Sprint and Samsung Give Oscar Nominees Phones

Celebrity presenters and performers at the 77th Annual Academy Awards will get the gift of global gab this year with the inclusion of the new Samsung SCH-A790 (IP-A790) in their official Oscar gift baskets. One of Sprint's latest multimedia devices - which is not yet available in stores - will keep A-listers connected to their "people" even when traveling to promote their next big movies!

Phillip Bloch, Hollywood's premier fashion stylist, deems the new Sprint PCS Phone from Samsung red-carpet worthy. "The competition can step aside. There's a new diva of wireless devices in town!" proclaims Bloch, who is covering the red carpet for CNN this year. "This new Sprint / Samsung phone is like a mini-TV, a camera / camcorder and a personal organizer rolled into one sleek package. With this phone, you're the ultimate winner!"

The feature-rich phone supports Sprint PCS Video Mail, Picture Mail, multimedia streaming services and text messaging, and is equipped with a full-color TFT main and sub-display, both with 262K colors; an MPEG4 video screen saver; internal phone book that stores up to 500 contacts; and advanced voice-recognition capabilities.

This comes at the heels of Motorola's announcement that it will include its BLZR - Black RAZR - phone in gift baskets as well.