http://www.engadget.com/2009/08/23/samsung-instinct-hd-pops-up-on-best-buys-website-with-5-megapix/ Engadget Comments for Samsung Instinct HD pops up on Best Buy's website with 5 megapixel camera, TV out http://www.engadget.com/media/feedlogo.gif http://www.engadget.com en-us Copyright 2012 Weblogs, Inc. The contents of this feed are available for non-commercial use only. Blogsmith http://www.blogsmith.com/http://www.engadget.com/2009/08/23/samsung-instinct-hd-pops-up-on-best-buys-website-with-5-megapix/http://www.engadget.com/2009/08/23/samsung-instinct-hd-pops-up-on-best-buys-website-with-5-megapix/]]>Aug 23rd 2009 11:47AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/08/23/samsung-instinct-hd-pops-up-on-best-buys-website-with-5-megapix/http://www.engadget.com/2009/08/23/samsung-instinct-hd-pops-up-on-best-buys-website-with-5-megapix/Aug 23rd 2009 11:47AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/08/23/samsung-instinct-hd-pops-up-on-best-buys-website-with-5-megapix/http://www.engadget.com/2009/08/23/samsung-instinct-hd-pops-up-on-best-buys-website-with-5-megapix/Aug 23rd 2009 4:33PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/08/23/samsung-instinct-hd-pops-up-on-best-buys-website-with-5-megapix/http://www.engadget.com/2009/08/23/samsung-instinct-hd-pops-up-on-best-buys-website-with-5-megapix/Aug 23rd 2009 12:00PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/08/23/samsung-instinct-hd-pops-up-on-best-buys-website-with-5-megapix/http://www.engadget.com/2009/08/23/samsung-instinct-hd-pops-up-on-best-buys-website-with-5-megapix/
I'm not telling you the S30 was awesome while all reviews say it was suck. But I'm defending this phone saying there is nothing wrong with the S30, it IMO is a better phone than the original Instinct.

The S30 won me over and now I'm waiting for the Instinct HD to be my upgrade for the next year.]]>Aug 23rd 2009 1:26PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/08/23/samsung-instinct-hd-pops-up-on-best-buys-website-with-5-megapix/http://www.engadget.com/2009/08/23/samsung-instinct-hd-pops-up-on-best-buys-website-with-5-megapix/
The m800 was rushed to market to beat the iPhone 3G and it completely shows. The phone was not ready to be released. The only thing that could save the Instinct would be dropping the Brew OS in favor of Android. Sprint's restrictions on the phone with certificates and the $5k price for a signed cert to access the APIs killed any hope of actually having decent apps for the phone. Android already had an app contest with winners before there was even an Android phone on the market. Google kicked it up a notch while Sprint and the Instinct kept sinking deeper and deeper into the pit of suck. Seriously, we are talking about a phone who's only solution to slow loading time of MP3s was to limit how many MP3s you could actually load. This is a phone that with each update removed LIVE TV and Radio stations.

The Instinct blows... which is why I gave Sprint the one finger salute and went to AT&T and the iPhone. I had been with Sprint for over 10 years but my time with the Instinct just pissed me off to no end, forcing me to leave.]]>Aug 23rd 2009 2:29PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/08/23/samsung-instinct-hd-pops-up-on-best-buys-website-with-5-megapix/http://www.engadget.com/2009/08/23/samsung-instinct-hd-pops-up-on-best-buys-website-with-5-megapix/
So did you try the S30 or are you just ranting at the original?]]>Aug 23rd 2009 3:12PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/08/23/samsung-instinct-hd-pops-up-on-best-buys-website-with-5-megapix/http://www.engadget.com/2009/08/23/samsung-instinct-hd-pops-up-on-best-buys-website-with-5-megapix/
Obviously CBT is ranting about the M800, and I agree word for word (except the go with ATT part. I stayed and got a Pre)

