Sprint Power Vision Multimedia Phone MM-A920 by Samsung Rocks Your World

It Satisfies Your Magnificent Multimedia Obsession, at a New Lower Price

Sprint Nextel Corp. (NYSE: S) is not letting any grass grow under their feet. Sprint customers were the first users able to download songs to their handsets. They do this through the Sprint Music Store, powered by Groove Mobile. While the price per song might seem high ($2.50), you actually get two high-quality copies. One plays on your phone, and the other is formatted for your PC. More than 250,000 songs from the four major music labels are available.

As you've probably noticed, a mobile phone is not just a telephone/messaging device. It's a whole new world of features, and it's only going to evolve and grow as broadband wireless networks catch up with the multimedia offerings. But we're not quite there yet, because it's a work in progress.

You'll need Power Vision Phones from Sprint to take advantage. Sprint's MM-A920 by Samsung is such an animal. It lets you access your play lists and media content, when you want it. The A920 comes with a tiny TransFLASH memory card (32MB); larger cards (up to 1GB) are optional. You can't pop this memory device directly into a PC. Instead you use the SD adapter, which looks just like a standard SD card.

The A920 is a handy size clamshell phone, with 1.56-inch by 1.25-inch TFT display (262K colors). It weights only 4.6 ounces. The visually-stunning menu icons have a Mac OSX-like look, as they enlarge and are animated when you click on them. It makes for an easy, fun viewing.

Yes, the A920 also has Bluetooth wireless technology. If you've never used it before, this is simply built-in radio technology that allows fast, secure transmission between your phone and accessories. Many users love the Bluetooth headsets (an optional accessory), or being able to interact with printers, notebooks, PDAs or other mobile phones.

If you don't have a Bluetooth-enabled printer, there's another way to print directly to a printer (bypassing your PC). This is called PictBridge. You can print photos by connecting directly with a PictBridge supported printer (such as many HP printers), with the included USB cable.