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Last week, Sprint launched its over-the-air music store, the first of its kind operating in the U.S. Using one of Sprint's new Power Vision phones, you type in the name of a song you want, then tap a button to download it to the phone's internal memory. The actual download is fast, generally 20 to 30 seconds (though it could take a few minutes in spotty coverage). Once the song is in your phone, you can play it whenever you like, through the phone's speaker or earbuds that come with the phone...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Testing Sprint's New Music Store | 11/7/2005 | See Source »

...Vision data package to your voice plan. There are other good reasons to get a Power Vision plan, such as streaming Sirius radio and Cartoon Network video clips on demand, but this means you have to spend a lot of money every month just to access to the music store. If the goal of any wireless music store is instant gratification, the impulse buy, why does Sprint make you plan ahead with special service? That, and not the high-but-conceivable $2.50 song price, could hurt the store, and frustrate customers who are, according to JD Power & Associates, already...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Testing Sprint's New Music Store | 11/7/2005 | See Source »

Jersey Girl had widowed New York City publicist BEN AFFLECK hitting it off with video-store clerk LIV TYLER, and in The Family Man, Nic Cage's true love also turned out to be from New Jersey. Somehow, this all feels like Bruce Springsteen's fault...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: People: Nov. 14, 2005 | 11/6/2005 | See Source »

...This will be the [core] computer for a lot of people around the world. But maybe we haven't done a good enough job of communicating about what our products can do now. [Colligan picks up a Treo 650.] I have a 2-GB expansion card here. I can store approximately 10 movies on this. I can also download an application called MobiTV and view television on this. So it's not as Star Treky as it sounds. It's possible today...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: CEO Speaks: PC in Your Palm | 11/6/2005 | See Source »

...them reported that they were starting to feel stress some or all of the time. "I asked one boy how his parents react to his workload, and he answered, 'I don't really get home that often,'" says Demerath. "Then he handed me his business card from the video store where he works...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Ambition: Why Some People Are Most Likely To Succeed | 11/6/2005 | See Source »

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