AU: This phone is not available in Australia. -EH
It’s also got Opera MIni 9.7 off the bat, a capable, though not phenomenal browser, along with (crappy) apps for Facebook and Twitter, besides the usual Sprint stock: Navigation, Live TV, etc. Overall, the experience feels clunky and, far too often, frustratingly laggy.
Why anyone would buy this $US250 (or $US200 at Best Buy) faux-smartphone over the much cheaper, more elegant and just plain better Palm Pre or HTC Hero—which are real and excellent smartphones on Sprint—I don’t know. The welcome addition 720p video isn’t worth it, even if it is pretty decent vs. the Flip Ultra HD:
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goygacon
Monday, September 28, 2009 at 11:14 AMYou should take a page from of mobile tech, and learn to do a real review….
Who hired this guy????
Makes me wonder how Spectacular your review of the origional Instinct went, or were you one who used iphone more than Instinct in that review too?
Just lazy man…..
goygacon
Monday, September 28, 2009 at 11:25 AMYou may be new to taking videos, sorry for being captain obvious but…you let the scene play out, while you stay still.
You’ve done engadget no justice today…you should pull this piece and do a better job…
This time try to focus on This phone…you have three paragraphs in which you boast other phones.
While calling this phone a nice video shooter, better hardware, and crap all at the same time…
Are you new at this job?