The official announcement comes less than a full day since we saw the first official image of the Instinct S30 leak yesterday morning. Sprint has released an official press release confirming the release, and Samsung has already begun to show it off on the floor at CTIA. The Instinct S30, which was also known as more »

Although we have not yet received an official announcement regarding the Instinct S30, aka Instinct Mini we do have an official image along with some details. The image, which is in the typical press style has come courtesy of a Korean language Samsung website, it also means that those previously leaked images were indeed accurate. more »

The Samsung Instinct, sold exclusively on Sprint, was met with success as many Sprint customers bought the phone, and many switched to Sprint for the hot Instinct. In fact, it was the fastest selling 3G smartphone Sprint has to offer. Naturally, it makes sense that Samsung would introduce a smaller version of the Instinct, reportedly called the “Instinct Mini.”

The Instinct Mini has a rumored release date of April 19, so leaked pictures at this point in time makes sense. The above picture as well as the ones below were posted on a Sprint forum by a user asking “[has] anyone else seen this ???” Are these pictures actually the Instinct Mini? No one knows that answer for sure, but as we get close to the rumored launch date of April 19, I’m sure more information will be released.

Now, in order for the Mini to do better than the Instinct, more than just the size has to be/should be updated. If the complaints and negative aspects of the Instinct are all fixed in the Mini, then it could do fairly well. However, the economy comes into play as well, not many people these days are willing to spend unnecessary money so the Mini has to convince people to buy it.

Sprint’s popular, new smartphone, the Samsung Instinct, is going to be sold for the first time at RadioShack coming this Labor Day Weekend. You might be thinking, what’s so special about RadioShack selling the Samsung Instinct, I could go buy it at any other retailer or the Sprint store. Well, the reason is that RadioShack will be selling the Instinct for the low price of $100 for new customers.

We have recently seen a firmware update come for the Instinct that offered some notable improvements for items such as increasing the audio volume when using Bluetooth, as well as improvements to the signal and battery indicators and the web browser. With that update having been rolled out, it seems Sprint decided it was time more »

The Samsung Instinct has just been given what sounds like will be a welcomed firmware update, which is reported to include updates for some of the apps as well as the base code. Some of the updates include an increased audio volume when using Bluetooth, the ability to use saved images as wallpaper and improvements more »

With a lot of the hype currently surrounding the impending release of the iPhone 3G its almost easy to forget that there are other nice touchscreen phones already on the market. One of which is the Samsung Instinct, that was recently released with Sprint. This latest press announcement may serve more a reminder to everyone more »

Last night I had the occasion to play around with the new crop of phones put out by the industry’s big players. It always surprises me how quickly a phone can feel great or not so great in your hand vs staring at it on the screen. I was shocked at how quickly I hated one of these supposedly sexy models and how much I liked one I really didn’t think I would. Here is the run down:

HTC Touch Diamond. One word: HOT! This little phone is very sexy and after I figured out how to turn the bugger on, it was off to the races. The skin over the Windows Mobile OS is the best yet in terms of speed and functionality. I’ve played with a few of these skins and this one is rather remarkable. The screen is very responsive, and it’s tempered glass feels very high end. It even has a tilt game with feedback as your little ball hits the obstacles. Overall, I was very impressed with this diminutive phone and could easily see owning this one.

As if the $199.99 price tag on the Samsung Instinct was not enough to put up a good fight against Apple’s iPhone 3G, Sprint decided to lower down the phone’s price tag to $129.99. Unfortunately, that cheap price tag comes with several packages which would explain why can afford to offer the Instinct at such more »

Apple had better watch its back as it seems Sprint is really determined to battle it out. In a bid to compete with the iPhone 3G, Sprint has just announced that it will be making the Samsung Instinct available for $199.99 along with a contract and after rebates. That’s the same price that AT&T is offering the iPhone 3G to its customers.

Sprint had originally announced that the full retail price of the Instinct would be around $449.99. However, Sprint modified its Instinct package a bit by offering a $150 instant rebate under a new two-year contract. To lower the retail price further, Sprint will also be deducting a $100 mail-in rebate for the mobile phone. That sums up the rebates to around $250. Deducting it from the announced market price of the instinct would total to a $199.99 introductory price for the phone.