The phone provides instant access to the Sprint Music Store for downloading songs, an FM transmitter for playing music through a radio or car stereo, bluetooth stereo support, and four changeable faceplates.

Other features include an external navigation pad, ring-tone composer, 64 megabytes of external memory for digital music storage, and a 1.3 megapixel camera and camcorder with Sprint Picture Mail, enabling users to customize their photos.

Sprint is seeing significant growth in the demand for music on mobile phones. In fact, since launching the Sprint Music Store last fall more than three million songs have now been downloaded, said Danny Bowman, vice president of product marketing for Sprint.