Palm Pre Plus and Palm Pixi Plus Operate on Verizon Wireless' 3G Network

BASKING RIDGE, N.J., Jan. 25 /PRNewswire/ -- Today's availability of Palm® Pre™ Plus and Palm Pixi™ Plus will bring the Palm webOS™ experience to the nation's largest and most reliable wireless 3G network.  The reach and reliability of Verizon Wireless' 3G network will provide customers with a 3G advantage when they use Palm Pre Plus and Palm Pixi Plus to:

• Download and use cool apps, from mobile social networking portals to streaming radio
• Browse the Web to keep up with news, sports, stock quotes, Hollywood gossip and more at faster speeds
• Stream must-see video
• Share e-mails with friends, family and coworkers that include picture and video attachments
• Download and play vivid, rousing games
• Quickly download and play music favorites from top 40 to classical
• Work on the go with rapid file sharing

Palm Pre Plus is $149.99 after a $100 mail-in rebate, and Palm Pixi Plus is $99.99 after a $100 mail-in rebate, each with a new two-year customer agreement.  Buy a Palm Pre Plus or a Palm Pixi Plus and get a Palm Pixi Plus free after a mail-in rebate through Feb. 14.

Learn more about the features of the new Palm Pre Plus and Palm Pixi Plus at http://news.vzw.com/news/2010/01/pr2010-01-07c.html and http://news.vzw.com/news/2010/01/pr2010-01-21.html.

About Verizon Wireless' 3G Network

Verizon Wireless has the largest and most reliable 3G network coverage area in the United States.  See Verizon Wireless' 3G coverage for yourself; view a map of Verizon Wireless' 3G coverage, compared with competitors' 3G coverage at http://vzwmap.verizonwireless.com/dotcom/coveragelocator/images/maps/3Gcomparison.pdf.

Verizon Wireless invests more in its network than any other wireless service provider in the United States.  Verizon Wireless has invested more than $50 billion since it was formed – $5.5 billion on average every year – to increase the coverage and capacity of its national network and to add new services.  In each of the last four years, Verizon Wireless invested $6.5 billion or more to increase the wireless voice and data coverage of its national network and to add new 3G services such as Mobile Broadband and V CAST.  Visit www.verizonwireless.com for more information.

About Verizon Wireless

Verizon Wireless operates the nation's most reliable and largest wireless voice and 3G data network, serving 89 million customers. Headquartered in Basking Ridge, N.J., with 85,000 employees nationwide, Verizon Wireless is a joint venture of Verizon Communications (NYSE: VZ) and Vodafone (Nasdaq 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.

Palm, Pixi, Pre and webOS are trademarks of Palm, Inc.

SOURCE Verizon Wireless

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