Samsung Rant Phone, Red (Sprint)

By Samsung on June 24th, 2009

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Customer Rating: Rating 3.0 out of 5

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List Price: ~~$299.99~~

* as of Saturday July 31, 2010 17:08:20, America/Chicago

Product information Brand: Samsung
Publisher: Samsung
Category: Wireless
Release Date: April 9, 2007
Model: SPHM540ZRS

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Features

Messaging-centric phone in red with horizontal slide-out QWERTY keyboard
Sprint Mobile Broadband Network via EV-DO connectivity; Sprint TV and Sprint Music Store enabled; GPS turn-by-turn directions via Sprint Navigation
2.0-megapixel camera/camcorder, Bluetooth stereo music streaming, MicroSD expansion to 16 GB, access to personal/corporate email and instant messaging
Up to 5.6 hours of talk time; measures 4.5 x 2.1 x 0.7 inches and weighs 4.58 ounces
What's in the Box: handset, battery, charger, 256 MB MicroSD card, standard battery door, tatoo battery door, quick start guide

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Editorial Review

Amazon.com Product Description: An easily pocketable messaging powerhouse, the Samsung Rant for Sprint has a slide-out QWERTY keyboard that lets you quickly type out e-mail messages, IMs, and text messages so you can get the word out fast. In addition to fast 3G speeds from Sprint's high-speed EV-DO network, you'll enjoy GPS navigation capabilities for accessing the optional Sprint Navigation turn-by-turn direction service as well as access to Sprint TV's video-on-demand with full-motion video and vivid sound. The Rant is also a great choice for a cellular audio player, with access to the Sprint Music Store for over-the-air downloads and wide multiformat support for loading your music onto optional microSD memory cards (up to 16 GB in size).

The Rant's slide-out QWERTY keyboard that lets you type as fast as you talk.

Capture and share photographs with family and friends with the Rant's built-in 2-megapixel camera with night shot mode, PictBridge printing support, and video capture capabilities. Other features include Bluetooth for hands-free devices and stereo music streaming, a 600-number internal phonebook, speaker-independent voice dialing, and up to 5.6 hours of talk time.

Sprint Service
Supporting the EV-DO high-speed data standard, this phone enables you to download and stream high-quality video, straight onto your phone. Where coverage is available, EV-DO connectivity provides average download speeds ranging from 400 to 700 Kbps, with peak rates up to 2 Mbps. With Sprint TV, you can make your cell phone your always-on source for news, weather, sports and more. This comprehensive video service combines high-quality streaming audio and video from channels including ABC, The Weather Channel, Fox Sports, E!, CNN, The Discovery Channel, and more.

The Sprint Music Store enables you to buy, download, and then jam out wherever you are with new songs or old favorites. Offering a growing selection of more than 1.6 million songs, the store provides you two copies of each song--one for the phone and another for the PC, as well as the ability to burn songs to a CD using Windows Media Player. Save your songs to a memory card with a capacity that's right for you.

This GPS-enabled phone provides optional access to Sprint Navigation for driving directions on your mobile phone--by voice and onscreen. Along the way, turn-by-turn directions will be announced in a clear voice and displayed on your phone. For example, Sprint Navigation will say, "Go 1.2 miles and turn right on Elm Street." As you approach the turn, you will hear, "Turn right on Elm Street." Sprint Navigation also provides proactive traffic alerts with one click re-routing. And it's easy to find restaurants, banks, cafes, hotels and more from over 10 million points of interest across the U.S.

Give your Sprint Mobile e-mail a boost with seamless access to your corporate e-mail and contacts. With the Sprint Mobile e-mail Work service, you can receive e-mail from Microsoft Exchange 2000, 2003, 2007 and Lotus Notes Domino versions 6.0, 6.5 and 7.0.

