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If you bought a Palm PRE at full price just a few days ago, or even for $99.99 from Amazon, you should be kicking yourself right now. Letstalk.com now offers the WebOS phone for an ultra low $79.99 after a 2-year contract signing. Crazy? Perhaps, but this seems to be a good indicator that the PRE…

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Just when I thought Sprint had begun to get their shit together, they go and officially introduce the Samsung Instinct HD.  This isn’t the first time we’ve heard about this device, but up until now we could only go on rumor and speculation when it came to specs.

Within Sprint’s official announcement, they’ve stated, and I quote that the Samsung Instinct HD “allows photo and video playback on an HD capable auxiliary device but it does not provide HD playback directly on the handset.”  Damn, talk about taking the wind out of your own sail.  Of course, this is more Samsung’s doing than Sprint, but that should mean a more affordable price tag, right?  Wrong, you’ll be dropping $250 after a 2-year contact signing.

At least this version includes a 5 megapixel camera that can record HD video, and Samsung has also been kind enough to toss in Stereo Bluetooth, an accelerometer, visual voicemail, a full Opera Mobile 9.7 Web browser and WiFi connectivity.

Expect the Samsung Instinct HD to arrive on 9/27 at a Best Buy store near you.

[via PhoneDig]

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It looks like Sprint’s “wireless revolution” comes in the form of a new “Any Mobile, Anytime” plan. The new plan does exactly what it sounds like, allowing customers unlimited mobile-to-mobile calling from the Sprint network to any other phone on any U.S. wireless carrier.

The best value is the $69.99 Everything Data plan which includes “Any Mobile, Anytime”, unlimited text/picture/video messaging…

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It might lack all the robust specs that the PRE has to offer, but Palm’s Pixi is being touted as the thinnest phone to date from the handset manufacturer.

And like the PRE, it uses the same webOS, includes an always exposed QWERTY keyboard and inductive charging via the Palm Touchstone.  The back of the device is finished in rubber, or if you so chose you can opt for one of their artist series back covers.

Other features include a 2 megapixel camera, 2.63-inch LCD, GPS, Bluetooth 2.1 +EDR, 8GB of storage, Qualcomm’s MSM7627 chipset, proximity sensor, light sensor, accelerometer, ringer switch and weighs a respectable 3.51oz.

The Palm Pixi (aka EOS) will launch on Sprint sometime this holiday for a yet to be disclosed price.

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Sprint is set to launch the HTC Touch Pro2 on September 8th for a wallet damaging price of $350, the same price at T-Mobile. Worst of all that’s after the $100 mail-in-rebate and 2-year contract signing. It looks like HTC is charging carriers an arm and a leg for this device since similar smartphones generally cost about $150 less.

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While the details are a bit few and far between, we now know that Sprint will soon release an updated version of their Instinct S30, called the Instinct HD, thanks to a Best Buy flyer from over the weekend. This news comes on the heels of a recently leaked shot of the Android based Instinct, the Instinct Q. Unlike the Instinct Q, the Instinct HD lacks a full QWERTY keyboard and the Android OS, but makes up for it by including a 5 megapixel camera that can…

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Sprint is scrapping to make a come back and if anything is gonna help them, aside from the Palm PRE, it’s the Android powered devices. The InstinctQ – a spin off of the original Instinct that Sprint launched a many a months ago – is set to run the Android OS and include a full slideout QWERTY keyboard underneath its hood. The joystick appears to be of the optical flavor…

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The fines folks of RBC Capital (never heard of them) surveyed 200 iPhone users and 40 Pre owners.  82% of the 200 iPhone users said they were “very satisfied” with their device, while only 45% of Palm Pre users said they were “very satisfied” with the device.  In all fairness the survey is a bit skewed since the sample pool is not equal and the Palm Pre is only on their first major iteration of the software.  In less surprising news, when iPhone users were asked “What do you dislike most about your iPhone 3GS” an overwhelming 55% responded with “AT&T’s Network”.  I find this particularly ironic since Sprint has long been held as the ‘worst carrier’ of the 4 majors and Palm Pre users biggest grip with their handset was “short battery life”.

Of note, I recently had a cell tower burn down in my neighborhood.  This has left my apartment with little to no signal in the last week (although as of writing this article I’m back to full bars), which for someone that uses their cell phone as their primary mode of communication can be frustrating to say the least.  It took a phone call to AT&T’s customer service for me to discover what the issue was, but I was very surprised with how AT&T addressed the issue.  The customer service rep actually took the time to speak with technical support and after a few minutes of waiting on hold came back and came clean about the matter.  But that’s not what really shocked me.  Today, about 3 days later, I received a call from AT&Ts technical support following up about the matter.  In the 14 years of having a cell phone (I’ve had one since I was 16) I’ve never ever received a follow up call regarding a previously registered issue unless I’ve asked for it.  AT&T went above and beyond to address my concern.  The funny thing was is that my signal died while on the phone with the technical rep.  Just before the call was disconnected I asked him if I should seek any retribution for lost service (I wasn’t forceful, after all they didn’t burn down the cell).  Within minutes the rep texted, yes texted me stating that they had added a credit of $20 to my next bill.  Wow! Another first for me and I bearly asked for it.  So, despite RBC’s survey I truly think AT&T is going above and beyond to clean up their customer service department.  I’m not sure if I got special treatment because I’m an iPhone customer and worth a good chunk of dough, but I think it’s fair to say I’m pretty pleased with AT&T right.  Hopefully in the future they’ll learn to use outlets such as Twitter, email and texting to proactively communicate such issues.

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It might bear a similar resemblance to the Propel, but Samsung’s Reclaim is all about Eco-friendly. So much so in fact that its box is crafted from 70 percent recycled materials and printed using a Soy based ink. Also adding to the ‘green’ factor is the phone’s outer casing, which is comprised of 40% bio-plastic material, made from corn. And those thick paper manuals are replaced with virtual ones, something most companies have been doing for a while now to cut their costs.

Feature wise were looking at a slideout QWERTY keyboard, 2 megapixel camera, Sprint Navigation, Bluetooth with A2DP, memory slot expandable to 32GB, web browser and two eco stating colors to choose from: Blue and Green.

The Samsung Reclaim will hit Sprint stores and website on August 16th and cost $50 after a 2-year contract signing and $50 mail-in-rebate. Interesting. I wonder if the mail-in-rebate can be entered online, otherwise they might be negating their green statement.

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WiMax’s fate hasn’t been sealed just yet, but based on its success so far, or lack there of, I’d say that’s it demise is only a matter of time.  But contrary to popular belief Sprint is plugging ahead with their WiMax rollout, that is assuming this leaked roadmap is accurate.  Next on the list is Portland, OR, which is already seeing street team marketing in full affect, so big yellow will have some catching up to do.  As far as the remaining roll out schedule, I’m just surprised to see the list devoid of any major metropolitan coasts cities.

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