Verizon Wireless releases Ipod-like cellphone
July 31, 2006Verizon Wireless announced today that they are launching an Ipod-like cellphone - Chocolate - “that will have full video capabilities, and also allow consumers to choose from more than 1.3 million songs from Verizon’s online music store for download,” the company said on their website. The cellphone will only be available to Verizon Wireless customers and will retail for approximately $199 US. The phone is currently available on Verizon Wireless’ website and will be distributed to stores on August 7th.
Also, the company added that it will no longer charge customers a $15 monthly fee to download music and will instead, charge around $2 per music download. The launch of this new product makes Verizon a direct competitor to Apple and their popular Itunes service.