This phone also provides access to Sprint Football Live--free for any phone with a data plan. You'll be able to follow all the live play-by-play action with the Live Game Center for both pro and college football games, as well as stay on top of the pro football draft with a Live Draft Tracker and in-depth analysis and bios on nearly 500 top prospects. Access by texting "FOOTBALL" to 7777 on the handset to download Sprint Football Live from Sprint Digital Lounge (standard text messaging and data rates apply).

Sprint One Click's customizable home screen enables you to optimize your experience by providing quick access to the things you use the most.

Phone Features
Named Best Cell Phone at the 2008 CTIA Wireless IT and Entertainment conference, the Samsung Rant offers the hallmarks of a classic candybar-style phone, with alpha-numeric keypad, five way navigator and send/end/soft-navigation keys on the face, sitting below a 2.1-inch LCD screen with a a 176 x 220-pixel resolution and 262K color depth. But the Rant transforms into a messaging powerhouse thanks to the smooth horizontal slide-out, full QWERTY keyboard, which lets you type as fast as you talk.

The phone has an internal 64 MB memory, which can be expanded via optional microSD memory cards (up to 16 GB in size). The phonebook can store up to 600 contacts with room for up to six phone numbers, two e-mail addresses, an IM screen name, web address, and a picture ID for each entry. Other features include display of the last 20 received/missed/outgoing calls and ringer ID capability.

This phone features Sprint's new One Click navigation interface, which places eight shortcut tiles along the bottom of the home screen. Instead of navigating through endless phone menus, you can put the things you use the most--features like call logs, texting, Web access and GPS navigation--right up front with instant information related to each feature. For example, when you scroll to text messaging, you'll see the number of new messages received and a single click takes take you to the newest messages. Here's how it works:

Sprint's One Click navigation interface.

Add your favorite items to the carousel, which is a row of tiles along the bottom of your phone's home screen.
The carousel can hold up to 15 tiles, which you can add, remove and rearrange to suit your needs.
Highlight a tile to reveal its menu on your home screen.
Add up to 8 "bubbles"--at-a-glance items that display on your home screen, like the weather or your daily horoscope.
Browse and download new tiles from your phone's "Personalize Home Screen" tile. New tiles are available every two weeks.
Press your navigation left or right key to select a tile; up or down to select a bubble or menu item.
The "Home" tile always stays put, so you can easily get back to your default display.

hands-free communication is easy thanks to the integrated speakerphone. This phone also provides Bluetooth wireless connectivity (version 2.0), and includes profiles for communication headset, hands-free car kits, and file transfer. With the A2DP Bluetooth profile, you can stream your music to a pair of compatible Bluetooth stereo headphones. You can connect your laptop (either via Bluetooth or wired USB) and enjoy dial-up networking--surf the Internet, send e-mail, and access files from a server.

The 2.0-megapixel camera can shoot still images in four resolutions--including 1600 x 1200 (2MP) 1280 x 960 (1 MP)--with three quality settings (high, medium, low). It also features a 4x digital zoom, white balance settings (Auto, Sunny, Cloudy, Tungsten, Fluorescent), multi-shot capabilities, multiple shutter sounds, and a self-timer (2-, 5-, and 10-second). You can also add color effects (including aqua, sepia, negative, and green) using the in-phone editor. In addition to stills, you can also capture video clips in short (for sending via messaging) and extended (for saving) lengths.

Other features include:

