Korea, just like the Instinct is based on an existing Samsung on a Korean network. Sprint used Samsung's devices because they already knew how to get the phone working properly on Sprint network without investing as much time as Moto needed to work out the kinks. Once Moto and Sprint worked out the issues, it released the RAZR on Sprint. The Samsung A900 was a very popular phone on Sprint its still used by many. It was and is a great device that IMHO is loads better than the CDMA RAZR V3m. As far as Sprint spending tons of money to advertise a phone that only works on the Sprint network, the same can be said about AT&T and Apple. Stateside the iPhone is only for the AT&T GSM network so what is the difference between Sprint advertising the Instinct versus AT&T and the iPhone?

I agree that the only reason AT&T doesn't view Sprint as a competitor is because of Sprint's bad perception and because of its huge subscriber loss but I don't think it is a good reason at all. I can understand them not seeing T-Mobile as a competitor because of its small subscriber base but Sprint has lots of subscribers and has a lot of potential. I don't know one person who has AT&T that raves about their service. My friend who left Sprint to go to AT&T for an iPhone, complains about AT&T on a daily basis. He gets dropped calls, data is slow, his bill is more expensive than on Sprint and a lot of people complain about getting his voicemail when they call him. He never had that problem with Sprint. He loves his iPhone, hates the service its on. Sprint coverage area is very comparable to Verizon and if you are on a Simply Everything Plan you don't have to worry about abusing roaming because it is Unlimited. Sprint TV has loads of content and is available to almost everyone in the US. ATT is just launching MediaFlo and it wont be available everywhere just like Verizon offers it but you can't get in in CT. Connection Cards are extremely fast. EV-DO is available almost everywhere and CT is almost completely blanketed in Rev. A. I have used a Mogul running Rev. A and the speeds are amazing. Not to mention GPS and Sprint Music Store. Sprint has all these great services and a great price point. I know that customers won't be rushing to get Sprint anytime soon but it will only be a matter of time before Sprint turns it around. The new CEO of Sprint Dan Hesse is a force to reckon with and if anyone can do it, it will be him.

I download lots of music onto my phone. I love it. As a matter of fact I would not buy a new phone unless it had 3G Data, Music Player and OTA downloads. I love to be able to listen to a song on the radio and want to download it. I open my phone and I search for it. If it's there I download it for $0.99 and I can play it all I want. I get home and I download a copy for my computer. My phone has practically replaced my iPod. I don't need over a 1000 songs in my pocket. It's not practical. I am not going to listen to all those songs. I have Sprint with the Sanyo M1 and I am getting the Muziq soon. To me Sprint is the carrier of choice if you want MP3 capable phones, 3G data and OTA.

1.3MP Camera with video recording, microSD slot with MP3 player, Bluetooth with A2DP, built-in e-mail and IM client. Availability Fall 2007 in two colors. Model is the LX-260. Data unknown.

IDK guys I mean for a phone with all this hype, coming from Apple and with such a hefty price tag I was expecting more and I can't help but think that some will be disappointed. For a phone with a built-in ipod to not have A2DP is just bad. No MMS, SIM support, or video recording is not good. With that kind of money I would be expecting so much more. Take the LG Muziq for example, for $100 you can get a phone that has 3G Data (EV-DO) OTA music downloads, TV, GPS Navigation, E-mail client, FM transmitter, 1.3MP camera with video support, MMS, A2DP bluetooth, On-Demand and support for 4GB microSD which will run you about another $100 or so and with Opera Mini browser you have a very good mobile phone browser which is free. The Power Vision Ultimate Package with unlimited SMS will run you $35 - $40 a month and includes TV and GPS Navigation. All for $400 less than the iPhone. You could take that $400 and pay for 3-4 months of service up front or save it or buy yourself something nice like a pair of BT stereo headphones for your brand new phone. Power + Value=No Brainer.

My LG rep brought one in today. Very nice. Black is slated for the initial launch with Pink launching at a later date. I believe it's going to be named the Musiq or the Muziq and not the Fusic II.