Sprint overcharged my small (US) company for over $50,000.00. We caught them doing it and now they refuse to refund the over-payments. You can read the full story at http://www.sprint-really-sucks.com

I also wrote an open letter to Dan Hesse the Chairman and CEO of Sprint Nextel. It is a good read so please consider reading the letter.

http://www.sprint-really-sucks.com/open-letter-dan-hesse.aspx

Apple might have more developers supporting their closed environment than Samsung will have supporting its closed environment, but calling either one “an open developer environment” is incorrect.

Hi Haggie, Thanks for your comment. You are correct—neither of them are open environments. However, Apple has made it much easier for a developer to get a hold of its SDK and create an application for the device...whether they are accepted for the App store is a completely different situation, but the entire process is more transparent than what a developer would have to do to get on the Instinct. Would you agree?

Most industry leaders like Google and Apple are expecting a mobile phone to evolve as PC with the ecosystem lending value to it as well as the users. However, I doubt for only a few applications that synergize with “on the go” need will become successful. At the end of the day, unlike Internet, mobile is a vertical paradigm.

To substantiate my point, let us take the case of i-mode, which has a vast ecosystem that has developed over almost nine years. The creation of this ecosystem has been driven by the might of NTT DoCoMo but contributes a very piddly sum to i-mode revenue.

Mike is wrong.  There are a great many people in the world who own a cell phone, use the internet on it, and don’t have easy access to a PC.  For them mobile is the internet.

The development system for the Instinct is the same as any other Sprint device.  It supports Java ME.  Anyone can sign up for the Sprint developer program.
Distribution is another story, and one that’s hindered mobile game and application content uptake for years.  I’ve yet to experience iPhone distribution path since I’m still working on my first iPhone application, but I expect it to be easier than it is with Sprint which requires a much closer business relationship.
I personally think iPhone will increase user knowledge of, and thus demand for, third-party application content.  First, because the App Store is far easier to use than any carrier deck or short code distribution method.  Second, because the device is so powerful and the user experience more enjoyable given the slick interface.
Now Apple just needs to open up the more useful features to developers.  If they can do that, they’ll be hard to beat.

If i can use outlook and sync outlook on this phone to my pc I want onewant one!!

HI THERE I HAVE BOTH IPHONE AND THE SPRINT INSTINCT THE INSTINCT IS WAY BETER WITH GPS LIVE TV GAMES 3.1 INCH TOUCH SCREEN VOICE TOO ACTION BUTON LIKE STAR TREK COMUNICATERS