The S30 didn't improve on anything CBT was talking about.]]>Aug 23rd 2009 3:21PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/08/23/samsung-instinct-hd-pops-up-on-best-buys-website-with-5-megapix/http://www.engadget.com/2009/08/23/samsung-instinct-hd-pops-up-on-best-buys-website-with-5-megapix/Aug 23rd 2009 3:54PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/08/23/samsung-instinct-hd-pops-up-on-best-buys-website-with-5-megapix/http://www.engadget.com/2009/08/23/samsung-instinct-hd-pops-up-on-best-buys-website-with-5-megapix/
Spare me the defense of the phone. I've lived with it for over a year. The OS is a horrible design with an even more horrible execution by Sprint. The S30 did improve on the touchscreen, but that's about it. The Instinct OS and support is still shit.]]>Aug 23rd 2009 7:23PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/08/23/samsung-instinct-hd-pops-up-on-best-buys-website-with-5-megapix/http://www.engadget.com/2009/08/23/samsung-instinct-hd-pops-up-on-best-buys-website-with-5-megapix/Aug 23rd 2009 8:10PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/08/23/samsung-instinct-hd-pops-up-on-best-buys-website-with-5-megapix/http://www.engadget.com/2009/08/23/samsung-instinct-hd-pops-up-on-best-buys-website-with-5-megapix/
I was mainly talking about the m800, but I did play with the S30 and was not impressed at all. I saw many of the exact same flaws that existed with the m800, not to mention the specs were indeed weaker than the m800. What is so hard to understand about that? The only real change between the m800 and the s30 was the more rounded look. There's an old quote that applies here to the s30 - YOU CAN'T POLISH A TURD. The m800 got worse and worse with each update... to come out with a more rounded version of the phone doesn't change anything. It's still a shitty phone. I could go on a long diatribe about all the things wrong with the Instinct, but I can simply just point you to the BuzzAboutWireless forums and you can read about them all day long.

I'm amazed that Sprint is carrying on the Instinct name. Anyone who has used the m800 or s30 should be well aware by now how awful the phone truly is. I hope to all things holy that Samsung and Sprint did the right thing here and went with a completely new OS. The Sprint Dev Team are the most clueless lazy dimwits around. Those idiots could not beta test pop corn.

Sweet Greggo knows what I am talking about. He's been an active member over at BuzzAboutWireless.]]>Aug 23rd 2009 8:48PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/08/23/samsung-instinct-hd-pops-up-on-best-buys-website-with-5-megapix/http://www.engadget.com/2009/08/23/samsung-instinct-hd-pops-up-on-best-buys-website-with-5-megapix/
Easy chief, I was asking you why it was so bad from your experiences. I don't have one since I live in the UK, didn't fancy it anyway and prefer Nokias.]]>Aug 24th 2009 4:13PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/08/23/samsung-instinct-hd-pops-up-on-best-buys-website-with-5-megapix/http://www.engadget.com/2009/08/23/samsung-instinct-hd-pops-up-on-best-buys-website-with-5-megapix/Aug 23rd 2009 12:07PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/08/23/samsung-instinct-hd-pops-up-on-best-buys-website-with-5-megapix/http://www.engadget.com/2009/08/23/samsung-instinct-hd-pops-up-on-best-buys-website-with-5-megapix/Aug 23rd 2009 2:32PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/08/23/samsung-instinct-hd-pops-up-on-best-buys-website-with-5-megapix/http://www.engadget.com/2009/08/23/samsung-instinct-hd-pops-up-on-best-buys-website-with-5-megapix/Aug 23rd 2009 12:14PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/08/23/samsung-instinct-hd-pops-up-on-best-buys-website-with-5-megapix/http://www.engadget.com/2009/08/23/samsung-instinct-hd-pops-up-on-best-buys-website-with-5-megapix/Aug 23rd 2009 12:25PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/08/23/samsung-instinct-hd-pops-up-on-best-buys-website-with-5-megapix/http://www.engadget.com/2009/08/23/samsung-instinct-hd-pops-up-on-best-buys-website-with-5-megapix/Aug 23rd 2009 12:17PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/08/23/samsung-instinct-hd-pops-up-on-best-buys-website-with-5-megapix/http://www.engadget.com/2009/08/23/samsung-instinct-hd-pops-up-on-best-buys-website-with-5-megapix/Aug 23rd 2009 12:21PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/08/23/samsung-instinct-hd-pops-up-on-best-buys-website-with-5-megapix/http://www.engadget.com/2009/08/23/samsung-instinct-hd-pops-up-on-best-buys-website-with-5-megapix/Aug 23rd 2009 12:33PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/08/23/samsung-instinct-hd-pops-up-on-best-buys-website-with-5-megapix/http://www.engadget.com/2009/08/23/samsung-instinct-hd-pops-up-on-best-buys-website-with-5-megapix/Aug 23rd 2009 12:56PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/08/23/samsung-instinct-hd-pops-up-on-best-buys-website-with-5-megapix/http://www.engadget.com/2009/08/23/samsung-instinct-hd-pops-up-on-best-buys-website-with-5-megapix/Aug 23rd 2009 1:22PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/08/23/samsung-instinct-hd-pops-up-on-best-buys-website-with-5-megapix/http://www.engadget.com/2009/08/23/samsung-instinct-hd-pops-up-on-best-buys-website-with-5-megapix/Aug 23rd 2009 3:25PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/08/23/samsung-instinct-hd-pops-up-on-best-buys-website-with-5-megapix/http://www.engadget.com/2009/08/23/samsung-instinct-hd-pops-up-on-best-buys-website-with-5-megapix/Aug 23rd 2009 12:38PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/08/23/samsung-instinct-hd-pops-up-on-best-buys-website-with-5-megapix/http://www.engadget.com/2009/08/23/samsung-instinct-hd-pops-up-on-best-buys-website-with-5-megapix/Aug 23rd 2009 1:04PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/08/23/samsung-instinct-hd-pops-up-on-best-buys-website-with-5-megapix/http://www.engadget.com/2009/08/23/samsung-instinct-hd-pops-up-on-best-buys-website-with-5-megapix/Aug 23rd 2009 1:21PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/08/23/samsung-instinct-hd-pops-up-on-best-buys-website-with-5-megapix/http://www.engadget.com/2009/08/23/samsung-instinct-hd-pops-up-on-best-buys-website-with-5-megapix/Aug 23rd 2009 2:31PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/08/23/samsung-instinct-hd-pops-up-on-best-buys-website-with-5-megapix/http://www.engadget.com/2009/08/23/samsung-instinct-hd-pops-up-on-best-buys-website-with-5-megapix/Aug 23rd 2009 3:29PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/08/23/samsung-instinct-hd-pops-up-on-best-buys-website-with-5-megapix/http://www.engadget.com/2009/08/23/samsung-instinct-hd-pops-up-on-best-buys-website-with-5-megapix/
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I like the fact that the Hero supposedly doesn't lag anymore, and apparently it gets good battery life. The thing is though, it is last-gen tech, about 40-80% slower than the iPhone or the Pre. By next spring we should start seeing Zii powered phones that are going to be faster even than these two, so the Hero becomes two generations old just months after release. I would buy the Pre, it really has an absolutely excellent OS, but it just feels too much like first generation hardware. The battery life sucks and the keyboard is too small(a keyboard has a wide aspect ratio, it should be in a landscape orientation the way god intended).

