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Get to Games and Applications Directly From the Mobile Web on Verizon Wireless Phones

Posted on: Thursday, 2 April 2009, 10:15 CDT

LAS VEGAS and BASKING RIDGE, N.J., April 2 /PRNewswire/ -- From CTIA WIRELESS 2009(R), Verizon Wireless, the nation's leading wireless service provider, today announced the Mobile Web Games and Apps Store -- another easy and fun way for customers to access the games and applications it offers. The new Mobile Web Games and Apps Store uses cool graphics and an easy-to-navigate menu to guide customers to the wide variety of titles and tools Verizon Wireless makes available on many of its handsets.

Customers with Get It Now(R)-capable phones are now able to click through to the hundreds of games and applications directly from Mobile Web. Both WAP and HTML handsets support this new experience, which lets customers preview, sample and order popular games, including "Tetris(R)" and "Guitar Hero(R) World Tour," as well as applications that include VZ Navigator(SM) and Backup Assistant, quickly and simply.

The new Mobile Web Games and Apps Store also adds a keyword search, making it easier for customers to find games and applications they already know about or discover new ones with one or two clicks.

Unlimited Mobile Web usage is included with a $15.00 monthly V CAST VPak subscription, which also includes access to V CAST Video, V CAST Music and Media Center/Get It Now applications. Alternatively, customers can access Mobile Web for free with a Nationwide Plan but will incur usage charges of $1.99 per megabyte.

For more information on Verizon Wireless products and services, visit a Verizon Wireless Communications Store, call 1-800-2 JOIN IN or visit www.verizonwireless.com.

About Verizon Wireless

Verizon Wireless operates the nation's most reliable and largest wireless voice and data network, serving more than 80 million customers. Headquartered in Basking Ridge, N.J., with more than 85,000 employees nationwide, Verizon Wireless is a joint venture of Verizon Communications (NYSE: VZ) and Vodafone (NYSE and LSE: VOD). For more information, visit 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 Verizon Wireless

Source: PR Newswire

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