Music Tones from Lil' Flip's U Gotta Feel Me album hit 'Gold' on Sprint: over 500,000 downloaded

OVERLAND PARK, Kan. (www.sprint.com/ www.sprintpcs.com) - Rap fans across the country have downloaded more than 500,000 Lil' Flip Music Tones to their Sprint PCS Vision handsets - letting the world know about their distinct taste in music. Today Sprint announced that Lil' Flip's album U Gotta Feel Me, has gone "gold" with more than 500,000 Music Tones sold including the chart-toppers "Bounce," "Sunshine," "Game Over" and "U Neva Know."

Sprint was the first U.S. carrier to offer ringers that sound like actual songs with the introduction of Music Tones. Sprint offers more than 2,000 ringers, including polyphonic, animated and voice ringers, and more than 1,000 Music Tones. In 2003, Sprint sold more than 20 million ringers and screen savers on its Sprint PCS Vision service.
"Music Tones from Sprint are different from other ringers because they are clips from actual songs and enable music fans of every genre to personalize their wireless handsets and demonstrate their unique personality," said Jeff Hallock, vice president - Consumer Product Marketing, Sprint. "Sprint customers have downloaded millions of ringers from a wide range of categories, but the urban ringers are definitely the most popular. Lil' Flip's album U Gotta Feel Me going 'gold' demonstrates this and the increasing popularity of Music Tones."

Sprint PCS Vision customers can purchase and download ringers directly from their Sprint PCS Vision Phones or at https://www.sprintpcs.com. To access ringers on the phone, select Menu/ Downloads/ Ringers and Get New.
From there, customers can browse the more than one thousand titles available from Sprint. Sprint PCS Vision includes services that allow customers to take and receive pictures from select Sprint 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; and download polyphonic, animated and voice ringers and full-color, graphically-rich games and screen savers, all on the enhanced Sprint Nationwide PCS Network.