'Samsung Instinct'

Samsung bringing Instinct to Canada

By: |Jul 6th, 2008 at 12:38PM
Filed Under: EV-DO, Samsung
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Sure, this thing will no doubt come with exorbitant data fees, but if you can stomach the monthly bill, Samsung’s decision to sell the Instinct to our friends up North could be a pretty attractive proposition. The company has announced that they will begin offering the Instinct in conjunction with Bell Canada, beginning August 8th. As a quick refresher, the Instinct sports a full touchscreen, EV-DO Rev. A, GPS, a full HTML browser, and much more, an in a relatively attractive little package. Sure, it...

Drop your new Samsung Instinct into a YouTube video, win $20

By: |Jun 24th, 2008 at 02:29PM
Filed Under: EV-DO, Handsets, Samsung, Sprint
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In a move that smacks of desperation marketing genius, Sprint has quietly launched a new Samsung Instinct competition. The rules are simple: record a video of you and/or your friends getting crazy with your new Samsung Instinct, upload it to YouTube, and enter it into the contest. Sprint will debit $20 to the first 1,000 entrants. End of story. The producer of the winning video will receive the $10,000 grand prize. Nice. The contest is set to go live on the 30th of June, so you have a couple of days to practi...

Sprint’s Samsung Instinct is $129, on sale now

By: |Jun 20th, 2008 at 01:28AM
Filed Under: EV-DO, Handsets, Samsung, Sprint
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Yeah, you read that one correctly. The Grocery Outlet of the cellular world, Sprint, has finally come out with the Samsung Instinct at the low price of $129 on a 2-year contract after a $100 mail in rebate. This is $70 less than the initial price of $199, which was announced only a little over a week ago. iPhone 3G ripple effect, anyone? Regardless of the reason, this is certainly good news for consumers hoping to grab a touchscreen device compatible with Sprint’s network. We’ll refrain from passi...

New Sprint plans coming next week

By: |Jun 11th, 2008 at 06:23AM
Filed Under: EV-DO, News, Sprint
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Just in time for the arrival of the Samsung Instinct, Sprint is preparing to unleash a new set of plans on an unsuspecting public. Starting June 15th, the carrier will be making a number of significant changes. The full rundown is detailed below, but expect new single-user lines starting at $39 for 450 minutes, no more free incoming plans, and the end of separate pricing structures for Sprint and Nextel handsets. The ever-exploitable SERO plan remains ripe for the picking, but will sadly not be compatible w...