Sprint today unveiled the Samsung Instinct, a touch screen device with access Sprint's EV-DO Rev. A Mobile Broadband Network. 
The Samsung Instinct offers a high-tech look with large, vibrant touch screen featuring localized tactile feedback, called haptics, which allow the virtual QWERTY keypad and other operations to become a sensory experience. The Instinct also offers a Voice to Action button providing many functions using voice activation including call, text, picture messaging, traffic, movie, sports, news and search.
Using Sprint's EV-DO Rev. A broadband network, the Instinct can quickly browse the Web, access business or personal email, share pictures, listen to commercial-free radio and more. Peak download data rates increase to 3.1 Mbps and peak upload data rates to 1.8 Mbps; average download speeds improve to 600 kbps to 1.4 Mbps and average uplink speeds increase to 350 - 500 kpbs. Access to other services and multimedia content include:
- Sprint Navigation, powered by Telenav, with GPS-enabled audio and visual turn-by-turn driving directions, one-click traffic rerouting and more than 10 million local listings
- Live Search for Sprint, powered by Microsoft, provides easy access to directory information on-the-go, GPS-enabled directions, interactive maps and one-touch click to call access
- Sprint TV with an extensive selection of live and on-demand programming
- Sprint Exclusive Entertainment (SEE), the industry's only made-for-mobile sports and entertainment video programming network
- Sprint Music Store allowing users to browse and wirelessly download full-length songs directly to their phone for just 99 cents each
- Pocket Express with up-to-date information on sports, weather, news, movie showtimes and other options customized to users' zip code
The Instinct offers three dedicated keys on the lower portion to make operation straightforward - phone, back and home. The phone key always takes users back to essential voice calling and features including speed dial, visual voicemail, contacts and the dial pad. The back key is a consistent way to take a step back in the operation. The home key provides access to the four menus of functionality:
- Favorites provides access to the things done most
- Main includes applications such as Messaging, Voicemail, GPS Navigation and more
- Fun takes you to Music, TV, photos, games and more
- Web provides a fast, real Internet experience and all things Web-related including weather and news
The Instinct boasts features including Visual Voicemail to let isten to messages in their order of preference and manage them with a tap of the screen. It also provides support for corporate and consumer (POP3) email, multitasking capabilities play music in background mode while surfing the Internet, texting or playing games, a 2.0-megapixel camera with camcorder and expandable microSD memory of up to 8 GB. Additional features include advanced stereo Bluetooth 2.0, integrated world clock, SMS voice and text messaging with threaded text, Phone as Modem, picture caller ID and Sprint Mobile Sync.
Contents include a 2 GB microSD card that holds approximately 2,000 songs from the Sprint Music Store, two standard 1,000 mAmp batteries offering up to 5.75 hours of continuous talk time each, battery charging sleeve, travel charger, USB cable, 3.5mm headphones with built-in microphone, and leather case with stylus.
