Well I finally got my new Samsung Instinct and what a disappointment. It turns out that Bell has “locked out” a lot of the features that us Canadians would find useful. If you’re looking at this phone for your business use you should be aware of the following items:
You cannot use a pop3 e-mail account with this phone. Your only e-mail option is with Hotmail, very frustrating! You can also forget about receiving pictures by e-mail, that has also been disabled with Bell. Playing mp3s can only be done if you actually BUY the songs from Bell, that’s right – even if you copy your own mp3s onto the memory card, this phone will not play them! Thanks Bell and welcome to 2008!
I purchased this phone with the impression that the above items were possible, boy did I get suckered in by some uneducated sales people. I am currently in the process of getting an e-mail over to Mr. Matthew Summers at the Bell store at Lougheed Mall, I am hoping he will see the error in his staff’s ways and allow me to return this phone and maybe even cancel the contract. I will post a follow up to this dilemma when I hear back from Bell.
By the way, my new cell number is 604-345-8783 (for now). – Kelly
