BASKING RIDGE, NJ — Lifting the curtain today on what will be four of the most desired phones of the year from Verizon Wireless, the company unveiled several anchor phones that will be available for the 2007 holiday season: the Verizon Wireless Juke by Samsung, the BlackBerry® Pearl???? 8130 smartphone, The Venus???? by LG and The Voyager???? by LG. All of the phones will be in stores before Thanksgiving.

????We are excited about these devices,???? said Mike Lanman vice president and chief marketing officer for Verizon Wireless. ????Our fourth quarter device portfolio includes best-in-class multimedia wireless phones that offer customers the latest in innovative technology and an array of features. Whether customers are seeking a cool, hip, fashion-forward music phone, a device that will help them stay connected to the office, or an entertainment-rich device that can also function in a business setting, we will have it – on the nation’s most reliable wireless network.????

The Verizon Wireless holiday collection includes:

The Verizon Wireless Juke by Samsung
Perfect for customers who never leave home without their wireless phones or their music players, the pint-sized multi-functional Juke has a unique swivel design which enables it to literally flick open 180 degrees to reveal the keypad. What’s not visible is the 2 GB of internal storage that complements the phone’s music player, which supports .mp3, .wma and unprotected .aac files. Other must-have features include VGA camera with Nightshot, Bluetooth® stereo support for listening to music and the ability to access Verizon Wireless’ popular services such as VZ Navigator^SM and Chaperone^SM. The Juke is exclusive to Verizon Wireless and will be available in blue, red and teal at launch.