VZW Customers Can Spread Holiday Cheer With Their Wireless Phones This Season

[Mobile Mike]

BEDMINSTER, NJ — While decking the halls this holiday season, Verizon Wireless reminds customers not to forget about their wireless phones. Never be accused of letting the phone ring “Bah, Humbug” – add a holiday-themed ring tone to demonstrate the spirit of the season. Customers can browse through and choose from classic holiday favorites, goofy jingles and newly released covers by their favorite pop artists.

Verizon Wireless customers can surround themselves with a little extra holiday cheer by selecting the perfect holiday-themed ring tone to play on their wireless phones for any festive occasion. Whether it’s during the holiday season, or just in time for the New Year, choosing the perfect holiday-themed ring tone will be the easiest purchase you will make this season.

Offering customers a much needed break from the mall, Verizon Wireless offers customers a way to shop without fighting the madness – its Get It Now® virtual store. Customers with Get It Now-enabled handsets can simply visit the getTONES shopping aisle of the Get It Now virtual store and browse through ring tone providers such as Track Magnet, Modtones, Xringer, Ringster and MIDIRingTones to view lists of holiday-themed ring tones organized by song title and artist.

Verizon Wireless ring tone providers are turning up the tunes and offering customers the most popular holiday downloads for the season:

Track Magnet by Ztango, Inc.

All I Want for Christmas is You by Mariah Carey (Sony BMG)
O Holy Night by South Park (Sony BMG)
God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen by the Trans-Siberian Orchestra (Warner Music Group)
Carol of the Bells by the Trans-Siberian Orchestra (Warner Music Group)
Christmas in Hollis by Run-DMC (Sony BMG)
Grandma Got Run Over By A Reindeer by Elmo & Patsy (Sony BMG)
Frosty the Snowman by Patti Page (Sony BMG)
Oh Holy Night by Kelly Clarkson (Sony BMG)
Rudolph, The Red-Nosed Reindeer by Patti Page (Sony BMG)
Have Yourself A Merry Little Christmas by Frank Sinatra (Sony BMG)

Modtones by Faith West, Inc.

Sleigh Ride
Jingle Bell Rock
Frosty the Snowman
Dance of the Sugar Plum Fairy
You're a Mean One, Mr. Grinch
We Wish You A Merry Christmas
Jingle Bells
Jingle Bells 2
Winter Wonderland
Christmas Time is Here (from A Charlie Brown Christmas) by Vince Guaraldi

Xringer by Kanematsu USA Inc.

Sleigh Ride
Frosty The Snowman
You're A Mean One Mr. Grinch
Deck The Halls
Jingle Bells
We Wish You A Merry Christmas
Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas
Silver Bells
Joy To The World
Little Drummer Boy (El Nino Del Tambor)

MIDIRingTones by MIDIRingTones, LLC

Jingle Bell Rock
Frosty the Snowman
Grandma Got Run Over by a Reindeer
You're a Mean One Mr. Grinch by Boris Karloff
Jingle Bells
Deck the Halls
Let it Snow
We Wish You a Merry Christmas
Ho! Ho! By Ying Yang Twins
Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas by Bing Crosby

RingsterTM by InfoSpace MobileTM

You're a Mean One Mr. Grinch
We Wish You a Merry Christmas
Frosty the Snowman
All I Want for Christmas is You by Mariah Carey
Deck the Halls
Jingle Bells
Joy to the World
Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas by James Taylor
The First Noel
Little Drummer Boy

Download charges for Get It Now applications vary and airtime charges apply when browsing, downloading and using certain applications. Verizon Wireless products and services are available in more than 1,200 Verizon Wireless Communications Stores, at participating Circuit City and RadioShack locations and on the Web at www.verizonwireless.com.

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