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Review: Samsung Instinct S30

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Is It Your Type? Body The Three S's Touch

Last year's Instinct had a horrible touch screen. The S30 is light-years better. In fact, it is one of the most responsive resistive touch screens I've used. Once calibrated, it worked almost flawlessly. I had no false positives, and not an egregious number of double presses. It's a whole new animal, and a good one at that.

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Samsung Instinct S30

3.2" display 240 x 432 pixels
1,000 mAh battery
Memory Card Slot, Headphone Jack (3.5mm)

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