Zlevee

I'd rather have an att phone with built in walkie talkie like that built in. Smaller antenna ok, bring the range in some, but who cares. It would give the same functionality as 'chirp' but not cost the provider anything since once it's in the phone they don't have to have anything to do with it. THAT my friends, is a good idea.

soldstatic

globalgangsta

QChat is going to fail miserably, just like everything else that sprint has introduced since they bought nextel.

You switched 200 lines to sprint from verizon? Why in god's name would you do that? Hate your users?

Gofastmazda

*shudder*

allegedlyyours

Why can't they both be knock-offs? Sure Voyager was marketed more as a knock-off... but that's only because VZW's marketing > Sprint's.

mcdonnr

VernBellerophon

Not the first time this company has hit the bottom. They will bounce back. Oh and the instinct is not a knock off of the iphone.. The Voyager is.

BenG9810

You're absolutely right on the "chirp" being a critical part of a niche market. The problem with a niche market, GENERALLY SPEAKING, is that it's usually quite small. Because of the advances with normal smartphones, that niche is shirnking rapidly. You saw what happened when VZW and AT&T tried to introduce it... it failed. No one cared. So I think the results here will be similar. It's a reintroduction of something that already has a shrinking userbase... it's like Novell. Sure, it's great if that's what you're used to and it's where the contract is. But when you look around and see everyone going to Exchange (or smartphones, in this case), and you can plainly see that there's big emrit to that change, it's hard to stick with the big N.

Eh?

mcdonnr

iPhoneGroupie

And why, at this stage, would someone choose sprint over at&t or VW? It surely isn't coverage, and it surely isn't handset design. The $99 all you can eat plan? Someone choosing sprint for that would just as soon go metro or another regional carrier that has all you can eat for half that.

I see the writing on the wall, sprint, and it's all bad.

Gofastmazda

illutionz

When you actually look at it, Sprint service is not that bad. You guys like to embellish on that alot!

pdditty

I just don't think Sprint has anything unique to offer at this stage. I think they tried the whole $99 deal out of desperation, and it backfired terribly for them. They've got nothing left. They missed out horribly on the 700MHz spectrums, and are losing customers in droves... C'mon, AT&T. Swoop in and consume them. Offer their existing customers equipment discounts on GSM devices (since they're all better than Sprint's expensive garbage, anyway), and take on the looming threat that Big Red is becoming.

Antitrust FTW!

mcdonnr

I'm actually gonna say "it's like straightening deck chairs..." if I have the chance to use it.

supesguy_

mcdonnr

mcdonnr

jibbly

mcdonnr

utube2007

Why not just say f**k the sprint or nextel name and just keep one or label all phones sprint nextel. At least when Aol brought Timewarner they changed somethings to make it atleast look like they were doing good. All the BS before the sprint nextel merger you could atleast have you products take the name of the new company.

I could give a damn about iDEN the last thing i want to here is a bunch aholes chrimping each other if your letting everyone here your conversation why not just put the damn phone on speakerphone

Sprint just pick one iDEN or CDMA and be over with it

utube2007

Very sad! And that's before the new generation iPhones and Blackberrys appear!

altus

It's ironic how they tried to stop the bleeding years ago with a Motorola Razr ripoff by Samsung called the A900. After failing, they've once again turned to Samsung for a copycat of the next hot phone with the Instinct.

Isn't that the textbook definition of insanity?

Marty_MacFly

mcdonnr