MP3 player with airplane mode that turns off cellular connectivity while allowing you to continue to play music
Background music mode allows you to play music while text messaging, playing games or surfing the Internet
Live Search for Sprint, powered by Microsoft, provides easy access to directory information, integrated GPS-enabled directions, interactive maps and one-touch click to call access
More than a dozen streaming-radio applications, including Sprint Radio with more than 150 channels
Access to corporate and consumer (POP3) e-mail, including AOL, Gmail and Yahoo!
Speaker-independent Voice Dialing, including audible status reports on phone coverage, signal strength and battery life
Voice to Action button, including call, text, picture messaging, traffic, movie, sports, news and search functions
Multiple messaging options, including SMS, voice SMS and instant messaging
T9 predictive text entry
Organizer tools: Calendar, alarm clock, memo pad, world, time, calculator, tip calculator
Vibration alert; 72-chord polyphonic ringtones
Multilingual menus (English and Spanish)
Hearing Aid Compatibility (HAC) rating: M4/T4
Bluetooth version 2.0 with the following profiles: A2DP (stereo music streaming), AVRC (remote control), HFP (hands-free car kits), HSP (communication headsets), BPP (basic printing profile for text, e-mail), DUN (dial-up networking), FTP (file transfer), OPP (object push for business cards, calendar items, and pictures), PBA (transfer contacts)

Vital Statistics
The Samsung Rant weighs 4.58 ounces and measures 4.5 x 2.1 x 0.7 inches. Its 960 mAh lithium-ion battery is rated at up to 5.6 hours of talk time. It runs on the CDMA 800/1900 frequencies as well as Sprint's EV-DO data network.

Customer Reviews

An LG Rumor on Steroids

by Harkanwar Anand 2008-12-18, 5 people found this review helpful

The Samsung Rant comes in two colours, red and black. The features that this phone has include a 2megapixel which is slowly becoming a norm for almost all Samsung phones. Competitively priced, this phone doesn't miss out on a memory stick, you get a 256mb card free. You also get an extra black body casing for the bottom half (the battery cover) Unlike the rumor, the samsung rant has a battery cover which doesn't open quite easily. The battery life is not great but gets you through two days easy. If you compare the keys on the front with the rumor you will definitely see a difference. The font that this phone uses is excellent.

Sprint charges nothing for this phone if you are a new customer but you might have to pay something if you are an existing user looking to upgrade before your contract is up or you are eligible for an upgrade.

The Rant works with all of sprint plans and includes an inbuilt google. A USB cable is included so you won't have to go looking for any sort of extension to back up your pictures. Like the other reviewer pointed out, the camera is a marked improvement, it lacks a flash but who needs flash with a camera? Maybe you do but I have never seen a camera which works as good as it does in the light as it does in the dark.

The phone comes with a 2.5mm headset jack but I'm not complaining, not all phones can afford to incorporate the standard 3.5mm headphone socket.

It is not easy to open the battery compartment on the back. When you slide the phone open, the screen becomes horizontal automatically. There is a shortcut button on the right hand side for camera and also a usb slot/charging slot on the right hand side of the phone.

The graphics are 2x as good as the LG RUMOR. Guys or girls, the red one sells more than the black.

If you are not much of a talker on the phone and like to send a hundred texts a day, the 49.99 minute plan is ideal for you. 450 minutes and unlimited text messages a month besides the usual free time Sprint offers.

This is the best mid-segment phone Sprint currently offers.

Good Phone... Phony Service

by M. Romeo 2009-04-13, 2 people found this review helpful

The phone itself is good. However, as other reviewers have stated, the phone quickly runs into LCD problems. When you attempt to have those problems repaired, the service area attributes the problems to physical damage even though no crack is actually on the phone.

Samsung needs to fix the LCD problems with this phone.

The best phone I've ever had :)

by habblie 2008-12-06, 16 people found this review helpful

I love candy bar phones, and this is the best yet. It feels very sturdy and is just a fun, feature-packed phone. In general it functions very well, looks great, is easy to use, and has lots of fun and useful features (especially the full qwerty keyboard). Read on for more detail.

