from the dept. With competition heating up and prices for voice services dropping, wireless carriers are scrambling to stand out from the crowd this holiday season. To that end, Sprint PCS, the fourth-biggest wireless carrier in the U.S., is plunging into the digital-music business with a product that seems more like a publicity stunt than a must-have gadget -- but it's not a bad start. Capitalizing on the popularity of online music, Sprint is introducing the Uproar mobile phone, made by Samsung, featuring a built-in MP3 player -- believed to be the first such device to hit the U.S. market. At $400, the combo device is cheaper than buying a mobile phone and a portable MP3 player separately, but its lack of removable memory is a drawback. It's also a little on the pricey side for the teenage/college market that Sprint is targeting. < | >
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