Smartphones

A recent study by M:Metrics showed that smartphone users in the United States spend an average of 4.6 hours per month browsing the web from their devices, compared to 2.5 hours per month for British users. The study also showed that browsing in the U.S. increased 89 percent in the past year while page views went up 127 percent.

The study used March data from M:Metrics' metered smartphone panel. Besides increases in usage, the study ended up with several other interesting finds:

On June 20th Sprint will unleash the Samsung SCH-M800 Instinct to do battle with the new 3G iPhone. Winner of Best in Show and Mobile CE Smartphone at CTIA Wireless 2008 and Best Cell Phone CTIA from CNET, the sleek touch-screen Instinct is the latest of the potential "iPhone killers."

The Instinct is a CDMA EV-DO Rev A (800 MHz/1900MHz) phone that boasts a 3.1" TFT LCD 240x432 touch screen. It has a 2 megapixel camera that, unlike the current iPhone, is capable of video recording and streaming. It has a 2 GB MicroSD memory card upgradable to 8 GB and has Bluetooth 2.0. It

Several Razr2 models have been released so far: the V8 was released in July and the Razr2 V9m was released through Sprint on August 22nd and through Verizon on August 29th. The V9 was released on September 1st. Peter Svensson of the Associated Press recently reviewed each of Motorola's Razr2 models and the results were less than stellar.

We'll begin with the price. AT&T sells the phone for $300 with a two year contract while Verizon and Sprint sell it for $50 less. After purchasing the phones Svensson first noticed the size difference. The Razr2 is thinner than the Razr but slightly longer. It also weighs 4.6 ounces, about an ounce