Verizon Wireless and FunMail Inc., a leading provider of premium wireless entertainment, today announced the availability of 'Daily Dilbert' on Verizon Wireless' Mobile Web 2.0 service. Each day, Daily Dilbert delivers a popular Dilbert comic strip directly to the phones of Verizon Wireless Mobile Web 2.0 customers - giving Dilbert comic fans their daily dose of Dilbert.
"Dilbert is a pop culture icon, and we are excited to offer this great new service to Verizon Wireless' Mobile Web 2.0 customers," said Adam Lavine, Chief Executive Officer of FunMail, Inc. "We are very pleased to further expand our relationship with Verizon Wireless by continuing to provide unique entertainment services to Verizon Wireless customers."
Dilbert, the United Feature Syndicate comic strip, is the most photocopied, pinned-up, downloaded, faxed and e-mailed comic strip in the world. Dilbert appears in 2,000 papers in 65 countries and 25 languages, and on the Web at www.dilbert.com . More than 20 million Dilbert books have been sold to date, and more than half of Adams' books have made The New York Times best-seller list.
Daily Dilbert is available now from Verizon Wireless on select Mobile Web 2.0-capable handsets. Mobile Web 2.0 can be self provisioned, eliminating the need for customers to call customer service or visit a Verizon Wireless Communications Store to sign up for the service. Customers simply register for Mobile Web 2.0 on their Mobile Web 2.0-capable handset and get access to information and content right from their wireless handsets. Mobile Web 2.0 is available for a $5.00 monthly access, plus airtime. The Daily Dilbert application is a premium application and is available for an additional monthly fee of $2.99 added to the Mobile Web 2.0 monthly access.
