http://www.engadget.com/2008/04/06/sprint-licenses-visual-voicemail-for-the-samsung-instinct/ Engadget Comments for Sprint licenses Visual Voicemail for the Samsung Instinct http://www.engadget.com/media/feedlogo.gif http://www.engadget.com en-us Copyright 2009 Weblogs, Inc. The contents of this feed are available for non-commercial use only. Blogsmith http://www.blogsmith.com/http://www.engadget.com/2008/04/06/sprint-licenses-visual-voicemail-for-the-samsung-instinct/http://www.engadget.com/2008/04/06/sprint-licenses-visual-voicemail-for-the-samsung-instinct/Apr 6th 2008 5:43PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/04/06/sprint-licenses-visual-voicemail-for-the-samsung-instinct/http://www.engadget.com/2008/04/06/sprint-licenses-visual-voicemail-for-the-samsung-instinct/Apr 6th 2008 5:45PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/04/06/sprint-licenses-visual-voicemail-for-the-samsung-instinct/http://www.engadget.com/2008/04/06/sprint-licenses-visual-voicemail-for-the-samsung-instinct/

BTW engadget, it would be nice if the REPLY button let you reply instead of the time stamp]]>Apr 6th 2008 5:47PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/04/06/sprint-licenses-visual-voicemail-for-the-samsung-instinct/http://www.engadget.com/2008/04/06/sprint-licenses-visual-voicemail-for-the-samsung-instinct/Apr 6th 2008 5:54PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/04/06/sprint-licenses-visual-voicemail-for-the-samsung-instinct/http://www.engadget.com/2008/04/06/sprint-licenses-visual-voicemail-for-the-samsung-instinct/
I said it isn't a smartphone because:

a)It doesn't have 3G, necessary for proper data transfer on the go.
ii) it HAS to use proprietary software (iTunes) to sync, not drag and drop support
3)No document viewer/editor (yet)

PS: I have an iPhone and love it, but it isn't a smartphone, at least not until June

PPS: I know my numbering is messed up, but i'm tired and slightly drunk]]>Apr 6th 2008 6:14PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/04/06/sprint-licenses-visual-voicemail-for-the-samsung-instinct/http://www.engadget.com/2008/04/06/sprint-licenses-visual-voicemail-for-the-samsung-instinct/Apr 6th 2008 8:47PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/04/06/sprint-licenses-visual-voicemail-for-the-samsung-instinct/http://www.engadget.com/2008/04/06/sprint-licenses-visual-voicemail-for-the-samsung-instinct/
They both sure as hell are smartphones. I still agree on the iPhone not being one, but the lack of 3G doesn't mean it's not a smart phone.]]>Apr 6th 2008 9:55PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/04/06/sprint-licenses-visual-voicemail-for-the-samsung-instinct/http://www.engadget.com/2008/04/06/sprint-licenses-visual-voicemail-for-the-samsung-instinct/
"A smartphone is a mobile phone offering advanced capabilities beyond a typical mobile phone, often with PC-like functionality. There is no industry standard definition of a smartphone. For some, a smartphone is a phone that runs complete operating system software providing a standardized interface and platform for application developers. For others, a smartphone is simply a phone with advanced features."

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Smartphone
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A smartphone to me (and I assume most others) is a mobile phone that offers expanded hardware and software capabilities above and beyond a normal device. Usually, this refers to personal and business-oriented information management, communications, and network connectivity in a device with a larger-than-normal display and some form of enhanced text input.

Common features include:

- Contacts database
- Calendar and Scheduling
- Internet Access
- Personal/Corporate Email access
- Enterprise VPN Intranet Access

An open platform/operating system (e.g. Mobile OSX/Windows Mobile/Symbian) for extensibility and custom software is great to have, but I don't think it is required in order to call a device a smartphone.





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WTF don't they know apple invents every thing and they wanted an data phone on a fast network they would done it dammit y cant they all just do what steve tell us to do he cares about us ]]>Apr 6th 2008 5:52PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/04/06/sprint-licenses-visual-voicemail-for-the-samsung-instinct/http://www.engadget.com/2008/04/06/sprint-licenses-visual-voicemail-for-the-samsung-instinct/]]>Apr 6th 2008 5:54PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/04/06/sprint-licenses-visual-voicemail-for-the-samsung-instinct/http://www.engadget.com/2008/04/06/sprint-licenses-visual-voicemail-for-the-samsung-instinct/
Grammar is your friend.]]>Apr 6th 2008 6:29PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/04/06/sprint-licenses-visual-voicemail-for-the-samsung-instinct/http://www.engadget.com/2008/04/06/sprint-licenses-visual-voicemail-for-the-samsung-instinct/Apr 6th 2008 6:55PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/04/06/sprint-licenses-visual-voicemail-for-the-samsung-instinct/http://www.engadget.com/2008/04/06/sprint-licenses-visual-voicemail-for-the-samsung-instinct/Apr 7th 2008 1:58AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/04/06/sprint-licenses-visual-voicemail-for-the-samsung-instinct/http://www.engadget.com/2008/04/06/sprint-licenses-visual-voicemail-for-the-samsung-instinct/
Plagiarism is not innovation. Seriously, just look at it! At least Verizon's solution did something different.]]>Apr 6th 2008 5:55PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/04/06/sprint-licenses-visual-voicemail-for-the-samsung-instinct/http://www.engadget.com/2008/04/06/sprint-licenses-visual-voicemail-for-the-samsung-instinct/
I wonder if Apple paid license fees to MyOrigo for the idea of accelerometer based orientation detection.


