Sprint Customers Won't Miss a Beat With New Suite
of Clear, Digital Music Services
Sprint PCS Partners With HitHive, RealNetworks and Samsung to Offer Innovative Music Firsts,
Including the Nation's First MP3 Phone, to Customers Nationwide
KANSAS CITY, Mo., Nov. 1 /PRNewswire/ -- Sprint PCS (NYSE: PCS - news), the nation's fastest growing, all-digital,
all-PCS nationwide wireless network provider, today announced its entrance into the digital music arena with a full suite of
music products and services. With today's announcement, consumers can create, store, organize and manage their music
collections online with Sprint PCS My Music(SM) service, supplied and managed by HitHive, Inc. With RealNetworks
RealJukebox software, that music can then be downloaded to the new Sprint PCS Phone(TM) Samsung Uproar(TM) -- the
nation's first MP3 wireless phone.
``Sprint PCS, along with our partners, will once again change the way people live. Now, in addition to bringing clear
conversation to wireless, and the ability to get instant access to critical information, we will enable people to listen to their
favorite CD quality music anytime and anywhere. We've brought together the services, software and phones that make digital
music not only accessible, but easy to manage, as well,'' said Charles Levine, chief operating officer of Sprint PCS. ``This is
another Sprint PCS innovation -- digital music service specifically designed for wireless users nationwide.''
Designed with the music-loving consumer in mind, Sprint PCS' unique package of innovative services, software, and
first-of-its-kind hardware makes for a complete digital music experience. Sprint PCS' hallmark clarity, connectivity and
superior coverage will remain standard with this new and innovative set of music services.
To celebrate this introduction of digital wireless music services, Sprint PCS is currently offering a promotion that will run until
January 14, 2001. Sprint PCS customers who purchase a Samsung Uproar phone can sign-up for a free subscription to the
Sprint PCS My Music service for one year by visiting www.sprintpcs.com/mymusic .
The Music Vault: Sprint PCS My Music Service
Leading the suite is the Sprint PCS My Music service. After compiling their music collection, customers can access the Sprint
PCS My Music service from www.sprintpcs.com to upload and organize their music. Supplied and managed by HitHive, this
service allows customers to manage music easily with a personal touch, creating custom playlists, researching favorite artists
and storing songs from CDs. A leading provider of custom digital music services, HitHive has created a network of
syndicated music access points that give consumers nationwide access to their digital music collections.
As a subscriber to the Sprint PCS My Music service, customers are able to upload music from their PC to their Sprint PCS
My Music collection. Additionally, customers can view their music collection from the Sprint PCS Wireless Web.
Music Storage. Sprint PCS My Music gives customers two Gigabytes of music storage. With such a large storage space for
music, Sprint PCS customers won't miss a beat with the ability to store as many as 800 songs in their personal music
collection.
Music Playback. Sprint PCS customers can now stream music directly from the Sprint PCS My Music site, or download
music straight into their Sprint PCS Phone Samsung Uproar phone. Customers can also create personalized play lists and
mixes of their favorite music to enjoy while working, studying or relaxing.
Music Management. Sprint PCS My Music gives customers the ability to search their collection by artist, title or album.
Customers can add to their collection by converting songs from an existing CD collection into MP3 format and uploading
them from their hard drive. Sprint PCS My Music makes it easy to manage digital music online by providing a clear and
easy-to-follow site.
Music Information. Customers can create their own music reviews, rate tracks, share opinions with other music lovers, read
artists' biographies, or browse album information -- all from the Sprint PCS My Music service. For instance, customers can
now read their favorite heartthrob artist's biography, view the album cover, peruse reviews of their songs and then add their
own commentary -- all from www.sprintpcs.com .
Wireless Web. As with every Sprint PCS service or product, the Sprint PCS My Music service is further enhanced with
Wireless Web technology. Customers can browse their music collections and queue up future songs or playlists -- all from
their phone. By using the Sprint PCS Wireless Web, customers can create new music compilations from virtually anywhere,
anytime, nationwide.
All of these services come easily to the Sprint PCS customer with a Sprint PCS Phone Samsung Uproar by simply visiting the
Sprint PCS My Music Service site at www.sprintpcs.com/mymusic.
The Software: RealNetworks RealJukebox Software
RealJukebox enables customers to transfer their personal CD collections to their PC and manage their personal music
collections on their PCs. RealJukebox will enable users of the Sprint PCS My Music service to quickly and easily transfer
their favorite music from their PC to their Uproar phone. RealJukebox and downloading software is available through a Sprint
PCS My Music CD that is included with the purchase of any Sprint PCS Phone Samsung Uproar.
The Sprint PCS My Music CD provides customers with all of the necessary software to upload songs from their personal
music collection into the Sprint PCS My Music server, stream music directly from their hard drive or Sprint PCS My Music
collection on the Internet and place music on the Uproar phone.
The Nation's First MP3 Phone: The Sprint PCS Phone Samsung Uproar
Sprint PCS makes it easy for customers to take tunes on the go with the Sprint PCS Phone Samsung Uproar -- the nation's
first MP3 wireless phone. Sprint PCS is the first wireless provider in the U.S. to offer this groundbreaking new Internet-ready
phone as part of its suite of music offerings to customers nationwide.
The Uproar combines the latest in music technology with advanced features offered by Sprint PCS and Samsung to create a
four-in-one communications device -- with wireless phone, MP3 player, Wireless Web and personal organizer functions. Not
only does the Uproar allow users to download virtually any file in MP3 format, the phone can also access the wireless Internet
via the Sprint PCS Wireless Web and serve as a personal organizer.
Small enough to fit in the palm of a hand, this MP3-enabled wireless phone carries enough memory to store up to 64 MB of
digital music, or more than an hour's worth of CD quality music. By downloading music from the Sprint PCS My Music
service onto the Uproar phone, customers are now able to use their wireless phones to listen to their personal music collection
-- a wireless industry first.
More than just pure music enjoyment, the Uproar phone also offers music management on the go. An Uproar owner in the
mood for one specific song can select that track on their phone and play it over and over again. Or, they can select their
pre-arranged play lists on their phone and listen to those songs they love the most -- in the order they want. It's easy to
manage a whole collection, select specific titles, play personalized mixes or add and delete songs with this innovative,
full-featured phone. Also, with the Uproar phone and the Sprint PCS Wireless Web, customers can view and manage their
music collection stored on the Sprint PCS My Music site.
The phone will be available to customers nationwide at www.sprintpcs.com , local Sprint Stores and other retailers in the
Sprint PCS nationwide wireless network for $399.99.
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