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Customers Across the Country Line up as BlackBerry Storm Blows Into Verizon Wireless Communications Stores
IRVINE, Calif., Nov. 21 /PRNewswire/ -- Hundreds of customers lined up
outside Verizon Wireless Communications Stores before the sun came up today,
some braving chilly morning temperatures, to be the first to buy the new
BlackBerry(R) Storm(TM), available exclusively in the U.S. from Verizon
Wireless.
(Photo: http://www.newscom.com/cgi-bin/prnh/20081121/AQF065)
Long lines formed outside Communications Stores in cities throughout
Southern California, includingLos Angeles,Santa Monica,Beverly Hills,
Irvine, andSan Diego. One customer arrived Thursday night at 11:00 p.m. and
camped out to be first in line the following day. Other customers walked up to
Verizon Wireless stores with coffee cups in hand as early as 4:00 a.m. Their
stories and pictures, as well as downloadable photos and broadcast quality
video, which will be updated throughout the day, can be found at
http://www.verizonwireless.com/multimedia.
The world's first "clickable" touch screen BlackBerry is available
starting today -- and selling quickly -- at Verizon Wireless Communications
Stores and online at http://www.verizonwireless.com for $199.99 after a $50
mail-in rebate debit card and a new two-year customer agreement with a data
plan or feature. For additional details and specifications about the
BlackBerry Storm, please visit http://www.verizonwireless.com/storm.
About Verizon Wireless
Verizon Wireless operates the nation's most reliable wireless voice and
data network, serving 70.8 million customers. Headquartered inBasking Ridge,
N.J., with 71,000 employees nationwide, Verizon Wireless is a joint venture of
Verizon Communications (NYSE: VZ) and Vodafone (NYSE and LSE: VOD). For more
information, visit http://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
http://www.verizonwireless.com/multimedia.
SOURCE Verizon Wireless
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