Samsung’s Instinct will be doing actual as iPhone stuff. Sprint announced that it has licensed Klausner’s Visual Voicemail (yes, Visual Voicemail) for use in the familiar looking device, adding weight to the argument that this is the carrier’s official play for the iPhone market.
Sprint’s about to start hyping it with the biggest marketing push in its history — it’s going to drop some $100M on this lil’ guy. Of course, there’s no escaping the comparison to a certain other touchscreen candybar phone, and Sprint’s not backing down from a fight — it’s just being willfully obtuse, saying that while the Instinct wasn’t developed in response to the iPhone, the company recognized that it needed “a product from a usability standpoint that can compete.” Um, sure. Samsung and Sprint worked together to simplify the UI, which features a reconfigurable home screen, music, and TV features, but we’re going to hold off judgment until we get a look at the browser in person a little later. The break is over with one shot
[…] been getting pretty creative with cell cameras lately — the Instinct lets you pan around web pages by tracking movement with the camera, for example — but the […]