Sprint shows off iPhone lookalike

Sprint is the BOMB! They have the best phones and the best network. That is
really fast data especially if you use the phone as a modem.

Jar-Jar

"Dutch" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
> "Sprint Nextel showed off a new iPhone look-alike from Samsung on
> Tuesday at the CTIA conference in Las Vegas that the operator says
> allows much faster data access then the Apple phone."
>
> "The Instinct, co-developed by Sprint and Samsung, looks similar to the
> iPhone, including a touch screen. Unlike the iPhone, however, it
> includes GPS (Global Positioning System) and runs on Sprint¢s high-speed
> EV-DO (Evolution-Data Optimized) Revision A network. Sprint¢s network
> offers an average data download rate as high as 1.4Mbps. By contrast,
> EDGE (Enhanced Data Rates for GSM Evolution), which the iPhone operates
> on via AT&T¢s network, usually offers less than 200k bps throughput."
>
> [more]
> http://www.macworld.com/article/1327...ne_sprint.html
>
> --
> Dutch

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"Jar-Jar Binks" <[email protected]> wrote in
news:[email protected]:

> Sprint is the BOMB! They have the best phones and the best network.
> That is really fast data especially if you use the phone as a modem.
>
>

Patience, my son, patience!
http://xohm.com/
The biggest OPEN SOURCE cellphone company on the planet comes to the
rescue....from far North in Finland....

WiMax WILL happen, even in Sellphone-controlled America....

Amen bro! WiMax will rule!

"Larry" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
> "Jar-Jar Binks" <[email protected]> wrote in
> news:[email protected]:
>
>> Sprint is the BOMB! They have the best phones and the best network.
>> That is really fast data especially if you use the phone as a modem.
>>
>>
>
> Patience, my son, patience!
> http://xohm.com/
> The biggest OPEN SOURCE cellphone company on the planet comes to the
> rescue....from far North in Finland....
>
> WiMax WILL happen, even in Sellphone-controlled America....
>
>
>

On Tue, 1 Apr 2008 20:19:44 -0700, "Jar-Jar Binks" <[email protected]>
wrote:

>Sprint is the BOMB! They have the best phones and the best network. That is
>really fast data especially if you use the phone as a modem.
>
>Jar-Jar
>
>"Dutch" <[email protected]> wrote in message
>news:[email protected]...
>> "Sprint Nextel showed off a new iPhone look-alike from Samsung on
>> Tuesday at the CTIA conference in Las Vegas that the operator says
>> allows much faster data access then the Apple phone."
>>
>> "The Instinct, co-developed by Sprint and Samsung, looks similar to the
>> iPhone, including a touch screen. Unlike the iPhone, however, it
>> includes GPS (Global Positioning System) and runs on Sprint¢s high-speed
>> EV-DO (Evolution-Data Optimized) Revision A network. Sprint¢s network
>> offers an average data download rate as high as 1.4Mbps. By contrast,
>> EDGE (Enhanced Data Rates for GSM Evolution), which the iPhone operates
>> on via AT&T¢s network, usually offers less than 200k bps throughput."
>>
>> [more]
>> http://www.macworld.com/article/1327...ne_sprint.html
>>
>> --
>> Dutch
>


Look-alike? Wouldn't it be nice if it also had the same performance
and specifications; and wasn't stuck using the Spint 1900 MHz Network
with more Network dead zones, and poor building penetration; not to
mention the abysmal SprintPCS customer Service that creates the
highest churn, both of Customers and CSRs.

No wonder they keep firing their CEOs. The only thing Sprint does well
is run Nextel into the ground.

The Everything for $100 model that Sprint is pushing now won't fly
with 90% of America that needs a family plan. Most folks can't afford
$350 +/month for their 4 family members; and with the current Bush
recession, many folks are learning to do without cell phones again.

Ron <[email protected]> amazed us all with the following in
news:[email protected]:

> On Tue, 1 Apr 2008 20:19:44 -0700, "Jar-Jar Binks" <[email protected]>
> wrote:
>
>>Sprint is the BOMB! They have the best phones and the best network.
>>That is really fast data especially if you use the phone as a modem.
>>
>>Jar-Jar
>>
>>"Dutch" <[email protected]> wrote in message
>>news:[email protected]...
>>> "Sprint Nextel showed off a new iPhone look-alike from Samsung on
>>> Tuesday at the CTIA conference in Las Vegas that the operator says
>>> allows much faster data access then the Apple phone."
>>>
>>> "The Instinct, co-developed by Sprint and Samsung, looks similar to
>>> the iPhone, including a touch screen. Unlike the iPhone, however, it
>>> includes GPS (Global Positioning System) and runs on Sprint¢s
>>> high-speed EV-DO (Evolution-Data Optimized) Revision A network.
>>> Sprint¢s network offers an average data download rate as high as
>>> 1.4Mbps. By contrast, EDGE (Enhanced Data Rates for GSM Evolution),
>>> which the iPhone operates on via AT&T¢s network, usually offers less
>>> than 200k bps throughput."
>>>
>>> [more]
>>> http://www.macworld.com/article/1327...ne_sprint.html
>>>
>>> --
>>> Dutch
>>
>
>
> Look-alike? Wouldn't it be nice if it also had the same performance
> and specifications; and wasn't stuck using the Spint 1900 MHz Network
> with more Network dead zones, and poor building penetration; not to
> mention the abysmal SprintPCS customer Service that creates the
> highest churn, both of Customers and CSRs.
>
> No wonder they keep firing their CEOs. The only thing Sprint does well
> is run Nextel into the ground.
>
> The Everything for $100 model that Sprint is pushing now won't fly
> with 90% of America that needs a family plan. Most folks can't afford
> $350 +/month for their 4 family members; and with the current Bush
> recession, many folks are learning to do without cell phones again.
>

