Samsung Instinct
July 1, 2008Samsung, one of the largest cell phone manufacturing companies has launched their long awaited Samsung Instinct SPH-M800. This Samsung Instinct looks much like the cell phone designed by Apple but they are rather not positioning it to be an iPhone killer, but a spokesperson from Samsung just called it as an iPhone competitor. However you name the cell phone the Samsung Instinct is truly an eye catching phone. This largely being a touch screen device boasts of an excellent candy-bar design in a basic black colour. At the first look it would not only resemble the iPhone but also the Samsung SGH-F490 and FK700 from LG. Apart from its unique interface and feature changes this Samsung Instinct is in fact the recycled CDMA version of previous SGH-F490 that you came across a few months ago.
Features
The features of Samsung Instinct are well stocked with loads of excitement that would surely impress any fan of media phone. Included in the 3G handset you would find access to the music store of Sprint for wireless downloads, a 2 megapixel camera, stereo Bluetooth, voice commands and dialing, audible caller ID, support for Sprint TV and Radio, a full HTML browser, phone as modem capability, Integrated GPS including Sprint navigation, Microsoft Live Search and a digital music player which shows album art.
Immediate messaging is not involved but the handset would show a full thread of text conversations. The Samsung Instinct also features multimedia messaging with access to corporate and personal email. An added feature is that the handset would have some type of Visual Voicemail which was so far include in the iPhone. In case you are not sure about Visual Voicemail then it lets you select any message you need to hear.
Interface
The Samsung Instinct heavily relies on its large nearly 3.1 inch touch screen that would act as the interface for almost all the functions of the cell phone including ending and placing a call. There are three separate touch controls below the display a home key, back button and the shortcut control key that takes you to your calling menu. With an improvement over the Apple iPhone the display of Samsung Instinct offers a localized tangible feedback and the emailing and texting onscreen keyboard would be displayed in a unique landscape direction. You would also appreciate the multitasking capability as it lets you move between several functions very easily. However although it includes those features, the menu interface is not quick slick as that of iPhone. This does not mean that it would not offer you great performance; it is only that it lacks beauty and usability. This can rather be because the company is using a beta version for their handset and you might have to wait for the final model to receive their compact assessment.
Performance
You would be glad to hear that the Samsung Instinct is available with 2GB memory slot which includes 2 separate batteries that promise you talk time of nearly 5.75 hours. The included 3.5mm headset jack is yet another advantage which lets you use your own headphones without the need for any adapter.
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