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...past few weeks, I've been wondering who is winning the video cell-phone battle between Sprint and Verizon Wireless. Which one serves up better content? The last time I tested services, Sprint had not yet introduced its EV-DO network, and the new Power Vision service that runs on that network. Now that it has, and now that both carriers have video downloads as well as full-fledged music stores, I grabbed an LG VX8100 V Cast phone from Verizon and the sweet, slender Samsung a900 Power Vision phone from Sprint, and set out to pick a winner...
...Sprint takes the cable TV approach, packing in a dizzying number of channels. If you pay $25 per month (in addition to your voice plan) for the Power Vision Ultimate Pack, you get an abundance of content from NBC, Fox News, Fox Sports, ESPN, The Weather Channel and Discovery Channel...
...Although for the most part, video downloads are prepackaged 1 to 5 minutes TV clips, Sprint does outdo Verizon in a big way with its live programming. Fox News, NFL Network, Fashion TV and the Fuse music channel all offer live streams to the phone for continuous viewing. An extra Sprint Live TV subscription gives you even more continuous programming, from CSPAN, Discovery, TLC, Bloomberg and more...
...Sprint also lets you get continuous streams of music, from Sirius, Rhapsody and other solid music partners. On the streaming audio front, Sprint is the uncontested winner. Verizon has no plan to offer radio-style programming...
...surfer-dude spirit that sparked this once-renegade sport (the public address announcer's favorite word at the Mountain Creek Grand Prix: "gnarly"). But make no mistake, these elite athletes are no slackers. America is stoked about the shredders- from the mainstream sponsors whose banners line the pipe- Chevrolet, Sprint, State Farm (crash your board, but not your car)- to the mini-van moms who, kids in tow, watch Teter ?McTwist? to Guns N? Roses...