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Samsung still hasn’t come completely clean with its forthcoming Instinct HD, but it might as well. A recent Sprint Premier Connection newsletter not only introduced the Any Mobile, Anytime plan that was detailed this morning, but it also let slip a staggeringly pixelated image of the Instinct HD. Sprint tells us a few things we already knew — like how the phone has a 3.2-inch display that’s decidedly not high-def, a 5 megapixel camera and an improved web browser — while leaving us to wonder about things like price after rebate. We’ll take “Coming soon!” to mean “within the next month or so.” Right, Sprint?

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Sprint newsletter lets slip Instinct HD originally appeared on Engadget on Thu, 10 Sep 2009 23:31:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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We can’t say we expected Sprint to actually surprise anyone with its “game changing” announcement tomorrow, and right on schedule, the details have come leaking out. Apparently Sprint’s $70 rate plan going unlimited, meaning seven Hamiltons will get you endless mobile-to-mobile calling (to any network, not just Sprint), texts, data, and MMS — stuff you could already get on the Simply Unlimited plan, but the big change at this price point is the unlimited mobile-to-mobile voice, up from 450 minutes in the current plan. Yeah, it’s a good deal, but is it a revolutionary deal? We’d say that all depends on whether or not it comes with a free Palm Pixi.

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Sprint’s big surprise to be unlimited mobile calling, data, text, and MMS for $70 originally appeared on Engadget on Wed, 09 Sep 2009 23:40:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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It’s a big week for Palm – really. Not only did they release the Pixi, their second WebOS phone, they rolled out a bunch of new apps into their App Catalog. Many more apps are coming soon, according to Palm product manager Phil McClendon.

We spent some quality time with the Pixi and came up with a full hands-on story, an 18-image slideshow of the new features (including the Pixi’s Facebook app) and this video showing the new features. Check them out; the Pixi won’t be available for a few months.

The Palm Pixi has officially arrived, and if you’re an avid reader of Engadget (you’d better be), this device should look a little bit familiar to you. We first broke specs and images of the phone — codenamed Eos and the alternately-spelled “Pixie” — back in April, when we nabbed what appeared to be a leak of a new, Centro-esque phone headed to AT&T. Today, Palm has announced that the Pixi — a tiny, sleek webOS-based handset — will be coming to Sprint this holiday season. The phone will hit shelves sans-WiFi (EV-DO Rev. A only here), with 8GB of storage onboard (a nice bump up from the rumored 4GB), 2 megapixel camera (with flash), a full QWERTY keyboard, and a minute, 2.63-inch, 320 x 400 capacitive display (guess they didn’t get that HTC memo).

Along with the new handset, Palm will offer five artist-designed back covers in the “Palm Pixi Artist Series” — similar to Zune Originals and Dell’s Design Studio laptops — which can be purchased separately… of course. Touchstone owners take heart: those backs, as well as a separate black backing that you’ll also pay extra for, are all compatible with the accessory. In addition to the hardware, Palm will be introducing a native Facebook app when the Pixi hits, as well as new Yahoo! and LinkedIn integration for Synergy. Right now no date for launch has been set, though Palm says the phone will be ready in time for the holidays. The company is also mum on price, but coupled with the news that Sprint will be slimming the Pre’s entry point down to $149.99, we have to assume it’s going to be in the $99-or-less ballpark. We had a chance to play around with the new phone, so read on after the break for our initial, early impressions.

Continue reading The Palm Pixi is official, headed to Sprint this holiday season — we’ve got hands-on and video!

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No idea what kind of Zima-based shenanigans are going on in Sprint’s marketing department today, but that less-than-impressive $100 Palm Pre service credit promotion was all apparently a mistake, according to John Paczkowski at the Wall Street Journal. Sprint says the promotion was put into the system by error and has since been pulled and canceled, although customers who signed up during the glorious six hours the deal was live will still get the credit — and if you act fast enough, you might still be able to get in, because the promo is still live as we write this. Amazing.

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Sprint backtracks, cancels $100 Pre service credit offer originally appeared on Engadget on Tue, 08 Sep 2009 18:23:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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