PROS
* excellent call quality. haven't dropped a call yet (in orange county, california).
* very good screen resolution. bright colors.
* have to fully open slider to release keyguard (unlike Rumor, where you nudge it and the keyguard is deactivated...really annoying)
* can make folders and playlists with music player - not just a shuffler like many simple music phones
* loud ringer and speaker
* feels sturdy and slider is nice and smooth
* qwerty keyboard has rubberized keys, so they aren't slippery
* awesome scroll-style menu on main screen that's fully customizable (called One Click)
* depending on how you arrange One Click, it can be as little as 2 clicks to text messaging with no scrolling though menus
* easy, smooth transitioning interface (in general, i like Samsung interfaces best)
* AWESOME camera quality for a cell phone. no flash, but if there is good lighting you can take some great pictures. up to 2MP resolution
* even the camcorder is pretty darn good
* you can review your other music while listening to a song. in fact, you can do anything while listening to a song, except make a call. song pauses when a call comes in
* overall, it just seems like a refined, polished version of the Rumor
* it has a charm loop!!! this is the first Sprint phone I've ever had (out of 5) that has had a loop to add a pretty little charm. yay! now i can be cool like all my friends.
* the back has a rubberized texture so the phone isn't that slippery. this makes up a little for the slick/slippery face.
* has Sprint TV and GPS capabilities, but i don't subscribe to those services so i can't review them for ya

CONS
* qwerty keyboard keys are a little smaller and flatter than Rumor's so it's a little more difficult to type
* on the qwerty keyboard the letters light up, but without adequate light you can't see the outline of the actual keys themselves. i think this makes it difficult to know what key you're pressing, but i'm getting used it. more preference than a bad feature.
* you can't change the menu colors - stuck with black and yellow (though I think it looks very nice)
* requires two-button sequence to release keyguard - i would prefer one button, like holding the back button for a few seconds as on Rumor
* can't dedicate a single button to access the calculator, so have to use main menu, or One Click. a little annoying if you use your calculator as regularly as i do
* have to remove back cover to access mini SD card. at least you don't have to remove the battery as on some phones. the back does come off very easily.
* have to go through Sprint music store to access music player, which is slow and annoying
* number keys on the front are a little too smooth and slick
* the keyguard only automatically activates itself if you're at the main menu. that is, if you are looking at anything else other than the main screen when you stick it in your pocket, you run the risk of dialing friends and strangers on accident.

NOTE: You'll see advertisements that it comes with two back plates, a plain one and a tattooed one. Yes, it does. But the tattooed one is black, even on the red phone. So for your funky chicks that got the red phone and want the tattooed back, just know that the result is only the face of your red phone will actually be red.

I had the Rumor for a year and think this phone fixes many of it's flaws, such as low screen resolution, an over-sensitive slider that would turn off the keyguard at the slightest touch, a shuffler-only music player, low external volume and slippery qwerty keys.

SUMMARY
It's a great phone. The cons are more of a heads up. None are a deal breaker for me. There is so much I like about his phone, I'm willing to deal with a few quirks. Nothing's perfect! I'll be enjoying this phone for at least the next two years without any regrets.

What is with the Samsung's LCD screens breaking so often?

by Monk in a Monastery 2009-04-13, 1 people found this review helpful

When my husband and I decided to upgrade, I went with the LG Rumor and he went with the Samsung Rant. Surprisingly even though the Samsung Rant is heavier and sturdier in appearance the LCD screen of the Rant broke a few months into use. My husband did not drop the phone, the LCD just has this big black spot and the rest of the screen was light up in white and rainbow colors. We sent this phone back to Samsung as it was still under the 1 year warranty. Now they want $85 to fix the LCD. There are no scratches and the screen was not cracked so I don't understand why we have to pay to get it fixed.

My coworker had the same situation with a Samsung Blackjack and the LCD screen gave out while it was still under the 1 year warranty. He did not drop it. He says don't even bother trying to fight with the service folks. He talked to managers and supervisors there and they all told him he should not have his phone in his pant pocket as that would add pressure to the phone and breaks the LCD? So instead of paying full price to replace the blackjack he just bought a iPhone at the Apple store for 199 instead.

