In USA Sprint career gets the new iPhone Killer, Samsung Instinct Internet-enabled multimedia smartphone. The Samsung Instinct is Sprint latest answer to Apple’s iPhone offered by AT&T. The Instinct supports both EV-DO Rev. A, GPS and Bluetooth connectivity and visual voice mail. There is also an external memory card slot that supports up to 8GB.

Here is the comparison between Samsung Instinct VS iPhone 3G featured at Wired

1. Fast Internet
   Winner: iPhone 3G
2. Live TV
   Winner: Instinct
3. GPS
   Winner: iPhone
4. Shoot Video
   Winner: Instinct
5. Music Download
   Result: Draw

[ Wired.com- Marketing Showdown: Samsung Instinct vs iPhone 3G ]

Apple’s iPhone 3G is a blockbuster, 1 million sold phones in just three days. It is a Internet-enabled multimedia smartphone. It has a multi-touch screen with virtual keyboard and buttons, but a minimal amount of hardware input.

The iPhone was initially introduced in the United States on 29 June 2007 and is in the process of being introduced worldwide. It was named Time magazine’s Invention of the Year in 2007. On 11 July 2008, the iPhone 3G was released and supported faster 3G data speeds and Assisted GPS.

Though IPhone is the Invention of the Year in 2007, but there are other smartphones from HTC, Samsung, RIM, Nokia, LG, and GPS-maker Garmin, that can offer the same features. Of these, about half are not scheduled to be out until the end of this year.

Here is the list of 8 Killer iPhone 3G Alternatives featured in informationweek.

1. BlackBerry Bold
2. HTC Touch Pro
3. LG Voyager
4. LG Dare
5. Nokia N96
6. Samsung Omnia
7. Samsung Instinct
8. Garmin Nuvifone

[IW - 8 Killer iPhone 3G Alternatives ]

iPhone isn’t the only player in touch-screen handsets anymore.

Here’s the list of Top iPhone competitors with touch-screen handsets.

• Samsung Instinct
• Sony Ericsson Xperia X1
• LG Vu
• LG Voyager
• LG Venus
• HTC Touch
• HTC Touch Dual

Sprint Wireless announced its new flagship touch-screen phone Instinct, a new iPhone look-alike from Samsung at the CTIA conference in Las Vegas.

The Instinct, co-developed by Sprint and Samsung, looks similar to the iPhone, including a touch screen which allows much faster data access then the Apple phone.

Users of the Instinct will be able to access the Web at high speeds, watch TV, download music, get directions and access other entertainment services, said Dan Hesse, president and CEO of Sprint Nextel.