The Sprint Music Store - Top Mobile Apps Revisited 2006

App: The Sprint Music Store

Company: Groove Mobile/Sprint Nextel

Year it was a Top Mobile App: 2006

Why it was a Top Mobile App: The Sprint Music Store offered a wide selection of music and also was a reliable service with an intuitive interface. The Store promised features including a music recommendation service based on previous purchases, the ability to browse the buying history of other users and a replacement service for users who deleted songs accidentally. Click here for more.

Its current status: The Store is still around and the user interface has been improved, with new navigation and playlist capabilities. There are more than 3.3 million tracks for sale in the catalog today, significantly more than the 500,000 available tracks in October 2005. The price of individual tracks also has been reduced to $0.99 for customers with data plans. The Samsung Instinct, Research In Motion's BlackBerry Curve, and the Samsung Rant are currently the top devices driving music downloads from the music store. The biggest day for downloads ever occurred the day following Michael Jackson's death.