This is very bizzare to me. Thank God I picked the Rumor, even though it looks cheaper the darn thing has lasted through plenty of drops to the hard pavement, whereas my husband and coworker broke their Samsung Rant and Blackjack by sticking the darn phones in their pant pockets. Maybe if they wore looser pants or lost a few pounds? hehe... but in all seriousness I'm pissed that I have to pay for the replacement of an LCD on the Rant when it is under warranty and it was not dropped on the ground.

Choosing this phone was a mistake

by J. Cryer 2009-06-19, 1 people found this review helpful

My problems with the Rant are that the phone often freezes or locks up, there are all kinds of dead zones when using navigation or any other 3G services, the buttons on the front were made for the hands of 13 yr old girls, the battery life is unimpressive, the camera's shutter speed is a good 5 seconds (but still doesn't capture very good images), the speaker for both phone calls and listening to music is weak, and the phone butt dials way too often.

Read the other reviews for the good specs. There are a lot of cool things about this phone, I just don't use all of them. I guess its an alright deal for $50 with the plan, but its probably worth it to spend the extra money that you will be locked into for 2 years (unless you want to pay full price off your plan).
Anyway, get it if you're a tween, stay away if not.

Not a Cadillac, but close!

by The Taminator 2008-12-21, 10 people found this review helpful

The Rant is a good, affordable phone that does everything (email, web, video, etc) and will probably fit the needs of most users. It's a little thicker and slightly heavier than my previous phone, (a thin flip-phone also by Samsung) but it's got the full keyboard in addition to the numbers pad, which also functions as a keyboard if you're too lazy to slide the phone open. I for one despise texting with just the numeric keypad, and LOVE having a full keyboard.

The cameras on cell phones in general are mostly useless unless you're in some kind of emergency, or you just don't care about image quality. It's fine if you're in an accident and want to take pictures of the damage, and it's worth having for that, but I just don't run around taking pictures on my phone... especially to the extent that I need an image editor on it as well as the camera. For throwaway images it's fine, but for anything else, forget it. I didn't try any of the image editing (that's what Photoshop and my Wacom tablet are for!), so I can't comment on that. I had no problems sending and receiving pictures.

With the TV, movies and web, you'll never be bored again. The speaker is loud enough for most people, but you may want to keep a set of headphones on hand if hearing or privacy are an issue. I think the screen is kind of small, but in a pinch you probably won't care about that. It's definitely not going to replace my iPod. The applications can be slow when first launching. Calls are loud and clear. The phone automatically locks itself when you're done, so no calling someone when you hit the buttons by accident. Just hit * and back to unlock it.

The battery lasts a long time, and it's very easy to figure out most of the functions without having to consult the manual. Probably the most useful part is page 8, where it clearly diagrams where every key is and what it does. Once you've found that, you'll probably be able to do just about anything manual-free.

While I love the slide-out keyboard, it slides out a little too easily. It's spring-loaded, so it pops right back in. However, when I'm talking on it, unless I watch what I'm doing, it'll start to slide depending on how I hold it. It doesn't affect the call, but it is distracting. I wish there was some way to lock it into place.

As for Sprint service? We had T-Mobile before, and while it was OK, they didn't wow us or really give us any incentive to stay with them. We also experienced a lot of dead zones with them, and high bills when business ate up our minutes. Every service is going to have someone with horror stories, but I'm not one of them. The Sprint Everything plan is really the best thing for us with our high volume and length of calls. Their staff at the local store is always top-notch, and they know how to treat their customers.

I went into this wanting a Blackberry, but because of finances, we opted for this one instead. (Hubby got the Blackberry... sniffle!) I was disappointed at first, being one of those people who loves to have the coolest, newest thing out there. However, this little phone has grown on me. Whether you're in a money pinch, or you want a good phone that does everything, or you just don't want to pay for the bells and whistles that techno-geeks like me love, I think it will grow on you as well.

