Sprint and Google Offer First Wireless Image Search On PCS Phones
Immediate Access to Nearly 400 Million Images and 3 Billion Web
Pages From Google on Vision-enabled PCS Phones
Google™ search services were previously available on the PCS
Wireless Web and enabled customers to search for text-based sites and
information. With the launch of PCS Vision from Sprint, customers are
now able to view full-color photos and access sites and information
with graphics and other enhancements.
Using their PCS Vision phones, customers can search for images of
celebrities, view details of a car for sale or simply get their latest
hometown news complete with color and graphics. PCS Vision users will
find Google's easy-to-use search services in the "Tools" folder
and through the "Menu" soft key (search option).
"Google is opening a new mobile and visual window to the world
for PCS Vision customers," Chip Novick, vice president of consumer
marketing for the PCS division of Sprint. "The ability to search
for and view images clearly provides our customers another valuable
reason to do more with their phones than simply make calls."
"Google and Sprint are making the web a richer experience for
consumers by enabling them to browse and view images and web pages,
right from their wireless phones," said Omid Kordestani, Google's
senior vice president of Worldwide Sales and Field Operations. "This
announcement demonstrates Google's ongoing commitment to delivering
innovative and powerful search services on a wide selection of mobile
devices."
PCS Vision from Sprint includes services that enable customers to
browse the Internet wirelessly with speeds comparable to a home computer's
dial-up connection; check personal and corporate e-mail; download polyphonic
ringers and full-color, graphically-rich games and screen savers; and
take and receive pictures on select Vision-enabled PCS Phones.
Click here to view Google image
search featured on a Sprint PCS Vision wireless phone (30K).
About Google About Sprint ### 
MOUNTAIN
VIEW, Calif. and OVERLAND PARK, Kan -- December 18, 2002 -- Google,
developer of the award-winning web search engine, and Sprint, (NYSE:
FON, PCS), which operates the largest all-digital, all-PCS nationwide
network, today announced the availability of the first US-based wireless
image search. The new service enables PCS VisionSM customers to search
and view Google's collection of nearly 400 million web images and more
than 3 billion web pages.
Google is the fastest and easiest way to find relevant information.
Founded in 1998, Google develops innovative search technologies that
connect people with the information they need to make better decisions.
Google's business model is based on targeted advertising programs and
corporate search solutions. A top 10 online property in nearly every
major global market, Google is based in Mountain View, Calif. with offices
in North America, Europe, and Asia. For more information, visit www.google.com.
Sprint is a global communications company serving more than 26 million
business and residential customers in over 70 countries. With approximately
75,000 employees worldwide and more than $26 billion in annual revenues,
Sprint is widely recognized for developing, engineering and deploying
state-of-the-art network technologies, including the United States'
first nationwide all-digital, fiber-optic network and Sprint's award-winning
Tier 1 Internet backbone. Sprint provides local voice and data services
in 18 states and operates the largest 100-percent digital, nationwide
PCS wireless network in the United States.
Google is a trademark of Google Technology Inc. All other company
and product names may
be trademarks of the respective companies with which they are associated.
| Jenny Morford Sprint 913-762-7071 jmorfo01@mail.sprintpcs.com |
Nathan Tyler Google, Inc 650-623-4311 nate@google.com |
