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Tweet Find Coverage: Release Date: Q2 2008 Released For: Sprint - Discontinued Released for Sprint, the Samsung Instinct offers a high-tech look with large, vibrant touch screen featuring localized tactile feedback that gives the virtual QWERTY keypad a sensory experience. The Instinct also offers a Voice to Action button providing many functions using voice activation including call, text, picture messaging, traffic, movie, sports, news and search. Using Sprint's EV-DO Rev. A broadband network, the Instinct can quickly browse the Web, access business or personal email, share pictures, listen to commercial-free radio and more. It also provides support for corporate and consumer (POP3) email, multitasking capabilities to play music in background mode while surfing the Internet, texting or playing games, a 2.0-megapixel camera with camcorder and expandable microSD memory of up to 8 GB. Additional features include advanced stereo Bluetooth 2.0, integrated world clock, SMS voice and text messaging with threaded text, Phone as Modem, picture caller ID and Sprint Mobile Sync.

• Sprint TV with live and on-demand programming such as Sprint Exclusive Entertainment (SEE), the industry's only made-for-mobile sports and entertainment video programming network
• Sprint Music Store allowing users to wirelessly download full-length songs directly to their phone for just 99 cents each
• More than a dozen streaming-radio applications, including Sprint Radio with more than 150 channels
• Sprint Media Manager PC to phone transfer application
• Background music mode allowing the user to play music while text messaging, playing games or surfing the Internet
• Sprint Navigation with GPS-enabled audio and visual turn-by-turn driving directions, one-click traffic rerouting and more than 10 million local listings
• Live Search for Sprint, powered by Microsoft, provides easy access to directory information, integrated GPS-enabled directions, interactive maps and one-touch click to call access
• Voice to Action button providing many functions using voice activation including call, text, picture messaging, traffic, movie, sports, news and search
• Visual Voicemail allowing users to listen to messages in their order of preference and manage them with a tap of the screen
• 2.0-megapixel camera with 2x digital zoom and video camcorder
• Advanced Stereo Bluetooth Wireless Technology with audio caller ID
• Access to corporate and consumer (POP3) email including AOL, Gmail and Yahoo!
• Threaded text messaging provides a view of the full conversation
• Mobile Sync to restore contact information if the device is lost, stolen or damaged
• Phone as Modem connects the phone with a computer for Internet and email access

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Technical
Network:	CDMA 800 / 1900
Form Factor:	PDA
Dimensions:	116 x 55 x 12 mm
Weight:	125 g
Antenna:	Internal
Navigation:	Touch Screen
Battery Type:	1000 mAh Li-Ion
Talk Time:	5.8 hours
Standby Time:
Memory:
Expandable Memory:	microSD / TransFlash
Safety
Radiation (SAR):	(1.46 W/kg)
Imaging
Main Screen:	TFT 262,000 colors (240 x 432 px)
External Screen:
Camera:	2.0 MP / 2X Zoom / Video Recorder
Audio
MP3 Player:	Sprint Music Store
FM Radio:	Sprint Radio
Speakerphone:
Push-To-Talk:
Multimedia
Wallpapers:	240 x 432 px
Screen Savers:	240 x 432 px
Ring Tones:	MP3
Themes:
Games:	J2ME
Streaming Multimedia:	Sprint TV
Messaging
SMS:
EMS:
MMS:
Email:	POP3 / IMAP4 / SMTP
Chat:	AOL / Windows Live / Yahoo
Predictive Text:	T9
Applications
Phonebook Capacity:
Calendar:
To-Do List:
WAP:	2.0
Voice Commands:
Calculator:
Connectivity
Bluetooth:	2.0 (A2DP / HFP / HSP)
Infrared Port:
High-Speed Data:	cdma2000 1xEV-DO rev. A
Wi-Fi:
GPS:	Sprint Navigation
PC Sync:	Sprint Media Manager PC
More Information
Website:
Discussion:	Samsung Forum

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