I would buy the Instinct Q in a heartbeat if it had a 600mhz or faster ARM Cortex A8. Otherwise, it suffers from the same problem as the Hero.

The Hero is, IMO, the best phone in terms of external hardware out today. It also has a UI that is easily as good as what Palm and Apple have put out. It just needs a little more oomph. ]]>Aug 23rd 2009 5:04PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/08/23/samsung-instinct-hd-pops-up-on-best-buys-website-with-5-megapix/http://www.engadget.com/2009/08/23/samsung-instinct-hd-pops-up-on-best-buys-website-with-5-megapix/Aug 27th 2009 3:45PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/08/23/samsung-instinct-hd-pops-up-on-best-buys-website-with-5-megapix/http://www.engadget.com/2009/08/23/samsung-instinct-hd-pops-up-on-best-buys-website-with-5-megapix/Aug 23rd 2009 3:52PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/08/23/samsung-instinct-hd-pops-up-on-best-buys-website-with-5-megapix/http://www.engadget.com/2009/08/23/samsung-instinct-hd-pops-up-on-best-buys-website-with-5-megapix/Aug 23rd 2009 4:14PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/08/23/samsung-instinct-hd-pops-up-on-best-buys-website-with-5-megapix/http://www.engadget.com/2009/08/23/samsung-instinct-hd-pops-up-on-best-buys-website-with-5-megapix/Aug 23rd 2009 10:20PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/08/23/samsung-instinct-hd-pops-up-on-best-buys-website-with-5-megapix/http://www.engadget.com/2009/08/23/samsung-instinct-hd-pops-up-on-best-buys-website-with-5-megapix/Aug 24th 2009 8:05AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/08/23/samsung-instinct-hd-pops-up-on-best-buys-website-with-5-megapix/http://www.engadget.com/2009/08/23/samsung-instinct-hd-pops-up-on-best-buys-website-with-5-megapix/Aug 24th 2009 3:41PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/08/23/samsung-instinct-hd-pops-up-on-best-buys-website-with-5-megapix/http://www.engadget.com/2009/08/23/samsung-instinct-hd-pops-up-on-best-buys-website-with-5-megapix/Sep 11th 2009 9:32AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/08/23/samsung-instinct-hd-pops-up-on-best-buys-website-with-5-megapix/http://www.engadget.com/2009/08/23/samsung-instinct-hd-pops-up-on-best-buys-website-with-5-megapix/Sep 25th 2009 12:18PM