Samsung Instinct - Hands On Review
Once again, Gizmodo gets all the goodies. This time it’s the soon to be released Samsung Instinct for Sprint. Giz writer, Wilson, walks through the ups and downs of the newest iClone, the Samsung Instinct.
Personally, I’ve been anxious for this one because I’ve been on Sprint for nearly ten years and had no interest in switching to AT&T just to get the iPhone. My biggest attraction to the Instinct was its web browsing which, from this review, sounds like it turned out rather poorly. Dang.
You can read the full review at Gizmodo, but here are a few of the highlights:
E-Mail: Feature phones most typically have bad e-mail programs, some of them hidden away where you can barely find them. The message? Do Not Use! But on the Instinct, the e-mail program is really easy to setup, with all the major webmail providers preconfigured for instant log-ins.
GPS Navigation: Usually, I’m down on cellphone turn-by-turn GPS navigation, but Telenav has finally gotten it right, ahead of everyone. AT&T and Sprint both use it, but this is the first time I’ve really been happy with it, even in areas of questionable phone coverage.
Video Player: At the top of the TV/Video menu, there’s a “My Videos” option, where you can see stuff you’ve recorded or sideloaded. I dumped in four different kinds of videos, and while my .avi, .mov, and .mpg failed, the one that worked was a .mp4.
Web Browser: I gotta say it: The Instinct’s browser is an ABYSMAL failure of design. It’s not that I’m surprised. Nobody has pulled off the mobile browser quite like Apple has. But for some reason, despite Sprint’s EV-DO Rev. A network, the browser is slow slow slow, too slow to do much of anything.
Unfortunately for me, my second biggest interest in the Instinct, after the web browsing, was the video player. How can a video player not handle .avi or .mov? .mp4 is a start, but why not the rest Samsung?
The Samsung Instinct hits stores Friday, June 20th, 2008.
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