Like dogs, smartphones grow to seem like their owners-if those owners are tech savvy enough. Sprint ID offers users curated ” packs” of apps, widgets, and themes for straightforward smartphone personalization, starting with the Samsung Transform, Sanyo Zio, and LG Optimus S.
Sprint’s goal with the Sprint ID, a new service that permits users of Sprint’s Android phones to load up to five ” ID packs” on their devices, is to make customization simple. The packs bundle apps, visual elements, ringtones, dynamic widgets, and more based around a typical theme, allowing users to pick out the kinds of things they’re attracted to as opposed to finding the individual apps and widgets that fit their tastes. Users shall be ready to load up to five packs on a device jointly, customize them as they choose, and switch between them via an icon on the home screen.
Initially, a handful of lifestyle packs will likely be available-think entertainment, business productivity, auto enthusiast, etc.-in addition as collections from big names like Yahoo! and EA. Other partners with packs on the way in which include Amazon, E!, Oprah, MTV, LatCel, Weather Channel, Notre Dame, ESPN, Ebay, and others. Schools and businesses could load packs with relevant apps or pre-populate devices with information on their wireless networks.
Sprint ID shall be available on three newly-unveiled Android devices this autumn-the $50, Froyo-sporting LG Optimus S, the mid-range Sanyo Zio, and the QWERTY-keyboarded, front-and-back-cameraed Samsung Transform-in addition as most if not all of Sprint’s Android handsets going forward [ Sprint ]
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