Oh, we can hear you now, all right

I’ve got a hunch I know where you’ll be tomorrow. At the cell phone store, perhaps? Checking out a certain fancy new mobile phone? How do I know? Well, MacUser writer Aaron Freedman just happened to pass along this announcement from a popular wireless provider, advertising that their stores will be open late, so you can “pick up the latest in hot devices.” Sound good to you? I thought it might. And with 18 models to choose from, there’s something for everyone.

Wait—what?

Verizon Wireless Stores Open All Day June 29 For Customers To Test Drive The Nation’s Most Reliable Wireless Network, Purchase Any Of 18 Multi-Media Music Devices

The press release takes its fair share of oblique potshots at the iPhone by stressing things like their phones’ music capabilities: “Copying and saving unprotected music to a memory card has never been so easy.” Here’s a tip Verizon: using the phrases “memory card,” “unprotected music,” and “easy” in the same sentence may be shooting yourself in the foot.

Other digs at Apple’s phone include price, “Verizon Wireless phones won’t empty the pockets of any party animal. Popular models are affordably priced…” and touting direction features, “One of the more popular downloadable applications, VZ NavigatorSM, provides turn-by-turn directions to millions of U.S. destinations and can get most customers to the locations of their choice using the shortest and the quickest routes.”

Wow, that almost sounds—

V CAST Music songs are 99 cents from any Windows® XP PC, or $1.99 for two copies when downloaded to a V CAST Music-capable handset…VZ Navigator is priced at $1.99 per month, and Unlimited In Messaging Plans for Text, Picture, Video and Instant Messaging begin at $10.

Category: News

Posted by Dan Moren on Jun 28 2007, 2:13 PM ET

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