How old is the samsung instinct

A datasheet follows after the jump. For a more measured view, the AP's Peter Svensson takes a broad look at the Instinct , which comes out looking somewhat like Sprint's last stand. The Instinct by Samsung, exclusively from Sprint, is a breakthrough mobile phone that brings a new level of user intuition and speed to the device marketplace.

The device packs a host of unique and differentiated applications that include: navigation, high speed web access, threaded messaging, visual voicemail, business and consumer email and entertainment services like music and TV. The Instinct by Samsung, exclusively from Sprint, redefines speed and user accessibility for touch screen phones.

The Instinct by Samsung starts by providing three keys that include a back, home and phone key for very simple and quick navigation. PhoneArena Score Review. User Score User reviews. Released Jun 20, Display 3. Camera 2 MP Single camera. Storage 0. Battery mAh. OWA mail is subject to the same limitations described above, but if you need work e-mail on the fly, it's a satisfying option. Fortunately, any e-mails sent from the phone will appear back on your office computer.

Admittedly, that experience isn't as fluid as a smartphone with true Microsoft Exchange server support. You can read but not edit attachments many attachments including word documents and photos. What's more, you can send messages with attachments stored on your phone. We had to download three software updates, which took about 20 minutes, but the updates loaded without incident or a missed connection.

Pressing that button synced the Instinct and my Outlook calendar in just a few seconds. The data connection cut out on our first try, but the second attempt brought success. All of our current appointments then appeared under their appropriate days with the correct times, locations and descriptions.

To get back to the calendar from the main menu, we could choose either the calendar or e-mail icons. As Sprint promised, we were able to create a new appointment on the Instinct, which then synced back to our PC automatically. Also, we could get meeting reminders, accept or decline new appointments, and edit or delete current meetings right on the phone. Any edits made on the Instinct synced back to our PC in just a few seconds, but the reverse process took a bit longer.

Despite that, it was a satisfying experience on the whole. Still, there were a few quirks. If we made a change to one instance of a recurring meeting, it applied only to that specific meeting.

We didn't have the option to apply it to every meeting in the series. What's more, we could get only daily and monthly views--weekly views were not a possibility. The Instinct defaults to separate personal and work calendars, but you don't have to use them.

There's nothing to stop you from entering all events, personal or otherwise, under your work calendar. In any case, that probably is your best bet, considering that since the syncing function doesn't support calendars through IMAP4, e-mail services like Hotmail, AOL, and Yahoo are not supported.

The Instinct's Web browser excited us, but we came away with mixed impressions. It lacks support for Flash, but that's common on devices likes this. Alternatively, we liked that you can choose to see stripped-down mobile versions of pages instead.

That's a great option for times when you're away from a fast 3G connection. What's more, inputting new URLs via the onscreen keyboard was easy.

Yet at the end of the day, the browser's interface was disappointing. The actual pages are squashed into a small area of an already small display. That left us feeling rather cramped and we had to do a lot of scrolling to see the whole pages. You can drag the page by moving your finger, but the screen responded slowly with jerky movements. We had the same experience on the LG Voyager ; in other words, it's like the iPhone but not quite as elegant.

Alternately, the Instinct offers a unique Web-panning method for moving around a page. Just hold down the camera shutter that will be on the top of the Instinct since the Web browser defaults to landscape mode and move the phone up and down and from left to right. The Web page will move correspondingly, which allows you to sweep throughout the page. It's a neat idea but the concept is better than the reality. Though the movement was fluid, we found it difficult to control the speed.

Too often, we zipped past something we were hoping to land on. Also, we didn't like how when you reached either side of a page, the panning reversed direction automatically. But wait, the Instinct offers yet another way to move around a page.

Clicking on the "full screen view" will display the page in its entirety. You then can move a blue square around the toggle to select the area of the page you'd like to see. It works fairly well except that you can't read any text when the Web page is in full screen view. Fortunately, we had few problems selecting links on a Web page.

There were times where we had to press a selection twice but that's not uncommon on touch-screen phones. Yet we did notice that selected links weren't always highlighted when we touched them. That could be an issue if you're a busy browser or you're surfing a crowded page. The Instinct does include a load of handy shortcut buttons surrounding the browser window.

Among other things you can search the Web page, open your favorites list, return to your home page, review your surfing history, and zoom in on a page. The latter option is a nice idea but it's not terribly effective as it only zooms in one degree. Indeed, we admit we've been spoiled by the iPhone's multitouch interface. The Instinct's lack of Wi-Fi is quite a blow on such an Internet-friendly phone. Sure, Sprint's EV-DO connection will do the job most of the time, but there are times where 3G coverage isn't available.

Also, even though the Instinct requires an unlimited Internet plan, it would be nice to be able to use your home network if you preferred to do so. It's all about customer choice. Besides the main browser, the Instinct offers dedicated channels for weather, sports, news, and movies.

The weather options works much like the iPhone's; just punch in your list of cities and you can see the forecast for each. But as an added bonus you also can see a radar map of U. In the movie channel you can get area show times by entering in your ZIP code.

As previously mentioned, the Instinct supports full GPS. You can use the feature to use Sprint Navigation for spoken driving and visual turn-by-turn directions. You also can search for neighboring businesses as you would with the Live Search. Traffic information is available as well, including a neat 3D map option. Using the touch screen to pan through maps was easier than on the Web browser. The finger motion is more fluid and the response time is quick. Read our Sprint Navigation review for a full description.

You also can check out movie previews to help you select a flick. In all it's an exhaustive selection of programming with much of it exclusive to Sprint. You also can stream more than channels from Sirius Radio and Sprint Radio.

The touch-screen interface for the media player is intuitive and responsive. By John Velasco. Aug 25, , PM. Samsung has no doubt delivered some innovative smartphones that are constantly praised. Most recently, the Note 9 and its new set of features are setting the tone for the rest of the smartphones being released for the impending fall season.

But long before the Note series, even its venerable Galaxy S line, the Korean company was banking on another long-forgotten line to make them a formidable contender in the space.