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Sprint: Follow This Instinct

Response to FFEENEY's question re: contact search

The only way I know of searching a contact on the Instinct is to scroll through your list using the half-circle scroller on the side of the screen. This maybe tough or tricky. And I think this is one of Instinct's weak spot. Let's see if they fix it on the rumored 09-17-2008 update.

Suggestions:

- use speed dial to add contacts that you use most often (shorter listing to navigate through)

- use a computer to access Sprint Mobile Sync for a quick and easy search. The Sync works. I haven't had a problem using it. Once I've entered all my contact, my Instinct became my perfect tool: sending picturemail, videomail, voicemail, & email is seamless; mapping out contact addresses (Navigation) is flawless; and before I go to school or work, updated traffic report is only a few clicks away--to Navigation and to my school/work address.

PS: I mentioned sending "voicemail" above. That's true you can send one through the Instinct's visual voicemail app. Just click on the "+" on the left of the "voicemail" label, and you can choose to send one to any cell# & email address. Check out New York Times article dated August 2, 2008, "Don’t Want to Talk About It? Order a Missed Call." Excelent article about the uses of sending voice mail.

Good luck.

Sprint: Follow This Instinct

I agree with your comment about Sprint’s Everything plan and their slick commercials. Both of these factors were the reasons I upgraded from a Samsung VGA100 (SPHa620) to the new Instinct. I love everything about the Instinct. Sprint did fine promoting its useful features, but to compare it to iphone--it’s just not an-apple-to-apple comparison. Nevertheless, I upgraded to the new Instinct and the 450-minute Everything plan.

The price of $69 + 450 mins + unlimited multimedia = savings. More savings if you have a corporate discount. Mine is a bargain @23%. That’s 54/mo.

The Instinct’s slim silhouette, sleek profile, sexy black fits my pocket well.

The Phone works. I love the big & bright dialer with a nice contrast, the speaker phone, contact access during a call, contact touch or voice commands for quick dialing, call history info layout, and clear call sound.

I use Word to type all my school notes. Then I simply upload my files to Google Documents. Now I have access to all my notes anywhere/anytime just by going to iGoogle/Google Docs and retrieving my Word files. My notes and tables look sharp on the Instinct. No need to carry USB/memory cards anymore.

Email is fun. I like sending out picture mail & video mail with voice clips—no need to type. Hit send! My Comcast, Gmail, and AOL emails are fetched with no fuss.

The video format accepted by the Instinct is limited so I just play my favorite adult-oriented dvds and just use my phone’s videocam to shoot important segments. Works well for me. No need to fuss around with video format converters.

Visual voice mail is great. Click voicemail and out comes a list with names, phone numbers, time, length. Imagine fast forwarding a lengthy voicemail!

Navigation is timely, accurate, precise, updated to the nanosecond and a powerful app. Specially even more powerful if coupled with the Live Search, contacts, keyword search, and Telenav’s website. I sync all my addresses and contacts from my pc to Instinct. Navigation has been fixed now such that an address in my contacts that meets Navigation typing protocols can now be easily mapped out and directions provided with a click of an icon. TeleNav’s traffic report is superlative. It’s nice that I can sync all my addresses to my phone so that before driving, I just click on to my destination’s address for a timely traffic report and 3D map, and if I choose to, a turn-by-turn voice-guided mapping.

By the way, I find it more effective typing in what I’m searching for in the KEYWORD BOX under Navigation’s Search compared to speaking to Live Search. Don’t do any other maps anymore. Instinct + teleNav = 0 yellow page and white page book searches + 0 411 calls + 0 paper/web maps.

Sprint weather is super. And Sprint weather with Doppler radar!!! That’s mighty super. Specially if you live in South Florida (I live in Fort Lauderdale). And automatic timely updates from the National Weather Service and National Hurricane Center—really helpful!!!! I don’t go to any other weather service anymore except Sprint TV’s the Weather Channel.

Mp3 player is fine. I don’t drool over album covers—I just listen. I have my 8GB Sandisk MicroSDHC loaded with Tiesto for cardio, as well as Pink Floyd for strength training, and Dr. Jeffrey Thompson’s for relaxation . So the Instinct is now my one-and-all tool to go. My 80GB Zune is now collecting dust. And my XM Pioneer Inno is now just sitting pretty at home, playing my favorite channels 77, 82, 84. I also have an XM player in my car. I’m hoping eventually Instinct will have XM satellite radio service. Dream on! By the way, Can’t wait to get my pre-ordered Motorola S9-Hd Bluetooth headphones.


Web browsing is fine too. As long as I’m able to browse my favorite news and adult websites—I’m happy. Instinct’s browser may falter at times, but at least I have other app choices like tv & radio to go to. My favorite goto is Phonefavs.com. And my favorite tv channels are Comedy Central, Cartoon Network, Discovery, Blast by Fox. And of course, mobile tv news and all the other great channels.
All in all, the Instinct is wonderful. If I come across a problem, there’s always a workaround. I haven’t called Customer Support lately for anything; only in the beginning (July 08).