Guitar Teaching App Instinct Rocks Your Browser (Video)

New York-based start-up Instinct wants the next generation of rock stars to get their training right from the Web browser, and it is building a teaching tool to do it.
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Sprint Expands $10 Data Surcharge to All Smartphones

Starting Jan. 30, Sprint plans to charge all new Android, BlackBerry, Instinct, Palm and Windows Mobile data customers the extra fee. The charge had previously applied only to the carrier’s 4G phones, such as the Evo and Epic.

Now at Sprint–66 Percent Markdown on Initial EVO Sales Figures

Sprint’s new HTC EVO 4G smartphone is a big seller–just not quite as big as the company first claimed. Last week, the carrier claimed the EVO was its fastest-selling device ever, moving more than three times as many units on its first day as the Samsung Instinct and Palm Pre over their first three days on the market combined. Turns out, that’s not quite the case: Sprint’s claim was off by a factor of three.

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What's Up With Sprint?

The telecom company’s shares are up today for the fourth session in a row; in that period the stock has gained $1.21, or 15.8%, to $8.92. (That includes a gain of 8 cents today.) The move has pushed up Sprint’s market cap by $3.5 billion. Just why the stock is rallying is not entirely clear.

Samsung’s Instinct Doesn’t Ring True as an iPhone Clone

The parade of iPhone lookalikes continues, and the latest to arrive is the Samsung Instinct. While it isn’t a bad phone and has some features the Apple product lacks, it’s no match for the iPhone.
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