Samsung Instinct, to Sprint
Posted April 3rd, 2008 by Alex Ion
Is it just me or the new Samsung Instinct is going to be a milestone in the cell phones market? Sprint, the exclusive seller, is going to start their biggest marketing move spending some $100M for the little guy.
The Instinct will have a full touch-sensitive display with haptic technology, GPS navigation and high speed connectivity (3.1Mbps in downlink and 1.8Mbps uplink) it is “a product from a usability standpoint that can compete” with the iPhone, though it wasn’t meant as a clone from the first time.
It’s an EVDO rev.A handset and comes with a 2 megapixel camera/camcorder, stacks up to 8GB of data using a microSD card, has Bluetooth and can be used as a modem if you need to connect your laptop to the Internet. Rumors talk about two 1,000 mAh batteries that should be able to keep it live after 5.75 hours of talking.
A few Sprint services that it will have are Live Search, Sprint TV, Sprint Exclusive Entertainment for sports and entertainment video programming network, Sprint Music Store, and Pocket Express for updated news.
So far all we know is that it’s going to be released in June, but it looks like NowIsGood has it on pre-order.
Bill Ogle, Chief Marketing Officer for Samsung Mobile, said that the Instinct was developed after years of work on the innovative touch screen and the most interesting feature is the “just one touch” that allows a user to access everything easily.
“Samsung feels the Instinct will increase our status as the fastest growing mobile phone manufacturer in the U.S.” he said.
