Im going to get a phone from sprint
im thinking of a texting phone
digital camera, or whatever other features.
what phone should i get?
pros and cons please.
robert g thank you for the information on the phone, its very detailed and helps a lot :)
Ruehl, RG
Favorite Answer
The Instinct.
Visual Voice Mail – I’ve always hated skipping through message after message to get to the one I wanted to listen to. Visual voice mail lets me see my messages just like emails, rewind and fast-forward messages just by sliding my finger on the screen, and deleting messages that I know I don’t need to listen to quickly and easily.
GPS Navigation – The Instinct has great GPS navigation capabilities. 2-D and 3-D views are available, voice navigation (which includes announcing street names), directions, etc.
Nice Form Factor – The Instinct fits into my hands much better than the PPC-6700 I had before and is really light…yet feels solid. I suspect those with a Motorola Q or similar models won’t notice that much of a difference, but coming from a “brick” it’s really nice.
Great Touch Screen – The touch screen on the Instinct is really, really nice. It’s much better than I was expecting and provides “haptic” feedback. Basically you get a little vibration each time you click something successfully on the screen. Very nice!
Fast Download Speeds – From what I’ve heard, Sprint’s EV-DO Rev A network hasn’t officially been turned on yet (last I heard that would happen in July sometime) but the download speeds have been really good. Good enough that I can stream music or TV from home using Orb quite easily (if you’re going to use Orb with Instinct check out this post).
POP/IMAP Email Access – Some of the early reviews I saw said that you could only integrate with Web-based email accounts like Hotmail or GMail. That’s not true at all. I’m able to successfully access POP or IMAP email accounts easily and get nice notifications when an email arrives.
Speech to Action – Need to find a gas station or restaurant that’s close to where you are? Want to call or text someone? The Instinct has integrated “speech to action” features that integrate with Live Search, the phone, text messaging, etc. Say the business name you want and instantly get access to directions, maps, etc. (assuming it can find the place of course). The voice recognition doesn’t require training and has worked well for me so far. It can be trained for additional accuracy too through the settings dialog.
Traffic – I carpool to downtown Phoenix now so I’m not as worried about traffic as I used to be, but the Instinct’s GPS features also allow traffic information to be viewed including accidents, average freeway speeds, etc. Haven’t used that feature a ton but did try it out twice and it seemed fairly accurate.
Fast Access to News/Sports/Weather – The Instinct provides nice news and weather viewers to get information about all kinds of things. Radar maps are also available for the weather.
Solid Bluetooth Support – My PPC-6700 had Bluetooth support but I had to turn it off and on each time I got in my truck so that it would properly sync. The Instinct’s Bluetooth support is much, much better. It syncs perfectly every time with my system and can also be used with stereo Bluetooth headphones (which I don’t have…so I don’t know how well that feature works).
TV/Radio - I don’t watch TV much, but the Instinct makes it easy to watch a wide variety of TV shows on the device and provides many radio stations as well. The quality of the streamed music has been great even while driving. I listened to a station while driving for about 30 minutes last night with only a few hiccups. As mentioned earlier, I use Orb to stream TV or music from my home PC to my Instinct as well…I highly recommend Orb. All of this should get even better once the EV-DO Rev A network hits the airwaves.
Java Based – Because the Instinct uses Java behind the scenes a lot of custom apps and games can be run on it. There are precious few applications out there right now for the Instinct (although I have found some games that work fine). Sprint is running a developer contest so I suspect we’ll see a flood of apps coming out soon. I’m a Microsoft .NET developer but since there are a ton of mobile Java applications out there I’m guessing many will be ported to the Instinct. Time to brush up on my Java some.
SD Card – Music and other items can be stored on an SD card (up to 8gig).
Battery Life – For people that don’t have Windows Mobile phones this probably won’t be a big deal. My PPC-6700 had horrible battery life though so it’s nice to have a phone that lasts a long time even when watching TV or streaming music.
Here’s what I don’t love about the phone:
Internet Browser – The Internet browser built-into the Instinct works fine for many sites and provides a way to zoom in and out and easily scroll down to different parts of a site. However, it’s nothing compared to the Opera Mini browser. Unfortunately, the Opera Mini browser doesn’t currently work on the Instinct. I suspect it will in the future given all of the interest in the device but we’ll have to wait and see. The built-in browser can only be viewed in landscape mode which i
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They should be banned from schools because it only causes distractions to the student, peers, and teachers. Although some might claim that cellphones are for emergency use only, it is still not a logical explanation to keep the phone on during a class. If it is an emergency, ones parents should contact the school first. Also, if one has an appointment to uphold (such as a dental or doctor), then ones parents should again contact the school and schedule a release time for their child to leave school. Cellphones should also be banned because it shows no respect for the teacher. If a teacher takes time out of their day to teach a student, the very least a student could do to show their appreciation would be to pay attention and cancel out all distraction. Cellphones cause students not to pay attention. In relation to the previous statement, it could also be the cause of ones overall class score to be lower than it could be. Since it is often difficult to pay attention while doing something else completely unrelated (such as text messaging on the cellphone), it is difficult for the brain to absorb the information the ears are receiving. Cellphones are convenient, but the use of it should be kept to outside of the class room where they will not distract students, distract others, and disrespect the teacher. For the record, I'm a 10th grade student. :]
knifeparty
I got LG KS360. It's perfect and cheap! Well, compared to the other cellphones then. It costs 250 euros. It opens and slides, with a little key board, and it's really cute! The other cellphones that have keyboards tend to be expensive, so this one is pretty cheap. You can have internet and it has bluetooth and the ear phones come with it.
Mist
Get the HTC Mogul. That phone is dope. And for txt is the best full keypad. I have it and love it. Plus if you get the internet pack even better it has the fastest internet rav a. Wow. Plus u can use Excel, Word, Powerpoint, PDF. Its the best GPS, 2 MP camera video, html sites, it has it all. the best phone ever.
sccrstar807
from sprint, get the rumor. blue or green. its so cute! and its a great texting phone because it has a full keyboard and its a slider. there arent really any bad things about it except the keys are alittle small so not good for big hands but i really would suggest this phone!