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Azure Pipelines is removing macOS To learn more on how to identify pipelines using deprecated images including macOS Our advice? Leave the stylus in the box and stick with the on-screen keyboard. Handwriting recognition is offered only in portrait mode likely because your hand would tend to touch the screen in landscape mode, confusing the recognizer.
Like the iPhone, most application settings live in the Settings application rather than as menu items or buttons in the application.
These include web browser preferences, Speech to Action prefs, volume, display, Bluetooth, Mobile Sync and ringers. Remember when a phone was just a phone? Forget those memories. The Samsung Instinct is a music player, streaming radio player, streaming video player, web browser, email machine, GPS and handheld gaming device. And unlike your spouse, you can tell it what to do. The music player is similar to Sprint's other high end feature phones, with touch support added.
You can buy songs from Sprint's music store using the phone, copy songs to the microSD card using a card reader or use the included Sprint Music Manager software under Windows sorry Mac users, no software for you. The phone supports MTP 2. Sound quality through the speaker is good, and sound quality through the included stereo earbud headset is very good.
We tested the Instinct's A2DP Bluetooth stereo support with the Samsung SHB and it sounded great, but was a bit shy on the bass compared to some of the best music phones. The Navigation application's map view showing all the theaters in our area.
Tap on one to see the detail screen with options to call, map, save or drive to. Games are designed to work with the Instinct's touch screen. Generally this means you'll see a virtual d-pad below the game and that's how you control movement. You can see a video of Pac-Man in action here. Some games, like Bejeweled, don't use the virtual d-pad and you'll use your finger to touch and move the jewels. The Instinct comes with a selection of game demos, and you can actually remove the ones you don't want, which is rare for a US carrier phone.
There are a few additional titles available for download and purchase, and likely the number will increase in the coming months. TeleNav does an excellent job of routing and navigation, complete with voice prompts, traffic tracking and re-routing.
The speakerphone is loud enough for a sedan but you'll want to keep the phone close if you drive a noisy sports car or truck. The large screen is excellent for map viewing, and all menu and item selections work well via the touch screen. But don't expect to use this for GPS-ing on foot outdoors since the screen is impossible to see. It does fine in car though, as long as you keep it out of direct sunlight. The GPS gets a signal quickly and accurately tracked our location.
Here's where the Instinct gets to shine compared to the original iPhone. It has excellent voice quality the iPhone's is just OK , a moderately loud and clear speakerphone and voice dialing. We were very pleased with the Samsung Instinct's voice quality for both incoming and outgoing voice, particularly incoming voice. The phone is loud and clear with wide frequency response: high voices are crisp and deep voices retain their bass.
Outgoing voice is good, though a tad clipped, so we can't call it excellent. Signal strength overall was good, though the signal bars are very jumpy going from 5 to none and up to 4 in the space of 2 seconds phone not moved, skies clear, no solar flares raging. Since actual data and voice quality are stable, we suspect this is a software issue with the signal display or a network issue and not an actual reception issue. For example we downloaded local movie listings while the signal bars went from 4 to 0, yet data transfer didn't stop and was in fact speedy.
The phone has Voice Signal's excellent voice command software that works both with the dedicated voice command key on the phone's right side and via Bluetooth headsets. Voice Signal's "Speech to Action" feature also handles launching applications, sending text messages and using the included Windows Live Search to find nearby stuff-- say "search", then "pizza" once Live Search is open, and the application uses the GPS to find pizza joints nearby. If you've used Live Search on Windows Mobile, this is the same good stuff.
Like the iPhone, the Samsung Instinct has Visual Voicemail, which means you'll see a list of messages with the caller's name if they're in your address book or phone number.
Tap on one to hear the voicemail message. The service wasn't up and running when we wrote this review, however so we couldn't test it. The address book can hold up to records with entries for name first and last are one field , phone numbers home, work, mobile, pager and "others" , email, physical address, URL, memo and ringtone.
To get to contacts, you have to tap the phone button and select the contacts tab; there is no contacts icon in the "Main" applications tab and you can't add a contact's number to the favorites screen though you can of course add them to the speed dial screen.
The phone can sync contacts with Outlook in Windows using the included software, but not other Outlook data. It also supports Exchange and can sync email and contacts but not calendar items. If you use a Mac, get ready to send vCards over Bluetooth because there's no syncing software. A high speed data service. The browser is quick at zooming using the dedicated zoom key labeled 1x to start, and not to be confused with the slower 1xRTT data service.
A button that has an eye icon similar to the CBS logo hides the right side buttons but not the left side buttons go figure. You can scroll a page by dragging it with your finger and select links by tapping on them. A data connection to use as a wireless high speed modem for a notebook Sprint charges extra for this service. The email application handles all types of email accounts and isn't limited to certain email services like the LG Vu. It has a wizard that helps you add accounts and it supports Exchange only via OWA Outlook web access or Sprint's desktop redirector service.
The Samsung Instinct has a 2 megapixel camera with a fixed focus lens. In a way, I was sorry that it came to that course of action. The Instinct had promised so much, but delivered so little. I still can't believe that Sprint are still pushing the 'Iphone beater' image. I am more than happy with my Touch Diamond. I have made a few cosmetic changes such as the big clock and vista icon themes.
I really didn't care for the sprint neon minimilistic look that came with the phone. Battery life has improved with use - something that is apparently common with these types of batteries. I have a car charger and a spare usb cable at work just in case! Post a Comment.
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