Best phone I've ever owned and got it for a penny here with plan!

by Tammy L. Duplain 2010-06-21, 0 people found this review helpful

What can I say...I've had this phone for about a month now and it's absolutely awesome! I have no complaints except to say battery life is not that great especially if you use web or talk for an extended period of time. Love the qwerty keyboard. Was a little stiff at first but has seemed to loosen up after some use. Keys are spread far enough apart so that you don't constantly hit wrong keys. Love that I can post pics to Facebook and Myspace through this phone too. Camera would not take pics at one point but all I had to do was turn phone off then back on again. It's a great phone and I would highly recommend it to anyone thinking about getting one!

Horrible Phone

by Ariccsr 2009-04-13, 2 people found this review helpful

This is a horrible phone. I got my first Rant around October 2008 and since then my cellphone company had to replace my Rant 4 times because it would lock up. The navigator would not work. It would not open the internet. Did I say it would lock up and turn itself off. This is a horrible phone and as I stated I have had 4 replacements since October 2008 and today is April 13, 2009 and I had to go to my cellphone provider today because it is starting to do the same old lockup and freeze crap AGAIN. I would not buy this phone again if I had to do it again!!

get ANY other phone but this one!

by lilmonster 2009-09-09, 1 people found this review helpful

I bought this phone because I use my line for business calls and wanted something where I could respond quickly (and that looked good). Unfortunately this phone is a complete waste of money. The first time I complained Sprint told me it was 32 says, ie. TWO DAYS too late to get a replacement. The second time they took pity on me. So I have already replaced it once (missing a chunk of a workday to sort the issue), and the replacement has the exact same problems.

These issues are:
1) phone freezes up

2) phone doesn't ring!!! (this is a huge problem, as you can imagine) Voicemails may pop up an hour later, sometimes many hours later.

3) phone doesn't deliver text messages- sometimes I get them, sometimes not at all. When I get them they may be hours late. I know because i will receive something like 10 messages from different people all at the same time.

Those were my main complaints, but if you're surfing media this is not the phone for you. the internet takes forever to load up (I have nothing stored on my phone, so it's not a memory issue) and graphics are poor. Email is difficult to set up/send outgoing. I could basically read my emails but not respond to them. Awesome. Also, the number of emails you could read was limited. As a businessperson, this is not a phone I would recommend to anyone who requires communication with the outside world.

I found myself warning people not to call me! That's no good, especially when you pay handsomely for your phone and service. I'll be lining up at the Sprint store AGAIN tomorrow. The frustrations of this phone were enough to make me reconsider the service. For the price of breaking my contract I could get a working phone from someone else!

Hoping Sprint will solve my problem tomorrow.

An easy-to-use, quality texting phone with lots of features

by Trillian 2009-03-01, 5 people found this review helpful

I have owned the Samsung Rant for about 3 months now, and I have been deliriously happy with it from almost the first week I've owned it. I can tell you that it has a lot of useful features, and that it has provided reliable coverage and signal quality. But should YOU buy this phone? Will you be happy with it? It entirely depends on what you want in a cell phone. Surprisingly, it also depends on what you want in a service plan.

One thing to be aware of when buying this phone is that it's probably the most advanced phone you can buy that is NOT classified as a "smart phone". Why do you care about this? Because Sprint does, and buying a smart phone affects the kind of contract you are locked into if you're going the "free phone" route. If you buy a real "smart phone" (Palm Treo, Blackberry, etc) you must subscribe to one of the fancier Power Vision internet plans to be able to get the discount on the phone. This can cost an extra $25 a month at minimum. But if you get something that isn't a smart phone, you can subscribe to these plans if you like, or keep your budget plan and use the phone for texting only, which is much much cheaper. The bottom line: buy the Rant and you're not locked into having to pay for internet service like you would if you bought a fancier phone.

Many good/bad points about the phone have already been mentioned, but I'll include an additional set here:

Why you would want this phone:

Texting: This phone is an outstanding choice for those who still want a basic phone but are tired of relying on the T9 software to tap out text messages on a numeric keypad. Sliding out the QWERTY keyboard automatically puts the phone in text mode, and you still have use of the numbers (as numbers) on the front of the phone when you're texting.
Text messages are arranged by thread, so you can see entire conversations with the same person at a glance, instead of fragments of conversation arranged by send/receive time.