PS> Engadget .. fix your reply button.]]>Apr 6th 2008 6:40PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/04/06/sprint-licenses-visual-voicemail-for-the-samsung-instinct/http://www.engadget.com/2008/04/06/sprint-licenses-visual-voicemail-for-the-samsung-instinct/
The point I'm trying to make is this: if an average consumer were to see the two side-by-side, they probably wouldn't see much of a difference.]]>Apr 7th 2008 8:47AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/04/06/sprint-licenses-visual-voicemail-for-the-samsung-instinct/http://www.engadget.com/2008/04/06/sprint-licenses-visual-voicemail-for-the-samsung-instinct/Apr 6th 2008 5:55PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/04/06/sprint-licenses-visual-voicemail-for-the-samsung-instinct/http://www.engadget.com/2008/04/06/sprint-licenses-visual-voicemail-for-the-samsung-instinct/Apr 7th 2008 12:46AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/04/06/sprint-licenses-visual-voicemail-for-the-samsung-instinct/http://www.engadget.com/2008/04/06/sprint-licenses-visual-voicemail-for-the-samsung-instinct/Apr 7th 2008 2:32AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/04/06/sprint-licenses-visual-voicemail-for-the-samsung-instinct/http://www.engadget.com/2008/04/06/sprint-licenses-visual-voicemail-for-the-samsung-instinct/Apr 7th 2008 10:51AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/04/06/sprint-licenses-visual-voicemail-for-the-samsung-instinct/http://www.engadget.com/2008/04/06/sprint-licenses-visual-voicemail-for-the-samsung-instinct/Apr 6th 2008 5:55PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/04/06/sprint-licenses-visual-voicemail-for-the-samsung-instinct/http://www.engadget.com/2008/04/06/sprint-licenses-visual-voicemail-for-the-samsung-instinct/Apr 6th 2008 5:56PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/04/06/sprint-licenses-visual-voicemail-for-the-samsung-instinct/http://www.engadget.com/2008/04/06/sprint-licenses-visual-voicemail-for-the-samsung-instinct/
p.s. my definition of smartphone is a phone thats smart enough to copy... AND even PASTE!]]>Apr 6th 2008 11:24PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/04/06/sprint-licenses-visual-voicemail-for-the-samsung-instinct/http://www.engadget.com/2008/04/06/sprint-licenses-visual-voicemail-for-the-samsung-instinct/Apr 7th 2008 3:47AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/04/06/sprint-licenses-visual-voicemail-for-the-samsung-instinct/http://www.engadget.com/2008/04/06/sprint-licenses-visual-voicemail-for-the-samsung-instinct/Apr 6th 2008 5:57PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/04/06/sprint-licenses-visual-voicemail-for-the-samsung-instinct/http://www.engadget.com/2008/04/06/sprint-licenses-visual-voicemail-for-the-samsung-instinct/1) i'll have to call back anyways, which i will do when i see that i missed your call before i immediately press 7 when the voicemail starts playing or
2) it is a sad excuse for a message and should have fit in 160 characters]]>Apr 6th 2008 7:09PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/04/06/sprint-licenses-visual-voicemail-for-the-samsung-instinct/http://www.engadget.com/2008/04/06/sprint-licenses-visual-voicemail-for-the-samsung-instinct/
Visual Voicemail is the best implementation of voicemail around, if you haven't tried it, you can't comment on it, but to say that only text should be used it plain ignorant.]]>Apr 7th 2008 5:55PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/04/06/sprint-licenses-visual-voicemail-for-the-samsung-instinct/http://www.engadget.com/2008/04/06/sprint-licenses-visual-voicemail-for-the-samsung-instinct/Apr 6th 2008 6:07PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/04/06/sprint-licenses-visual-voicemail-for-the-samsung-instinct/http://www.engadget.com/2008/04/06/sprint-licenses-visual-voicemail-for-the-samsung-instinct/
Sprint had a grace period where you could change and not renew, but it's a moot point now since plans can be changed without changing the date of the contract. ]]>Apr 6th 2008 10:16PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/04/06/sprint-licenses-visual-voicemail-for-the-samsung-instinct/http://www.engadget.com/2008/04/06/sprint-licenses-visual-voicemail-for-the-samsung-instinct/Apr 6th 2008 6:12PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/04/06/sprint-licenses-visual-voicemail-for-the-samsung-instinct/http://www.engadget.com/2008/04/06/sprint-licenses-visual-voicemail-for-the-samsung-instinct/
I said it isn't a smartphone because:

