Users can download songs on their phones for $1.99 per song plus airtime.

Aug 1, 2006 06:25 GMT  ·  By

In conjunction with the launch of Chocolate by LG, Verizon Wireless announced that its customers have everything they need to enjoy an extraordinary V CAST Music experience, including access to more than 1.3 million songs, a full line of music accessories that includes a 2GB microSD memory card that can hold up to 1,000 songs, the elimination of the V CAST VPak monthly charge for its V CAST Music customers and the ability to play their mp3 files with V CAST Music.

In an effort to give its customers unfettered access to the music service, Verizon Wireless has eliminated the need for customers to subscribe to the VPak for $15 per month to use V CAST Music. Now, anyone with a V CAST Music-enabled phone can pay-as-they-go to download songs on their phone for $1.99 per song plus airtime, download songs to their Windows XP PC for $0.99 and transfer their existing compatible digital music collection to their V CAST Music-enabled phone or memory card for free from their PC. Purchases from the phone include two copies of every song - one for the phone and one for the Windows XP PC. In addition, V CAST Music customers with Chocolates can listen to their existing mp3 files, a new functionality enabled by new V CAST Music software on the phone.

John Harrobin, vice president of marketing and digital media for Verizon Wireless declared: "Verizon Wireless is launching the next phase of V CAST Music with the exclusive launch of Chocolate by LG that marries breakthrough industrial design and music functionality with the best of a wireless phone. With the new V CAST Music pay-as-you-go pricing structure, Verizon Wireless' millions of customers with V CAST Music-enabled phones can now call their music whenever the urge strikes, giving them easy access to mobile music."