Entertainment

Familiar applications found on the V3c are once again on the V3m, including an Alarm Clock, Calculator, Calendar, Notepad, and World Clock. Customers can also access Hotmail, AOL and Yahoo! email accounts, through Verizon Wireless.

Motorola's speaker-independent speech recognition system, MotoSpeak, lets users to make name and digit calls or launch and use applications such as camera, voicemail, and redial features. With just the sound of their voice, without prerecording or training, users can "Call," "Send Picture," "Send Text," or "Lookup."

Integrated onto new Verizon Wireless devices through software upgrades, GPS (Global Positioning System) allows travelers to receive real-time instructions to locate destinations.

Through Location Based Services (LBS) options, maps with turn-by-turn navigation and written and audible voice directions guide V3m users to any address in the U.S. Over fourteen million points nationwide allow vacationers to get to nearly landmarks, gas stations, banks, ATMs, and more. Requiring a subscription fee, extensive travelers can get VZ Navigator for $9.99 for unlimited monthly access, or the occasional tourist can use it for $2.99 per day.

Built on BREW (Binary Runtime Environment for Wireless) technology, customers can also purchase or download Java-based software to install on the RAZR V3m. As one of the leading mobile platforms on the market, a wide variety of programs have already been developed, from mobile versions of popular PC applications, to video games reminiscent of 80s style console games.

Internet

Covering more than 171 major metropolitan markets and 68 primary airports, Verizon Wireless' EV-DO (Evolution-Data Optimized) 3G broadband network can achieve theoretical rates of up to 2.4 Mbps, but more realistic speeds are around 300 to 500 kbps.

Through EV-DO, customers access VCAST Video on their V3m, a subscription-based video streaming and download service. Showing downloadable clips, V3m users can access entertainment programs in live and prerecorded formats from popular stations such as ABC News, CNBC, MSNBC, the Weather Channel, the News Corp.'s Twentieth Century Fox studio, and Viacom Inc.'s VH1 and Comedy Central.

Also offering the ability to download music over the air, VCAST Music lets customers access songs from well-known artists at major music labels Warner Music Group, EMI Music, Universal, and Sony/BMG, as well as indie provider The Orchard.

Customers buying music on the V3m from the VCAST Music Store actually receive two copies of every song - one for to play on the phone and another for a  Windows XP PC. Purchases from the V3m cost $1.99 for both copies, while purchases from the PC cost $0.99 and can be transferred via USB cable to the phone. Over one million songs currently available.

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