Samsung Instinct-M800 Cell Phone
In-Depth ReviewWhat’s Good: Supports every feature Sprint offers; EV-DO Rev. A data speeds; Good touchscreen response; Bright, clear display; Excellent GPS/navigation and voice command features; Good visual voicemail feature; 3.5mm headphone jack and stereo Bluetooth; Second battery included in packaging; Excellent value at $129 retail priceWhat’s Not Good: “Full HTML” Web browser is disappointing; No IM support; No calendar synching; No support for user-created ringtones or background images on menu screens; No phone as modem support on mandatory Simply Everything plan Bottom Line: Sprint’s new flagship media phone is a very good device, even if I wish they’d skipped the whole “Instinct vs iPhone” marketing campaign. The Web browser needs work and mobile IM addicts will be left in the cold by Instinct, but otherwise Instinct offers solid support across a huge variety of features and excellent implementation of GPS-based navigation and voice activated commands in particular. Though plans start at a hefty $70/mo, if you use the unlimited data, navigation, and Sprint TV it’s actually a good value. And you can’t beat the $129 price tag. Specs:
Our fancy algorithm says this stuff is related...Thursday, October 09, 2008does the instinct have instant messaging or not? Wednesday, September 17, 2008You can write in words in handwriting mode in keypad.. No need to writing individual letters. All the phone dog vides show person entering in Tuesday, July 08, 2008Most videos showing web browsing on the Instinct have pointed out that Opera 4.1 (a much better browser than the built-in Samsung browser) won't run on the Instinct. Viewers will want to know that plans are underway by Sprint itself to fix the problem, probably within a month. http://instinctbookmarks.blogspot.com/ is following the issue very closely.
Here's a posting off Sprint's own developer forum:
"nathan_sprint_adp
Subject:re: MIDP UI support on Instinct
Date:2008-07-08 at 11:20 AM CDT
Want to update a posting we made yesterday - there ARE plans to provide a JVM that will support LCDUI so most of the MIDP 2.0 apps (opera mini, google maps, etc) will port to run on the instinct.
The plans are to make this an OTA upgrade (so users don't have to go to the store for a software reflash) - Timelines are TBD based on when we can get this implemented, certified and ready to deploy (our hope is within a month - but trust us, we understand the urgency and appreciate all the feedback/posts)
thanks, Sprint ADP " Great phoneOverall Rating: By: Kennedy 0 on Sunday, September 21, 2008From: Round Rock, TX (United States) Experience: 2 Weeks Pros: The touch screen, the network is blazing fast, the many features, incredible gps..the sound is lod.. the list goes onCons: The camera is funny.. every time i take a pic it says fuzzy picture warning.. maybye its a good thing?Summary: Its a great phone it has every thing u need for a touch screen phone and mpre, the tv is cool, all the features are great music player and every thing is good 1 out of 1 people found this review helpful
EASY too use GREAT phone and planOverall Rating: By: Kennedy 0 on Saturday, September 20, 2008From: Round Rock, TX (United States) Experience: 17 Days Pros: Ability to upload music directly from my computer using 2 ways.. fast sevice and exterior designCons: None really..Summary: The phone is so easy to use youll like it once u get used to it which wont take long. and the plan and price is so much better than phones in its league 1 out of 1 people found this review helpful
Samsung Instinct M800Overall Rating: By: Isaiah Chacon on Friday, September 05, 2008From: Pueblo, CO (United States) Experience: 2 Weeks Pros: Various great features, fast internet, touchscreen is great, TV, Navigation this phone has it allCons: NoneSummary: Overall this phone dominates the compitition and is a very great product, and is easily better then all other touch screen phones. 1 out of 1 people found this review helpful
Great new touch phoneOverall Rating: By: J Wilson on Wednesday, August 13, 2008From: Belcamp, MD (United States) Experience: 7 Days Pros: Ease of use, loud ringers, good design, feels comfortableCons: Freezes sometimes, network is slow at times, sprint is working on thatSummary: Overall this phone is great. I had a motorola Q9c previously and traded for this one. I like the touch screen and the bigger screen for emails, web viewing, etc...texting is a breeze too 0 out of 1 people found this review helpful
Best Phone I have ever hadOverall Rating: By: Neill Jackson on Friday, July 18, 2008From: orlando, FL (United States) Experience: 20 Days Pros: It does everything and it does it right. Extremely easy to use. I have had it since it came out and i don't know how they could make it better other than come out with a bigger memory chip.Cons: I haven't found any yetSummary: Really easy to use. the screen is big and bright for all us old folks. The goodies are starting to come out now so check out the new accessaries. I love my new phone. 2 out of 2 people found this review helpful
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