Sprint has announced that they would be offering a new music service to users. Sprint Music Plus will allow users to download DRM-free tracks and ringtones starting at prices as low as $0.69. The service will also allow you to setup ringback tones for the people that frequently call you or for different times of the day. This new service will be available to phones via the Sprint App Zone or Sprint’s Mobile Web (WAP). Check out the press release for more info.
[It should be noted that when trying this on my device I had to have WiFi and 4G off and connect via 3G then switch to 4G. I figured it would work with 4G however it gave me repeated authentication failures. ]
Rock Out No Matter Where You Go – New Sprint Music Plus Application Provides Access to Full Music Tracks, Ringtones, Ringback Tones and More on Sprint Phones
Want your music downloaded FAST? The Sprint 4G network enables downloading music up to 10 times faster than 3G1
OVERLAND PARK, Kan.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Most people never leave home without their mobile phone, although they may leave behind their MP3 player. Now you can share your musical tastes with those around you – or those who call you – with Sprint Music Plus, a new music application, accessed either on a Sprint phone or sprint.com, which serves as a single, convenient destination for customers to discover, purchase and play individual and bundled offers of full track music, albums, ringtones and ringback tones.
Sprint Music Plus, powered by RealNetworks® Inc. (Nasdaq: RNWK), is a full-featured music and tone manager, which allows users to:
- Create music playlists.
- Assign ringback tones to play for different callers and times of day.
- Search for music by artist, title or keyword.
- Organize full tracks/albums by artist, genre and custom playlists using the music library manager.
- Preview content – sample millions of music tracks and tones, which are updated daily.
- Get new music recommendations based on their musical tastes.
“Sprint Music Plus is an easy way for our customers to discover new music and tones and manage all of their music content in one convenient place,†said Sean Khurana, vice president-Consumer Product Marketing at Sprint. “Sprint makes sure our customers always have access to their favorite music by providing a wide array of options, ranging from free apps downloaded from Android Marketâ„¢, BlackBerry App Worldâ„¢ or GetJar.com to Sprint Radio to purchasing tunes from Sprint Music Plus.â€
Everyone is busy these days and the last thing we have time for is to wait for our music to download. The Sprint 4G network offers one of the fastest wireless experiences among all U.S. national wireless carriers and enables downloading music up to 10 times faster than 3G. Sprint 4G, available today in 71 markets across the country, was the first national carrier to offer wireless 4G service.
Sprint Music Plus is available for Android™ powered Sprint smartphones from the Sprint Zone app and can be found on the home screen of BlackBerry® and Java Feature Phones launched after May 2010. Devices introduced before May 2010 will have access to ringtones and ringback tones from Sprint Music Plus via Sprint Mobile Web (WAP). For more information and to download the application, visit http://sprint.us/smp on your Sprint phone.
