At CTIA Wireless 2008, Sprint and Samsung today announced the upcoming availability of a new mobile phone, Samsung Instinct, which offers full touchscreen functionality with EV-DO Rev A data speeds. The Instinct is claimed to be one of Samsung's best phones to date, offering users the ability to access applications and contacts within a single finger tap.
Samsung Instinct, exclusively available from Sprint, has a touch screen featuring localized tactile feedback, called haptics, which allow the virtual QWERTY keypad and other operations to become a sensory experience. The device also offers a Voice to Action button providing many functions using voice activation including call, text, picture messaging, traffic, movie, sports, news and search.
As Sprint's first EV-DO Rev A consumer-centric device, Samsung Instinct provides the ability to quickly browse the Web, access business or personal e-mail, share pictures, listen to commercial-free radio and more at broadband speeds. Samsung Instinct also provides access to Sprint services and multimedia content, including Sprint Navigation, Sprint TV, Sprint Music Store and Pocket Express.
The sleek and stylish device offers three dedicated keys on the lower portion of the device to make operation of the device very straightforward and easy to navigate - phone, back and home. The phone key always takes the user back to essential voice calling features including speed dial, visual voicemail, contacts and the dial pad.
The home key on the Samsung Instinct provides quick access to the four menus of functionality included in this user interface, which consists of Favorites, Main, Fun and Web. The Samsung Instinct boasts many advanced features including Visual Voicemail, allowing users to listen to messages in their order of preference.
The device also provides support for corporate and consumer (POP3) e-mail, multitasking capabilities that allow the user to play music in the background mode while surfing the Internet, texting or playing games, a 2-megapixel camera and expandable microSD memory of up to 8GB. Additional features include Bluetooth 2.0, integrated world clock, SMS voice and text messaging with threaded text, Phone as a modem, picture caller ID and Sprint Mobile Sync.
Samsung Instinct comes with everything the user needs to enjoy the device's full capabilities right out of the box. Contents include a 2GB microSD card that holds approximately 2000 songs, two standard batteries offer up to 5.75 hours of talk time each, battery charging sleeve, travel charger, USB cable, 3.5mm headphones with built-in microphone and leather case with stylus.
Measuring 2.17 by 4.57 by 0.49 inches and weighing approximately 4.5 ounces, the Samsung Instinct will be available in June 2008. Pricing for the phone has not yet been determined.
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