Poor little troll- so mouthy yet so uneducated. I see nothing's changed
excpet that you are now a blatent liar.

The $100 plan is simply the tip of the iceberg and the most expensive of
the Simply Everything plans.

BTW- I don't see unlimited family plans being offered by anyone else.

On Wed, 02 Apr 2008 18:40:09 -0500, The Bob <[email protected]> wrote:

>Ron <[email protected]> amazed us all with the following in
>news:[email protected]:
>
>> On Tue, 1 Apr 2008 20:19:44 -0700, "Jar-Jar Binks" <[email protected]>
>> wrote:
>>
>>>Sprint is the BOMB! They have the best phones and the best network.
>>>That is really fast data especially if you use the phone as a modem.
>>>
>>>Jar-Jar
>>>
>>>"Dutch" <[email protected]> wrote in message
>>>news:[email protected]...
>>>> "Sprint Nextel showed off a new iPhone look-alike from Samsung on
>>>> Tuesday at the CTIA conference in Las Vegas that the operator says
>>>> allows much faster data access then the Apple phone."
>>>>
>>>> "The Instinct, co-developed by Sprint and Samsung, looks similar to
>>>> the iPhone, including a touch screen. Unlike the iPhone, however, it
>>>> includes GPS (Global Positioning System) and runs on Sprint¢s
>>>> high-speed EV-DO (Evolution-Data Optimized) Revision A network.
>>>> Sprint¢s network offers an average data download rate as high as
>>>> 1.4Mbps. By contrast, EDGE (Enhanced Data Rates for GSM Evolution),
>>>> which the iPhone operates on via AT&T¢s network, usually offers less
>>>> than 200k bps throughput."
>>>>
>>>> [more]
>>>> http://www.macworld.com/article/1327...ne_sprint.html
>>>>
>>>> --
>>>> Dutch
>>>
>>
>>
>> Look-alike? Wouldn't it be nice if it also had the same performance
>> and specifications; and wasn't stuck using the Spint 1900 MHz Network
>> with more Network dead zones, and poor building penetration; not to
>> mention the abysmal SprintPCS customer Service that creates the
>> highest churn, both of Customers and CSRs.
>>

The lame look-alike also lacks WiFi and has a smaller screen.

>> No wonder they keep firing their CEOs. The only thing Sprint does well
>> is run Nextel into the ground.
>>
>> The Everything for $100 model that Sprint is pushing now won't fly
>> with 90% of America that needs a family plan. Most folks can't afford
>> $350 +/month for their 4 family members; and with the current Bush
>> recession, many folks are learning to do without cell phones again.
>>
>
>Poor little troll- so mouthy yet so uneducated. I see nothing's changed
>excpet that you are now a blatent liar.
>
>The $100 plan is simply the tip of the iceberg and the most expensive of
>the Simply Everything plans.
>
>BTW- I don't see unlimited family plans being offered by anyone else.

Exactly why Sprint should consider one. They need to do something
before they have to put themselves up for sale.

"Ron" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
>>BTW- I don't see unlimited family plans being offered by anyone else.
>
> Exactly why Sprint should consider one.

How in God's name could you administer an unlimited family plan? The
possibility of fraud (account splitting by non-"families") would be huge.
The only reason family plans "work" for cell carriers now is because each
user is sharing the same pool of minutes with the other users. I wouldn't
share my 1000 minute family plan with, say, a couple of buddies, because the
possibility of overages is too great- with unlimited that goes away-
suddenly co-workers, frat buddies, neighbors, etc. would be "families."

> They need to do something
> before they have to put themselves up for sale.

Give Hesse some time- I suspect he'll get Sprint back on course given a
little time and patience. Sprint hasn't hit the iceberg yet.

"Todd Allcock" <[email protected]> wrote in
news:[email protected]:

> How in God's name could you administer an unlimited family plan? The
> possibility of fraud (account splitting by non-"families") would be
> huge. The only reason family plans "work" for cell carriers now is
> because each user is sharing the same pool of minutes with the other
> users. I wouldn't share my 1000 minute family plan with, say, a
> couple of buddies, because the possibility of overages is too great-
> with unlimited that goes away- suddenly co-workers, frat buddies,
> neighbors, etc. would be "families."
>
>

The idea of a sellphone "commune" has always intrigued me. We get a group
of friends together...say 500. We make a deal with the sellphone ****heads
for a 500-phone unlimited nationwide business plan, with all the toys and
data, which everyone with any brains KNOWS is much cheaper than 500
individual user accounts cost....then, go get our phones and pay ONE bill
to the sellphone ****heads!

