Samsung Instinct s30 Touch of Copper Cell Phone
Samsung Instinct s30 for Sprint. Copper. Out of the box! ... $129, April 19, also in Cobalt Blue For its one year birthday, the Samsung Sprint Instinct got an upgrade. Noah goes hands on with the new Instinct s30 live from CTIA '09 in Vegas.
Tom, our noble leader and Top Dog, tipped us Editors off late last night to a forum post by which all other forum posts should be judged. So long as you're not a stickler for grammar and punctuation, that is ;-)Seriously, PhoneDog reader "elserg" went above and beyond in outlining the happy dilemma facing Sprint customers this holiday season. With all of these super tricked out smartphones supposedly ready to launch, which one should he... Carrier: Sprint
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Hot Features: Opera Mini browser, calendar sync, 3.2" screen The updated Samsung Instinct is the Instinct s30 (model # SPH-M810) and comes in Touch of Copper or Cobalt Metal. Upgrades include a memory card slot that supports 32 GB cards, calendar sync functions, and Opera Mini 4.2. Other key features included 2.0MP camera with camcorder, touchscreen... Since we can’t actively cover every news
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throughout the week and places them in one easy to read article. Enjoy!Motorola Evoke QA4 coming to Alltel WirelessOn Thursday, Alltel Wireless announced that the Motorola Evoke QA4, recently displayed at CTIA 2009 in Las Vegas, is available through all... Technology: CDMALikely Carrier: SprintExpected: Q2 09
The updated Samsung Instinct is the Instinct s30 (model # SPH-M810) and comes in Touch of Copper or Cobalt Metal. Upgrades include a memory card slot that supports 32 GB cards, calendar sync functions, and Opera Mini 4.2. Other key features included 2.0MP camera with camcorder, touchscreen with haptic feedback, and more advanced APIs for multimedia, calendar, messaging features... This just in from CTIA - Samsung and Sprint have announced the Instinct S30 (SPH-M810), and is not a "mini" device, as was widely speculated during the rumor period. The device will offer Opera Mini 4.2, calendar sync, instant messaging, a 2 megapixel camera, EVDO Rev. 0, and a microSD card slot supporting up to 32GB cards. Two colors will be available at launch: "Touch of Copper" and "Cobalt Metal." The Instinct S30 will be... Pros: pretty good toch screen it wont piss u off like the glyde or the voyager...and even if it is botherin u u can always higher then sensativity of course its not as glamourous as the iphone but its still a nice durabile phone from sprint Cons: not sure if i have any unleess ur really picky Summary: very durable phone ive dropped it off numerous stairs and my friend had ran it ovr with a skateboard...and it didnt dent nor crack nor even smudge the screen i like this phone very much as i had said ^^^^^ Pros: Live Search, Navigation, Visual Voicemail, Stereo Bluetooth, Favorites Tab, Opera Mini Cons: No Flash on Camera, Instinct Web Browser Summary: I have had the phone for 9 months and I like it. Yes I know its not an iPhone killer but I wanted the best service for the best price which was Sprint. The features on the phone are great. The features I use the most are the stereo Bluetooth which I can play music on most of the day and not worry about battery. I usually kill my Bluetooth headset battery before the Instinct hits 70% battery. The other feature I really like is Live Search. This is the first phone I have owned with the Live Search feature and I love it. When you open up the application you can say or type in what you are looking for and it looks up all the information for you quickly. Example: I Live Search McDonalds...It pulls up the nearest McDonalds to my current location and displays the address and phone number to the location. If I push the phone number it calls the McDonalds. It also can open up the Navigation application and get me directions with one click. I can also get a map of the location or turn by turn directions. I can also share this information if I wanted. It saves time in searching for locations, getting directions or even looking up phone numbers. I have had family members ask me to look up places online and I use the phone because it is honestly faster to just say the name of the location and get all the information in a few seconds. While I do love the phone I would be lying if I said the phone was perfect. The Instinct web browser sucks and you can read that anywhere on the internet...everyone agrees, but you can install Opera Mini and it does work a whole lot better. As for the camera...it is an ok camera. You need good lighting because there is no flash and a steady hand because sometimes the pictures blur. Overall I like my phone and I just hate when people review it and say "Its not and iPhone" If you want an iPhone then buy an iPhone. PS. the phone comes with a stylus but no place to put it on the phone, but I never used the stylus Pros: none...but the looks Cons: everthing! Summary: i had this phone for a while , when i first got i was hype. and thats all it is "hype". the phone didnt even work properly...since i got it it been given me problems i been thru 4 since november already.....thinkin bout gettin a G1(android)??? 0 out of 1 people found this review helpful Pros: Horizontal texting, navigation, haptic feedback, streaming TV/music Cons: Near-worthless internet, no calendar sync, minimal apps development Summary: This is more of a messaging phone than a multimedia "iPhone killer" as it has been widely advertised in the "Instinct vs. iPhone" commercials. After 1 week of use with this phone, I gladly paid the $150 cancellation fee to get out of Sprint and defect to an iPhone. The navigation and haptic feedback are very nice. The internet capabilities are a joke - you are left with the mobile versions of websites, or it can't load them at all. This phone struggles on the internet - period. There is no app-store to speak of, aside from additional paid channels for streaming services. This phone is no 'iPhone killer' - it shouldn't even be compared with the iPhone, and it was suicide on Sprint's part to advertise it as such. I hear the new version of the Instinct will include a better Opera browser and sync-able calendar.. nothing to make me go back to Sprint anytime soon... 0 out of 1 people found this review helpful Pros: I love this phone! It has very good response. You can adjust the sensitivity for the screen and calibrate it. Texting and typing is sooo fast. Really good conection. When my friends dont get service, i get it crystal clear. Sprint has the best and cheepest plans. I haven't had a single dropped call and i had this phone for about 7 months. It has several neat options that you can toggle on or off. This phone is very durable. It fell out of my poket millions of times and it doesn't have a scratch Cons: The camera could have been a little better with maybe 3 instead of 2 mega pixels. It will rarely lag or freeze a little bit. Since it is a fairly new phone and design, some games or apps are not compatible but there is still a large selection. Summary: Very fast and durable. A very customizable phone but they should make more accesories for it. Plans are the best and cheepest. Still pretty much the best phone out. It is very competitvely priced. Recomend this to almost anyone! 2 out of 2 people found this review helpful which is better, the s30 or hd also sprint only allows them on everything plan. if i get it from ebay do i need a everything plan verizon only ordered a few of these phones because they are launching an all touch version in october Before I got the S30, I had a Samsung Eternity. One of the things I liked about the Eternity was that I could not only make calls using bluetooth, but also ANY audio was transmitted to the bluetooth (music, video, navigation, etc.) . It seemed like any bluetooth device I used with it would do this.When I got the S30, I find that when I sync the bluetooth, all I get on the bluetooth device is http://www.everythinginst... target="_top">voice... Does anyone know anything about the new sprint phone? I also really want to know if it will run the samsung touchwiz interface, which I really hope it does! The Palm Centro, Palm Pre, and HTC Touch Pro all have touch screens with full keyboards and they are from sprint.
Hope I helped! I am a 13 year old looking for a good first phone from Sprint to get.
I really like the Insinct (s30) for it's touchscreen.
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