Nov. 6, 2009 (PR Newswire) --

Video, Photos Of Customers Lined Up Overnight To Purchase DROID Smartphones At Special Midnight Pre-Sale Event in NYC

WHO:            Verizon Wireless, the company with the nation's largest
and most reliable wireless voice and 3G network

WHAT:           Broadcast-quality video and high-resolution images of
customers who purchased the DROID smartphone at special
midnight store openings is available now for use by the
media.

Additional video and images are being captured of
customers purchasing the DROID on its first day of sale at
Verizon Wireless Communications Stores across the country
and will be posted throughout the day.

WHERE:          In the Verizon Wireless Multimedia Library at
www.verizonwireless.com/multimedia

Video will also be posted throughout the day on Verizon
Wireless' YouTube channel at
www.youtube.com/user/VerizonWirelessTV

BACKGROUND:     Featuring access to thousands of Android applications and
hundreds of widgets and the best 3G mobile network in the
country, the DROID is exclusively available in the U.S.
beginning today at Verizon Wireless Communications Stores
and online at www.verizonwireless.com.

For more information, visit www.droiddoes.com.

MEDIA CONTACT:  Tom Pica
Verizon Wireless
908.559.7516
Thomas.Pica@verizonwireless.com

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 (NYSE 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.

/PRNewswire -- Nov. 6/

SOURCE Verizon Wireless