Email: Yes you can use the phone in internet mode to access Hotmail, Gmail, or other email services, but did you know you can check your email at work with one click? If you sign up for Sprint's Mobile Email service ($10 a month), you can set the phone to work with your Microsoft Exchange server at work and automatically display your inbox. I have tried this feature, and it's one of the best things about the phone - it works flawlessly. When you send email to colleagues through this feature, the email will show up in your sent folder at work as well. You can also have the phone set to notify you when you receive email.

Voice dialing: I've loved Samsung phones forever, mostly because they have the most accurate voice dialing technology on the planet. Hold down the talk key and the phone will go into voice mode. You can tell it to call a person, a phone number, or use other voice-activated functions, and it responds accurately, and with no pre-training whatsoever. In all the time I have been using the phone this way, it has yet to make a mistake. This feature is built right into the phone, so you don't have to sign up for Sprint's own version of voice dialing.

The carousel: This originally sounded like a gimmick to me, but I quickly changed my mind. The carousel is a toolbar on the bottom of the screen that you can customize to access features of the phone (or internet-related features) quickly and easily. My only gripe about it is that Sprint sets the minimum number of tiles (pictures on the carousel that lead to different functions) so that you must include internet applications, even if you're not subscribing to the internet. You can set your phone so that it doesn't connect, but I'm sure they're hoping you don't do that so you'll access the internet and rack up charges.

Why you may want to pass on this phone:

Internet interface: If you're big into the internet, you may find the lack of touchscreen on this phone too constraining. Being an EV-DO phone, it is faster than the older models but doesn't compare to the speed of a Treo or one of the other smart phones. TV on this phone is watchable, but not quite as seamless as on the smart phones.

Google maps: The Google maps application is part of this phone, but it isn't very user friendly, takes forever to load (1-2 minutes) and does not use your GPS information to map your location as the smart phones do. Sprint has its own version of Sprint Navigation, and I'm assuming they don't want Google to do this because it would eliminate the need to pay money for the Sprint service.

Applications: This is not a smart phone, and cannot run Windows Mobile Office (excel, powerpoint, etc) applications as the smart phones can.

All-in-all, the phone itself is very good for what it was designed for. It gets extraordinarily good battery life, the camera photos are quite good, and its extra features such as the tip calculator, voice memo recorder, dedicated speakerphone button, and micro SD card are nice additions. It's target market seems to be people who are primarily into text, and don't need a lot of internet tools. If this is you, you will probably be very happy with this phone.

THREE-MONTH UPDATE (JUNE, '09): Wow, I've been fighting with this phone so much, I can't believe it's only been 3 months since I bought it. Want to be embarrassed? Get a Rant! If you hit the "speakerphone" key in the middle of a phone call, half the time the Rant cuts the call off and dials up another number from your contact list - suddenly you're talking to someone you don't expect and YOU called THEM. The alarm clock has failed to go off several times when i've set it (thank goodness I was using it as a backup alarm at the time). The best one yet is the phone locking itself up in ringing mode! I hadn't yet figured out how to take the battery out, so for almost 45 minutes I was wandering around the store with my purse vibrating. Sprint has given me free internet to keep me as a customer because I complained so much about the phone's tendency to access the internet whenever I scrolled through the carousel menu. I didn't want a data package but was being charged for data anyway. When I asked the guy how to stop the phone from doing this, he tells me that I can disable internet service but that will interrupt text messaging too. Hello? This phone is built for texting, otherwise why would I have bought it? The rant shape is cute, but not practical in the least, and I've found it inconvenient to carry around at work when I needed the phone close. I'm sure there are better phones out there, I'm just going to have to start looking for one.

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