SAY CHEESE! BOOST GIVES CUSTOMERS SOMETHING TO SMILE ABOUT WITH BOOST™ SNAPS
- Customers Can Now View, Share and Order Photo Prints from Boost Phones or Private Online Photo Album -
IRVINE , CA - November 28, 2005 - Boost Mobile®, a lifestyle-based telecommunications brand that develops and distributes wireless communications products for the youth market, is now offering a fun, easy way to view and order photo prints of digital pictures directly from a Boost™ phone with Boost™ Snaps. Boost Snaps enables Boost customers to upload up to 500MB of photos directly from their Boost phone, digital camera or any PC and share them in a private online photo album. With Boost Snaps, users can also view, share, order or send e-cards to friends and family directly from their Boost phone.
“What good is taking pictures on a mobile phone if there are only limited ways to share them?” said Craig Thole, director of value added services, Boost Mobile. “With Boost Snaps customers now have the option to view, share and order high-quality prints directly from their handset.”
Boost customers may download Boost Snaps directly from their Java®-enabled phone or from Boost LIVE at www.boostlive.com for a monthly fee of $2.99 and additional costs will apply for ordering prints. Boost Snaps is currently available on all Boost Multi-Media Messaging (MMS) capable phones.
About Boost Mobile Products and Service
All Boost phones come with Boost’s signature Boost Walkie-Talkie that offers instant nationwide communication at the touch of a button. By pressing the walkie-talkie button on the side of the phone, users can connect to anywhere from anywhere on Sprint Nextel’s nationwide iDEN network, in less than one second, for distances of thousands of miles. As the only wireless service provider to offer any true service differentiation by making Sprint Nextel’s Nationwide Walkie-Talkie service available as a Pay-As-You-Go feature, Boost Mobile enables today’s youth to communicate on their terms, at their own pace.
Most Boost Mobile handsets also include Boost™ Multi-Media Messaging, Text Messaging and Wireless Web, large color screens, preloaded Java®-enabled games and applications, GPS technology, preloaded polyphonic and voice ringtones, exclusive action sports and graffiti wallpapers, hands-free speakerphone
VibraCallTM alert, national roaming, voice activated dialing, voice notes and much more. Additionally, most Boost Mobile phones include built in Java®-enabled technology, enabling customers to use Boost LIVE, a virtual video game arcade available on the Boost Mobile Web site (www.boostLIVE.com), to browse and download over the air Java games, ringtones and wallpapers to personalize their handset to fit their unique style and vibe.
Boost Mobile Pay-As-You-Go pricing provides maximum value to youth customers by offering competitive peak and off-peak rates that meet their lifestyle needs. Calls are 20 cents per minute Monday through Friday, 7:00 a.m. to 9:00 p.m., and 10 cents per minute after 9:00 p.m. Monday through Friday and on weekends (long distance calling and roaming included at no extra charge). Boost™ Walkie-Talkie is $1.50 per day for unlimited nationwide use and the charge applies only on the days the service is used. In addition, new Boost subscribers will receive a reduced rate of 10 cents per minute when they call other Boost, Nextel or Sprint PCS subscribers all day every day.
Boost Mobile customers pay for minutes only as they need them through the purchase of Re-Boost® Cards. There are no credit checks, hidden charges or monthly bills. Re-Boost® Cards are available in $20, $30 and $50 denominations and may be purchased, as needed at all authorized Boost retailers.
About Boost Mobile
Based in Irvine, California, Boost Mobile, LLC, a subsidiary of Sprint Nextel Corporation, (NASDAQ: S), is a lifestyle-based telecommunications brand focused on offering premium Pay-As-You-Go wireless phones and services to the youth market. Boost is one of the fastest growing wireless services in the U.S. and now has more than 1.7 million customers - the majority of which are under the age of 25. Boost-branded wireless phones with its exclusive Boost™ Walkie-Talkie service and Re-Boost® Cards are available nationwide at locations where youth prefer to shop, including national retailers and convenience stores, and merchants that focus on fashion, music, and action sports-related activities. Experience Boost on the Web at www.boostmobile.com.