So, sooner or later (depending on the speed of the U.S.P.S I will be posting my initial review of the Pro, and what software I am installing and such.

For those that can’t wait, you can head over to All Touch Pro and PPCGeeks to check out my options.

Version: BK14
Delivery: OTA
Release Date: 11/19 (BOTH client & network initiated)

Notes: Instinct firmware BK14 includes the resolution of 189 tickets open since the previous public firmware release, BH29, including:

5442 – links fail on smoking gun website
5872 – VVM Client is not able to make Data connection
5886 – Ebay login fails in standard mode browser
6015 – Voice notification speaks wrong contact name
6016 – Device UI locks when FUMO push is being received
6025 – Initial Mobile Sync can cause device to slow down until initial sync completes
6036 – bestbuy.com soft-resets device
6039 – deleting ringers can soft-reset device

The release also provides the foundation for the first public release of the updated Sprint Mobile Email Work Calendar. The new work calendar, available OTA 12/4, syncs with one or more Exchange (OWA) based calendars, and allows for meeting creation, editing and alerting on the go.

Also included in MR4:
* Java refit to better enable 4-way/OK and text input to LCDUI widget-based applications
* support for native document viewing for many popular office document types including .doc, .pdf, .ppt, .xls and others (requires Sprint Mobile Email Work upgrade expected 12/4)

Individual application upgrades for the MR4 period are expected to go live the week of 11/21, with Sprint Mobile Email Work Calendar scheduled for early December (all dates are estimates and are subject to change with no notice). Exact go-live dates depend on application vendor.

This is quoted from BuzzAboutWireless.

So be ready for some updates on Apps that now work on the Instinct, and how to get them

Earlier today my friends and I went to Bestbuy to buy a new digital camera. And buy the way, he picked up a Sony Handy cam…Pretty nice camera for only $235…

Anyways, I was roaming Bestbuy, and learned that they sell cell phones from many different carriers, including Sprint. So I got up the nerve and asked a pretty cool buy named Bill what I could do…After about a hour of him bouncing around the same telemarketers in India ( Sprint Customer Support ) he managed to get me the Instinct for $129, a LG Rumor ( for my brother ), and a family plan with UNLIMITED everything, besides talk time ( got 1500 shared minutes ) for $129 a month. Not bad at all…And there were NO cancellation fees from Nextel, or activation fees from Sprint…Good deal or what.

So, if your in the Saginaw, MI area, and want a new cell phone, hit up Bill at Bestbuy…if you want the Instinct wait a week…I bought the last one

So call up Sprint and inform a gentleman of my dilemma. He is eager to help, and offers to switch me from Nextel to Sprint, no charges, activation, or anything. And he even offers me the discount for the phone, so its only $129…amazing. I tell him to call me back in 2 hours, and I would have the required info and go through with the switch.

2 Weeks go buy, and he didn’t call me. I was to busy to call and try to get the deal again within that time. When I do call back I am told my a very grump woman that that offer is not available for current Nextel users…I would have to pay full price for the cell phone…about $400.

What went wrong here? I was told the firs man called didn’t record the information down, in the “notes.” Ad since that, I can not get the offer from anyone else…What the hell. A Verizon user can switch to Sprint, get the new phone for the $129, but not Nextel users…Super bull fucking shit…They need to get this stuff straight…its not like I am leaving them. though Sprint and Nextel were the same damn company now.