Entertainment
With Sprint's Power Vision Network, users can access Sprint TV for movie
previews and content from sources including ABC News Now, Bloomberg, Fox
News Channel, Discovery and the Learning Channel.
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Viewers can also check out Sprint's PowerView service for more downloadable
TV clips. Other perks include Sirius Radio, Sprint Movies (for full-length,
pay-per-view movies that play on the phone) and Sprint's On Demand service
for news: headlines, sports scores and local weather forecasts.
Via the Sprint Music Store, users can simultaneously download to both
a personal computer and wirelessly to a phone in one move. The UpStage package
comes with music managing software plus a USB cable to transfer media files
from a PC to the phone.
For gaming types, the UpStage comes with demo versions of Midnight Bowling,
Nightclub Empire, Pac-Man, Tetris, and World Series of Poker. Full versions
are available for purchase.
 Screen
savers, clock styles, sounds and dialing font styles are just a few of the
options that can be personalized on the UpStage. Additional display accoutrements
can be downloaded from the WAP 2.0 wireless Web browser.
Internet
EV-DO (Evolution-Data Optimized) technology gives the UpStage high-speed
data connectivity for downloading media content from Sprint services straight
to the phone.
Wireless access to the Web puts customers in touch with email, instant
messaging, chatrooms and news headlines. The phone can also be used as a
modem to connect a laptop or desktop computer to the Internet via the Sprint
National Network.
Storage
The UpStage carries 70 MB of internal shared memory and comes with a
64 MB microSD card for its external card slot. For users who with a larger
appetite, the UpStage can accommodate memory cards up to 2 GB, which is
ample storage space for a music phone.
Its standard sized phone book can store 500 entries, each entry with
an option to add up to five phone numbers, email and Web addresses, notes
and nicknames. For added personalization, users can add photo ID, custom
ringtones and designation as "Family," "Friend," "Colleague" or "VIPs."
The UpStage can store 98 one-touch speed dial entries, plus one preprogrammed
entry for voicemail.
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