Audio

Being Sprint's flagship music phone, the A920's built-in MP3 player is seamlessly integrated with embedded Rewind, Play / Pause, Fast Forward, List, and Shuffle Keys. Located on the front panel, the easy access music controls turn the A920 into a standalone music player. By turning on Airplane Mode, communication functionality can be deactivate while in use.

Customers can also browse tunes through Sprint Music Store. Downloading full songs over-the-air to the A920, the music player allows customers to view their music by category and artist, as well as play and manage their music using playlists. Surfing, sampling and buying music from an online catalogue, hundreds of thousands of songs in virtually every genre of music are available for purchase.

Major labels such as EMI Music, Sony BMG Music Entertainment, Warner Music Group and Universal Music Group have signed on to offer songs at $2.50 each. While pricier than other music services, customers actually receive two copies of the song: one high-quality version formatted to play and enjoy only on the A920 and another high-quality version formatted to download on their PC, so customers can burn it to CD using Windows Media Player.

Also through Sprint Power Vision, customers have access to the A920's built-in Media Player. Offering users the ability to listen to streaming music whenever and wherever they want, the A920 has access to popular services such as MSpot, Sirius, and Rhapsody. Becoming a portable online radio, data charges may apply.

Supporting stereo audio, users can listen privately without disturbing others with the included headset. And to share the music, dual speakers positioned on either ends of the hinge blast music for an excellent open-air listening experience.

Messaging

Commonplace now, SMS (Short Messaging Service), EMS (Enhanced Messaging Service), and MMS (Multimedia Message Service) text messaging standards are supported on the A920.

Being on the Sprint Network, through PCS Vision, users can picture message by attaching photos taken with their camera. And with PCS Video Mail, users can record and send 15-second clips to friends and family.

Also available to all Sprint customers, PCS Mail allows users to send and receive emails including file and photo attachments. And to check email from 3rd party sites, the A920 can access popular clients such as MSN Hotmail, AOL Mail, and Yahoo! Mail.

Featuring real-time instant messaging platforms, the A920 includes preinstalled AOL Instant Messenger (AIM), MSN Messenger, and Yahoo! Messenger clients. Going beyond traditional SMS-based chat, consumers can have real-time access to buddies on the go.

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