Sprint to offer Instinct to current Sprint customers first

Sprint's President and CEO Dan Hesse announced that Sprint would be launching their WiMax service in September and would be offering their "iPhone killer", the Instinct to Sprint customers first.

"Hesse said the Samsung Instinct handset, an iPhone-like device he unveiled at the CTIA Wireless show in April, will hit the market Friday. It will be available first to Sprint's current customers -- demonstrating, Hesse said, that "Sprint, from now on, will place our current customers first." The company has been plagued by a reputation for poor customer service and has been losing subscribers."

Sprint is banking on the Instinct, they've launched a $100 million marketing campaign comparing the Instinct to the iPhone. The problem is all the ads show the Instinct going head to head against the 1st (no longer available) iPhone not the iPhone 3G (whoops).

Sprint also just announced that they'd be offering the Instinct for $129.99 instead of the original $199.99 price. Can't blame 'em for cutting the price, they need to shoot new ads;)

Labels: iphone, samsung, sprint

  ¶ posted by Jimmie Geddes, Editor @ 6/19/2008 12:20:00 AM 0 comments links to this post

  Walt Mossberg's review of the Samsung Instinct from Sprint turns into iPhone 3G rebuttal

Walt Mossberg has posted his review of the Samsung Instinct from Sprint .

It's no secret that Walt Mossberg LOVES Apple products. Sprint probably never thought his review of their "iPhone killer" would turn out to be a rebuttal to the iPhone 3G. In the review the iPhone 3G's capabilities are highlighted and praised, you learn that the 3G iPhone will come in 8GB and 16GB sizes (no mention of the Instinct's capacity). The word "iPhone" gets mentioned almost twice as much as "Instinct". The "review" is really summed up in the 4th sentence of the Samsung Instinct Review:

"I’ve been testing the Instinct, and while it isn’t a bad phone and has some features the Apple product lacks, it’s no match for the iPhone."

Labels: 3G iPhone, samsung, sprint

  ¶ posted by Jimmie Geddes, Editor @ 6/12/2008 05:28:00 PM 0 comments links to this post

  Samsung L870 is Symbian S60 slider with Safari browser!

"Samsung just announced the SGH-L870, which was first noticed in Holland, in mid April. Now official, the L870 reveals its pretty look and features. As expected, it is a S60 smartphone, but we are happy to see it runs on the latest Symbian 9.3 and 3rd Edition of the S60 interface with Feature Pack 2, just as the newest Nokia smartphones. It definitely looks better than on the spy photos, with stainless steel body and brushed pattern.

Samsung will load it with a few applications straight out of the box (including task manager, PIM homescreen plug-in, and business card recognition function), but for us, the most interesting feature, which will be available in the L870, is the Safari Internet browser. This is a big surprise, since until now, it was present only in the iPhone, but apparently, Samsung has collaborated with Apple to use it in its phones (not yet announced). Although the S60 default browser is very good, we guess the Safari will surpass it in every aspect." Via Phone Arena .

Labels: safari, samsung

  ¶ posted by Jimmie Geddes, Editor @ 5/28/2008 06:30:00 AM 0 comments links to this post

  HTC falls to #3 Non-Touchscreen Windows Mobile phone maker "DigiTimes, which cites internal Microsoft data, claims that HTC has declined from the previous #1 Windows Mobile non-touchscreen smartphone maker spot with over 50% of the market (from July '06 to June '07) to just under 30% of the market. Stepping up to take over HTC's spot are Motorola and Samsung, whose respective Q and BlackJack models are apparently more popular than previously thought. The same report says that HTC is still #1 in terms of the smartphones with touchscreens, with about a 50% share." Via Gizmodo .

Labels: htc, motorola, samsung, windows mobile

  ¶ posted by Jimmie Geddes, Editor @ 1/29/2008 11:17:00 AM 0 comments links to this post