[Cialug] the other cool new phone

[Tim Wilson]

I was in Best Buy the other day, and got to talking to one of the mobile
guys.  He said he liked the iPhone better (surprising, considering they
can't sell it).  He said they have a live demo of the Instinct, and it feels
more clunky than the iPhone.  The interface on the iPhone is more intuitive
than the Instinct.

Regarding 3G, it appears to be a hidden fact that Iowa doesn't have it yet.
That really is bad business.  Talk about a good way to piss off your loyal
customers.  Until Iowa has 3G, it doesn't make a lot of sense for iPhone
owners to upgrade to the new iPhone.  The software updates will be applied
to the older iPhone too, so you'll get a lot of the same functionality.

On Fri, Jul 11, 2008 at 1:19 PM, Tom Pohl <tom at tcpconsulting.com> wrote:

> We stopped by Radio Shack's sprint kiosk 2 days ago and they were told that
> all of Radio Shack nationally only got 700 of those phones and Sprint
> corporate here in DSM was out too.
>
> -Tom
>
>
>
> On Jul 11, 2008, at 12:29 PM, Kenneth Younger wrote:
>
>  Does it have WIFI? I heard no...
>>
>> On Fri, Jul 11, 2008 at 12:23 PM, Bill Davis <bill.davis at gmail.com>
>> wrote:
>>
>>> Nope.  AT&T doesn't have 3G coverage in Iowa yet.   I read somewhere
>>> recently that they're planning to spend $35M in Iowa this year to upgrade
>>> their infrastructure, though.  Hopefully that means 3G.
>>>
>>> - Bill
>>>
>>>
>>> On 7/11/08, Dave J. Hala Jr. <dave at 58ghz.net> wrote:
>>>
>>>>
>>>> I saw an add on CNN for a new 3G Iphone today.  Sounds like you're about
>>>> to get it... (3G)
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> n Fri, 2008-07-11 at 12:10 -0500, Matthew Nuzum wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> Anyone had a hands on with the Samsung Instinct? It looks like it is
>>>>> cheaper up front, cheaper per month, more full featured and unlike the
>>>>> iPhone/ATT, we actually have 3G service here in central Iowa with
>>>>> Sprint.
>>>>>
>>>>> What drew my attention to it initially was that Sun and Sprint are
>>>>> having a java developer contest to write software for the Instinct.
>>>>> I'm intrigued by companies who make it easy to hack on their stuff.
>>>>> http://developer.sprint.com/instinct/ (supposedly the details for the
>>>>> contest are available July 16th... for now we know only Java and $25k
>>>>> in prizes)
>>>>>
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