According to a Sprint Developer forum posting – Samsung Instinct users can expect an upgrade to their web browser starting on or about September 17. This update will at first require the user to initiate the upgrade over the air themselves. Beginning on September 24 Sprint should be pushing the update automatically. This is according to an announcement posted September 5 on the Sprint Developer forum and apparently backed up by several leaked browser images:

Sprint will be releasing a new software maintenance release for the Instinct handset with the primary changes focused on the browser.

Version: BH29
Delivery: OTA
Projected Release Date: 9/17 (client initiated) 9/24 (network initiated)
Projected Release Dates are best estimates and are subject to change with no notice.

Notes: Instinct firmware BH29 includes the resolution of 249 tickets open since the previous public firmware release, BF30. The release also marks the first public release of the updated Instinct Web Browser, version 1.1. The new browser is based on an entirely new codebase and brings an 10x improvement to rendering speed, most noticeable in the areas of pan/zoom/resize functionality.

New browser features include:
* VC Button -> Hide/show controls; browser controls can be hidden to provide more screen to webpage display
* Favorites enhancements -> Improvements to favorites UI allows for sticky mode lock
* 34 other web browser tickets resolved

Please note the information provided in this update is subject to change.

Thanks
Sprint ADP

There’s still no official word on a release to enable on screen keyboard with use of arrow keys (aka – LCDUI problem) on the Sprint Samsung Instinct with the last communication from Sprint apparently hoping for an October timeframe for initial testing of the long awaited update.

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