WIRELESS AND MOBILE NEWS

The LG Chocolate 3 will available on Sunday. The LG Chocolate 3 is the premier music phone for the launch of the V CAST Rhapsody music service ($14.99 mo.) that enables users to download copies to their PCs free of DRM.

The LG Chocolate 3  has a built-in FM transmitter so customers can play music through a car stereo or other stereo system, dual speakers, Bluetooth for wireless stereo sound, and multitasking capabilities while listening to music.

 With V CAST Music with Rhapsody, includes

• Unlimited subscription syncing with access to more than 5 million songs
• Creating and accessing playlists, viewing playlists of other users, including celebrities
• Burning, importing and converting CDs to play anywhere
• Managing an existing digital music collection for free and syncing it to their mobile phones
• Buying non-protected MP3s of songs on the PC for 99 cents per song
• Buying songs on the phone, over-the-air -- get two copies of the song for just $1.99 (one is over-the-air, the second master copy is the file customers download onto their PCs)
• Software for PC syncing.
  

Other features include:

• 2.0 megapixel camera and camcorder, and supports V CAST Video and ESPN MVP,
• 8 GB Micro SD for music sideloading.
• Mobile Web,
• Mobile E-Mail
• Mobile IM,
• VZ Navigator
• Chaperone

In addition, the LG Chocolate 3 is the first phone to feature Dashboard, a portal powered by Adobe Flash Cast technology which delivers personalized multimedia information and entertainment services directly to the phone. Dashboard features 13 channels -- Mobile Web, VZW Showcase, Get Channels and Search, as well nine more to customize the wireless experience. Verizon Wireless customers can select from News, Community, Comedy Central, MTV News, IGN.COM, FOX Sport, Tones & Extras, Sports, ESPN, Music, Entertainment, Weather, Business, and Games channels to appear on their phones. Verizon Wireless expects Dashboard to become increasingly available as new phones come to market throughout the year.

The LG Chocolate 3 is available beginning Sunday for $129.99 after a $50 mail-in rebate with a new two-year customer agreement. LG Chocolate 3 customers who want to manage or buy music from their PCs can download V CAST Music with Rhapsody software for free at http://www.verizonwireless.com/music. Customers interested in the $14.99 monthly subscription may sign up online or by visiting a Verizon Wireless Communications Store, including those in Circuit City, or by calling Customer Service at 1-800-2 JOIN IN.

For more information about music services and devices from Verizon Wireless, visit http://www.verizonwireless.com/music.