Samsung Instinct

[Jawo]

Full HTML Browser, GPS, Over the air downloads, EVDO RevA.....

From Crave:

Last year in Orlando, Samsung's UpStage was one of the biggest announcements of the CTIA show. And this year in Las Vegas, Samsung may have done it again. Today the company announced the Samsung Instinct SPH-M800, which will land at Sprint this summer. The Instinct looks a lot like a certain cell phone from Apple, but Sprint (thankfully) isn't positioning it as an iPhone killer. Rather, a Sprint spokeswoman called it just an iPhone competitor. We're not quite sure what to make of that, either.

But whatever you call it, the Instinct is undeniably eye-catching. The predominately touch-screen device sports a thin candy-bar design (4.57 inches by 2.17 inches by 0.49 inch; 4.4 ounces) in basic black. At first glance it resembles not only the iPhone, but also the LG FK700 and the Samsung SGH-F490. Indeed, its strong similarity to the latter is more than just a coincidence. Except for a feature changes and a unique interface, the Instinct is a recycled CDMA version of the SGH-F490, which we saw two months ago at the GSMA World Congress.

The Instinct's feature set is well stocked with a host of goodies that should make any media phone fan proud. Inside the 3G handset, which is Sprint's first EV-DO Rev. A device, you'll find a 2-megapixel camera, access to the Sprint Music Store for wireless downloads, stereo Bluetooth, audible caller ID, voice dialing and commands, a full HTML browser, a digital music player that shows album art, support for Sprint Radio and Sprint TV, phone as modem capability, Microsoft Live Search, and integrated GPS with Sprint navigation.

Instant messaging is not onboard, but the Instinct will display the full thread of the text conversation. You'll also get multimedia messaging and access to personal and corporate e-mail. And in a surprising move, the Instinct will have some form of Visual Voicemail (yes, Sprint says it should be capitalized), which up until has been exclusive to the iPhone. In case you haven't heard (and really, you should have), Visual Voicemail allows you to pick and choose which messages you want to hear. It's quite a cool feature, but we we wonder if AT&T and Apple are calling their copyright lawyers.

Pictures galore at the Giz.

 

[abaez]

CDMA? No thanks.

 

[uli2000]

Originally posted by: abaez
CDMA? No thanks.

Maybe if you live in a AT&T 3g area, but they currenly have less that 1/3 of their coverage as 3g. CDMA carriers like Sprint, Verizon, and Alltel have almost all of their coverage 3g evdo coverage, and both sprint and Verizon have lots of evdo rev. a in large metro areas. So untill At&t improves it 3g coverage, and Tmobile gets some, Ill say GSM, no thanks. I dont want to cause audible interference from every speaker nearby when Im on a gsm call.

 

[Inspector Jihad]

i like it. but we need to see the ui in action.

 

[Cdubneeddeal]

I was just checking this out on the the sprint page. Looks like a nice phone. My contract just ran up and I'm due for a $150 upgrade so I just might wait until June when this comes out to purchase it.

 

[blackangst1]

Originally posted by: abaez
CDMA? No thanks.

CDMA? Thank God.

 

[secretanchitman]

Originally posted by: blackangst1

Originally posted by: abaez
CDMA? No thanks.

CDMA? Thank God.

exactly.

the only gripe i have with this phone is that you need the everything unlimited plan...the $99 one. its REQUIRED with this phone. i did read that you can get cheaper plans for slightly less, but that only gives you less minutes and you still get everything unlimited.

 

[Oyeve]

Originally posted by: blackangst1

Originally posted by: abaez
CDMA? No thanks.

CDMA? Thank God.

I agree. 3G is oversaturatted. CDMA, imo, is more reliable.

 

[pm]

I agree. 3G is oversaturatted. CDMA, imo, is more reliable.

Surely this depends on where you live, how many towers are nearby, and a whole host of other factors. While I generally think CDMA is a more efficient and better signalling system than GSM or UMTS, I disagree that you can make a blanket statement that CDMA is always more reliable than 3G GSM.

 

[foghorn67]

Originally posted by: pm

I agree. 3G is oversaturatted. CDMA, imo, is more reliable.

Surely this depends on where you live, how many towers are nearby, and a whole host of other factors. While I generally think CDMA is a more efficient and better signalling system than GSM or UMTS, I disagree that you can make a blanket statement that CDMA is always more reliable than 3G GSM.

At this point, it's one of the safer blanket statement. Hopefully that will be addressed for most in the next coming months.