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Review: Samsung Instinct S30

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Launching the browser will bring you to the Sprint home page, which has access to standard Sprint stuff. You can also set the browser to launch whichever page you last visited when opened.

You can view things in "mobile" mode and "standard" mode. On the left side is a zoom button. The browser also has a mini-map, that zooms the page way out and shows you what portion of the web site you are looking at. You can then move the map to another location on the site and the page will automatically zoom in on that spot. The bottom-most button on the left side of the phone will let you fill more of the screen with the web site page, or bring up the secondary set of browser icons on the right side of the page. Those include a search function, a button that takes you to the home screen, a link to your bookmarks, and a page refresher.

The Instinct uses Sprint's EVDO Rev 0. network. Browsing speeds were lightning quick. Simple sites such as Google loaded in under 5 seconds. More complex sites, such as CNN.com, NYTimes.com or PhoneScoop.com all loaded in about 10 seconds. The browser supports full HTML.

The S30 also has a quick link to download Opera Mini 4.2. I downloaded and tested it out. I have not seen Opera Mini run faster on any device. Web sites load instantaneously. If you want a better alternative to the included browser, make this the first application you download and install.

Customize

The fact that you can change up the features menu entirely - as well as alter some of the secondary menus - lets you customize the S30 to suit your usage needs and speed up the time it takes to get things done. You can set the ringtones, picture IDs, wallpaper and so on to make the phone look more yours, but you can't change the fonts or overall theme of the Instinct. The menu style is pretty much set in stone, as are the colors used for all the graphics, borders, etc.

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Samsung Instinct S30

3.2" display 240 x 432 pixels
1,000 mAh battery
Memory Card Slot, Headphone Jack (3.5mm)

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