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Sprint Music Store customers can browse, preview and purchase hundreds of
thousands of songs from virtually every genre of music from EMI Music,
SONY BMG MUSIC ENTERTAINMENT, Warner Music Group and Universal Music
Group. For $2.50 a song, customers get two copies of the song: one
high-quality version formatted to play and enjoy only on their phone and
another high-quality version formatted to download on to their PC.
Customers can also burn their music to a CD using Windows Media Player.
"Sprint is the first carrier in the United States to deliver what
customers want most in a wireless music store – the instant gratification
of downloading and owning their own personal collection of high-quality
songs on a device that is always with them," said Len Lauer, chief
operating officer for Sprint Nextel. "Sprint is delivering on-the-go
entertainment through a music storefront that is customer-friendly and
easy-to-use. With a single click, customers can access the Sprint Music
Store and more than 250,000 songs from all four major music labels. And
because their phone is always with them, now so is the music they want."
The
Sprint Music Store operates on the high-speed Sprint Power Vision(SM)
Network and is now available on two new multimedia phones, including the
Sprint Power Vision Phone MM-9000 by SANYO and the Sprint Power Vision
Phone MM-A940 by Samsung, also announced today. When on the Sprint Power
Vision Network, customers can download a full-length song in as little as
30 seconds.
The
Sprint Music Store includes both a Store and Player. The Store allows
customers to browse, preview and buy digital music. The Player allows
customers to view their music by genre and by artist, as well as play and
manage their music using playlists. It also allows customers to bring
music from their PC over to their phone. Sprint Power Vision phones come
packaged with a high-quality stereo headset that enables customers to
enjoy music privately. Or, if they prefer, they can play their music on
the built-in speakerphone without the stereo headset.
Sprint Power Vision phones come packaged with a removable memory card that
is inserted in the phone to buy, download and play full songs from the
Sprint Music Store. Using an optional 1GB removable memory card, customers
have the ability to store up to 1000 songs purchased from the Sprint Music
Store.
"We
expect that Sprint will introduce many customers to their first experience
with downloading digital music on a Sprint Power Vision Phone, similar to
how many customers first used a digital camera via their Sprint Phone just
a few years ago!" said Lauer.
Although customers do not need a data plan to purchase music using the
Sprint Music Store, Sprint recommends one of several Sprint Power Vision
Packs, priced at $15, $20 and $25 – all of which include a streaming radio
channel from SIRIUS, streaming live news from ABC News Now, and unlimited
Web and data access. For more information on pricing plans, phones,
features and services, please refer to the Sprint Power Vision press kit
at
www.sprint.com/mr.
The
Sprint Power Vision Network is currently available to approximately 130
million people nationwide and is expected to reach over 150 million people
by early 2006. For complete Sprint Power Vision Network coverage maps,
please visit the Sprint web site at
http://www.sprint.com/business/products/products/evdoEnterZip.jsp.
About Sprint Nextel
Sprint Nextel offers a comprehensive range of wireless and wireline
communications services to consumer, business and government customers.
Sprint Nextel is widely recognized for developing, engineering and
deploying innovative technologies, including two robust wireless networks
offering industry leading mobile data services; instant national and
international walkie-talkie capabilities; and an award-winning and global
Tier 1 Internet backbone. For more information, visit
www.sprint.com/mr. |