Sprint puts Monkey Ball in your hand

A version of Sega's GameCube title "Monkey Ball" is now available to Sprint PCS customers, the wireless carrier said Thursday. Subscribers to Sprint PCS' new PCS Vision plans can download the game onto their cell phones for $3.99. The fee entitles them to 30 days of unlimited play, after which the game must be re-downloaded.

Games are among the new features cell phone companies are offering now that they have built new telephone networks to double the number of connected calls. The networks are also touting a wireless Web experience, which they say is equivalent to landline dial-up services.