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how to use Sprint GPS Navigation on Samsung Instinct

4 Apr 2009 | by Fleta

how to use Sprint GPS Navigation on Samsung Instinct.Sprint provide GPS navigation service to your Samsung Instinct. it is easy to use. touch main menu > Navigation > Select an option and follow the onscreen instructions to take advantage of Sprint Navigation’s full suite of features.

* Drive To lets you get driving directions from wherever you are to wherever you’re going. Choices include:
*My Favorites: user-defined favorite locations.
*Recent Places: recently entered locations.
*Address: manually entered street addresses.
*Business: locations based on business categories.
*Airport: local airports based on current GPS location.
*Contacts: those local addresses assigned to previously entered Contacts.
*Search lets you search for locations from dozens of options such as Food/Coffee, Hotels & Motels, Gas Stations, Gas by Price, Banks/ATMs, WiFi Spots, and Parking Lots.
*Maps & Traffic provides access to 2D and 3D maps for your current location and for several categories of locations such as Airports and Contacts.
* Share & More offers additional options, such as sharing your location with contacts, creating and storing My Favorites locations, accessing the product tour, and setting detailed application preferences.

Using a Local Business Category

The Samsung Instinct can also cross-reference your current location with local business and points of interest, such as Grocery Stores, Gas Stations, Wi-Fi Spots, Malls, Hospitals, etc.

1. Press main Menu > Navigation > Drive To > Business.
2.Touch the onscreen keyword entry field and use the onscreen keyboard to enter the information. Touch Done to store your information and begin the search. or choose from one of the available category entries by touching an onscreen entry such as:
Food/Coffee, Gas Stations, Gas by Price, Banks/ATMs, WiFi Spots, Hospitals, and Complete List.

* Entries with more than one available category (a subcategory) appear with an adjacent grey arrow. These entries can be expanded and then closed.

To organize and arrange your search results:

1. Touch a category entry from the Search page. By default the Search Results page lists the Best Matches based on closest location first (top).
2. Touch one of the available filter options to best display the matching results:

*Best Match: displays a list of matching results sorted by most relevant and by placing the closest location (to your present position) at the top and farthest location at the bottom.
*Best Rating: sorts the results by their overall consumer satisfaction rating (indicated by a set of star icons to the left of the entry). The best rated location (5 stars) is placed at the top of the list. The rating is from No stars to 5 stars.
* Closest: sorts a list of matching results by placing the closest location (to your present position) at the top and farthest location at the bottom.
* Map Results: overlaps your current list over a map of your current location. The numeric onscreen entries correspond to your current sorted list.

To search for the least expensive gas in your area:

1. Main menu > Navigation > Drive To > Business > Gas By Price.
2. Touch a selected grade of gasoline: Any, Regular, Plus 89, Premium, or Diesel.
3. By default the Search Results page lists the Best Price at the top of the list.
Touch an entry from the list to be provided with a new route to the selected gas station.

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