Ultra-Thin Handset With V CAST Music Capabilities Now
Available on the Nation’s Most Reliable Wireless Network
BASKING RIDGE, NJ and LIBERTYVILLE, IL –5 June 2006– Verizon Wireless,
operator of the nation’s most reliable wireless network, and Motorola, Inc.
(NYSE: MOT) today announced the immediate availability of the Motorola RAZR
V3m. The newest V CAST Music-enabled phone, the Motorola RAZR V3m boasts rich
music functionality and is the newest slim addition to the V CAST Music phone
family.
With more than one million songs available for download, V CAST Music offers
customers the most song choices of any over-the-air music service in the
country. Thanks to the Motorola RAZR V3m’s optional 1 GB removable microSDTM
memory, customers can load up their phone with all their favourite jams from
well-known and independent artists. The V CAST Music store lets customers
browse, preview, download and play high-quality digital music from their phones
or in the Verizon Wireless V CAST Music online store.
The distinctively slim Motorola
RAZR V3m also supports V CAST, the nation’s first wireless broadband multimedia
service for consumers that delivers high-quality video from today’s hottest
content providers and 3D games right in the palms of customers’ hands.
“The first RAZR to support over-the-air music downloading,
the Motorola RAZR V3m is another proof point in our continuing commitment to
provide ‘must-have’ handsets,” said Mark Shockley, vice president of sales,
Mobile Devices, Motorola, Inc. “Complete with V CAST Music capabilities and
ample removable memory, the RAZR V3m offers Verizon Wireless customers a
stylish and fun mobile music solution.”
The Motorola RAZR V3m’s elegant metallic design houses a rich multimedia
line-up including a powerful integrated 1.3 megapixel camera and video-capture
and playback capabilities, plus access to Verizon Wireless’ Get It Now® virtual
store and the company’s Mobile Web 2.0SM news and information
service. The Motorola RAZR V3m also offers Bluetooth® support for
certain profiles, advanced speech recognition calling and supports Verizon
Wireless’ VZ Navigator, a tool for customers that includes mapping, audible turn-by-turn
navigation and the ability to find over 14 million points of interest.
V CAST and V CAST Music are powered by Verizon Wireless’ EV-DO network, the
most award-winning high-speed wireless broadband network in the nation,
currently available to more than 150 million Americans coast to coast.
Customers need a V CAST-enabled phone and a subscription to a V CAST VPak,
which is $15.00 monthly access, added to their Verizon Wireless calling plan to
access V CAST Music on their phones. Customers interested in managing their
music from their PCs in the V CAST Music online store can do so without a V
CAST VPak.
Pricing and Availability
The Motorola RAZR V3m is available for $149.99 after a $50.00 mail-in rebate
with a new two-year customer agreement in Verizon Wireless Communications
Stores. For more information on Verizon Wireless products and services, visit a
Verizon Wireless Communications Store,call 1-800-2 JOIN IN or go to www.verizonwireless.com.
About Verizon Wireless
Verizon Wireless owns and operates the nation’s most reliable wireless network,
serving 53 million voice and data customers. Headquartered in Basking Ridge,
NJ, Verizon Wireless is a joint venture of Verizon Communications (NYSE:VZ) and
Vodafone (NYSE and LSE: VOD). Find more information on the Web at
www.verizonwireless.com. To preview and request broadcast-quality video footage
and high-resolution stills of Verizon Wireless operations, log on to the
Verizon Wireless Multimedia Library at www.verizonwireless.com/multimedia.
Source: Motorola press release
