Sprint Customers Can Now See Game Reviews on Their Phones Prior to Purchasing
LOS ANGELES, May 14 /PRNewswire/ -- E3 Expo -- Sprint (NYSE: FON PCS),
which operates the largest all-digital, all-CDMA Third-Generation (3G)
wireless network in the United States, and Wireless Gaming Review (WGR), the
leading publication dedicated to wireless games, are bringing timely game
reviews to PCS Vision(SM) customers. Through a new partnership, the editors
of WGR will review new PCS Vision games and post their reviews in the Games
menu, making the reviews accessible directly through PCS Vision Phones. These
reviews will enable customers to make educated decisions about the games they
purchase and play, using an impartial and trusted game publication as their
guide.
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"Gamers of all ages are using their PCS Vision Phones to play their
favorite games when they're away from their PC or game console," said Chip
Novick, vice president of consumer marketing for the PCS division of Sprint.
"By providing relevant game reviews, we are providing our customers with a
roadmap for making game purchase decisions."
Matthew Bellows, co-founder of Wireless Gaming Review, said, "We are proud
to be providing Sprint customers with wireless game reviews right on their PCS
Vision handsets. Sprint and Sprint's developers have collaborated to produce
some fantastic content. Wireless Gaming Review was created to cover this
emerging creative medium, and we're very happy to be doing it with Sprint."
On the phones, reviews will be accessed via a "Best Rated" link directly
from the Games menu. By early June, consumers will be able to instantly
purchase and download the game once they read the review.
Sprint recently announced 1.3 million PCS Vision customers through the end
of first quarter. Sprint leads the industry in the use of advanced data
services. PCS Vision from Sprint includes services that allow customers to
take and receive pictures from select PCS Phones; browse the Internet at
speeds faster than most dial-up connections; check personal and corporate
e-mail; watch clips and stream audio for news and music; download polyphonic,
animated and voice ringers, and full-color, graphically-rich games and screen
savers, all on the enhanced Nationwide PCS Network. PCS Vision games range in
price from $.99-$5.99.
About Sprint
Sprint is a global communications company serving more than 26 million
business and residential customers in over 70 countries. With approximately
72,000 employees worldwide and nearly $27 billion in annual revenues, Sprint
is widely recognized for developing, engineering and deploying state-of-the-
art network technologies, including the United States' first nationwide all-
digital, fiber-optic network and an award-winning Tier 1 Internet backbone.
Sprint provides local voice and data services in 18 states and operates the
largest 100-percent digital, nationwide PCS wireless network in the United
States.
About Wireless Gaming Review
Wireless Gaming Review ( http://www.WirelessGamingReview.com ) was founded in
August of 2001 to bring game reviews, previews and insights to mobile gamers
everywhere. Recognized by Forbes Magazine in their Best of the Web issue, and
consistently cited as a resource for gamers and the mobile games industry, WGR
is the leading publication dedicated to wireless games. WGR Media, Inc., the
publisher of Wireless Gaming Review, also publishes the Mobile Entertainment
Analyst ( http://www.mobenta.com ) for business readers, and a print version of WGR,
which is available in the June 2003 issues of Electronic Gaming Monthly and
Computer Gaming World.
SOURCE Sprint
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http://www.sprintpcs.com
http://www.e3expo.com http://www.WirelessGamingReview.com
http://www.mobenta.com
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CONTACT:
Jenny Stevens, +1-913-762-7071,
jmorfo01@mail.sprintpcs.com , or Nancy Sherrer, +1-913-762-7032,
nsherr02@mail.sprintpcs.com , both of Sprint; or Matthew Bellows
of Wireless Gaming Review, +1-617-628-1210,
matthew@wirelessgamingreview.com
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