Whatever the costs, we simply divide by 500 using some really heavy
hardware/software and there's your monthly bill.

I bet a corp with a 500 unit sellphone account even gets them to work in
Europe!

A commune corp costs us $500 in Delaware, where all the crap corps go.

If we have trouble, a 500 unit account speaks with a LOT more noise than a
1 or 2 unit account in a churning environment. They treat IBM differently
than us.

I bet the XYZ Corporation with 500 units DOESN'T get nasty letters *****ing
at them for using too much data, don't you think?

On Apr 1, 11:19 pm, "Jar-Jar Binks" <[email protected]> wrote:
> Sprint is the BOMB! They have the best phones and the best network. That is
> really fast data especially if you use the phone as a modem.
>
Gizmodo Guy: iPhone Clone Innovation is 'Positively Listles'
Today, April 03, 2008, 19 hours ago
Despite next-gen networks and haptics tech continuing to break on
through to the realistic side, the year's big cellphone trade show
disappointed Gizmodo's man on the floor because, well, the iPhone's
still just too good.

http://digg.com/apple/Gizmodo_Guy_iP...tively_Listles

On Thu, 3 Apr 2008 08:31:42 -0600, "Todd Allcock"
<[email protected]> wrote:

>
>"Ron" <[email protected]> wrote in message
>news:[email protected]...
>>>BTW- I don't see unlimited family plans being offered by anyone else.
>>
>> Exactly why Sprint should consider one.
>
>How in God's name could you administer an unlimited family plan? The
>possibility of fraud (account splitting by non-"families") would be huge.
>The only reason family plans "work" for cell carriers now is because each
>user is sharing the same pool of minutes with the other users. I wouldn't
>share my 1000 minute family plan with, say, a couple of buddies, because the
>possibility of overages is too great- with unlimited that goes away-
>suddenly co-workers, frat buddies, neighbors, etc. would be "families."
>
>> They need to do something
>> before they have to put themselves up for sale.
>
>Give Hesse some time- I suspect he'll get Sprint back on course given a
>little time and patience. Sprint hasn't hit the iceberg yet.


It most certainly has. The Iceberg even has a name. Nextel.

>
>
>
>

On Thu, 03 Apr 2008 20:58:02 +0000, Larry <[email protected]> wrote:

>"Todd Allcock" <[email protected]> wrote in
>news:[email protected]:
>
>> How in God's name could you administer an unlimited family plan? The
>> possibility of fraud (account splitting by non-"families") would be
>> huge. The only reason family plans "work" for cell carriers now is
>> because each user is sharing the same pool of minutes with the other
>> users. I wouldn't share my 1000 minute family plan with, say, a
>> couple of buddies, because the possibility of overages is too great-
>> with unlimited that goes away- suddenly co-workers, frat buddies,
>> neighbors, etc. would be "families."
>>
>>
>
>The idea of a sellphone "commune" has always intrigued me. We get a group
>of friends together...say 500. We make a deal with the sellphone ****heads
>for a 500-phone unlimited nationwide business plan, with all the toys and
>data, which everyone with any brains KNOWS is much cheaper than 500
>individual user accounts cost....then, go get our phones and pay ONE bill
>to the sellphone ****heads!
>
>Whatever the costs, we simply divide by 500 using some really heavy
>hardware/software and there's your monthly bill.
>
>I bet a corp with a 500 unit sellphone account even gets them to work in
>Europe!
>
>A commune corp costs us $500 in Delaware, where all the crap corps go.
>
>If we have trouble, a 500 unit account speaks with a LOT more noise than a
>1 or 2 unit account in a churning environment. They treat IBM differently
>than us.
>
>I bet the XYZ Corporation with 500 units DOESN'T get nasty letters *****ing
>at them for using too much data, don't you think?


AT&T Mobile will even (for free) install equipment so their signal
will work anywhere in your office building, if you are a big business
account.

On Thu, 3 Apr 2008 16:39:23 -0700 (PDT), 4phun <[email protected]>
wrote:

>On Apr 1, 11:19 pm, "Jar-Jar Binks" <[email protected]> wrote:
>> Sprint is the BOMB! They have the best phones and the best network. That is
>> really fast data especially if you use the phone as a modem.
>>
>Gizmodo Guy: iPhone Clone Innovation is 'Positively Listles'
>Today, April 03, 2008, 19 hours ago
>Despite next-gen networks and haptics tech continuing to break on
>through to the realistic side, the year's big cellphone trade show
>disappointed Gizmodo's man on the floor because, well, the iPhone's
>still just too good.
>
>http://digg.com/apple/Gizmodo_Guy_iP...tively_Listles


The imatator can only get up to 8 Gig (if you separately buy a Flash
Ram card), and it has no WiFi. There are many places in the United
States where WiFi is free and easy to find, but Sprint Wirelss
Broadband doesnt exist yet.