a)It doesn't have 3G, necessary for proper data transfer on the go.
ii) it HAS to use proprietary software (iTunes) to sync, not drag and drop support
3)No document viewer/editor (yet)

PS: I have an iPhone and love it, but it isn't a smartphone, at least not until June

PPS: I know my numbering is messed up, but i'm tired and slightly drunk]]>Apr 6th 2008 6:13PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/04/06/sprint-licenses-visual-voicemail-for-the-samsung-instinct/http://www.engadget.com/2008/04/06/sprint-licenses-visual-voicemail-for-the-samsung-instinct/Apr 6th 2008 6:14PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/04/06/sprint-licenses-visual-voicemail-for-the-samsung-instinct/http://www.engadget.com/2008/04/06/sprint-licenses-visual-voicemail-for-the-samsung-instinct/Apr 6th 2008 6:13PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/04/06/sprint-licenses-visual-voicemail-for-the-samsung-instinct/http://www.engadget.com/2008/04/06/sprint-licenses-visual-voicemail-for-the-samsung-instinct/
Hell it might have some feature of a smartphone, but it's not EFFICIENT at them, like email. Sure it can get emails, but when you're using it for your job and getting a lot of emails it's not efficient sorting through them. So it's not a smartphone practically.]]>Apr 6th 2008 10:07PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/04/06/sprint-licenses-visual-voicemail-for-the-samsung-instinct/http://www.engadget.com/2008/04/06/sprint-licenses-visual-voicemail-for-the-samsung-instinct/Apr 6th 2008 6:27PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/04/06/sprint-licenses-visual-voicemail-for-the-samsung-instinct/http://www.engadget.com/2008/04/06/sprint-licenses-visual-voicemail-for-the-samsung-instinct/Apr 6th 2008 7:55PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/04/06/sprint-licenses-visual-voicemail-for-the-samsung-instinct/http://www.engadget.com/2008/04/06/sprint-licenses-visual-voicemail-for-the-samsung-instinct/
Guess it's not a business smartphone either.....]]>Apr 6th 2008 8:15PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/04/06/sprint-licenses-visual-voicemail-for-the-samsung-instinct/http://www.engadget.com/2008/04/06/sprint-licenses-visual-voicemail-for-the-samsung-instinct/
Engadget... Why must you do this to us...]]>Apr 6th 2008 6:14PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/04/06/sprint-licenses-visual-voicemail-for-the-samsung-instinct/http://www.engadget.com/2008/04/06/sprint-licenses-visual-voicemail-for-the-samsung-instinct/Apr 6th 2008 6:17PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/04/06/sprint-licenses-visual-voicemail-for-the-samsung-instinct/http://www.engadget.com/2008/04/06/sprint-licenses-visual-voicemail-for-the-samsung-instinct/Apr 6th 2008 6:25PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/04/06/sprint-licenses-visual-voicemail-for-the-samsung-instinct/http://www.engadget.com/2008/04/06/sprint-licenses-visual-voicemail-for-the-samsung-instinct/Apr 6th 2008 6:29PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/04/06/sprint-licenses-visual-voicemail-for-the-samsung-instinct/http://www.engadget.com/2008/04/06/sprint-licenses-visual-voicemail-for-the-samsung-instinct/
" iPod, hes my uncle, see our controls are laid out the same"

" The Mac Book, thats my half brother, we share the same surname"

SAD!!!]]>Apr 6th 2008 6:30PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/04/06/sprint-licenses-visual-voicemail-for-the-samsung-instinct/http://www.engadget.com/2008/04/06/sprint-licenses-visual-voicemail-for-the-samsung-instinct/
I wonder if Apple paid license fees to MyOrigo for the idea of accelerometer based orientation detection.

]]>Apr 6th 2008 6:36PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/04/06/sprint-licenses-visual-voicemail-for-the-samsung-instinct/http://www.engadget.com/2008/04/06/sprint-licenses-visual-voicemail-for-the-samsung-instinct/
I wonder if Apple paid license fees to MyOrigo for the idea of accelerometer based orientation detection.
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