Customers Across The Country Line Up As BlackBerry Storm Blows Into Verizon Wireless Communications Stores

BASKING RIDGE, NJ — Hundreds of customers lined up outside Verizon Wireless Communications Stores before the sun came up, some braving cold temperatures, to be the first to buy the new BlackBerry® Storm™, available exclusively in the U.S. from Verizon Wireless.

Long lines formed outside Communications Stores up and down the East Coast and the Midwest, including Toledo, Ohio; Washington, D.C.; New York; Miami; Tampa, Fla.; and across New England. One customer in Toledo camped out Thursday at 5:50 a.m. so he could be first to buy a Storm today. His story and picture, as well as downloadable photos and broadcast quality video, which will be updated throughout the day, can be found at www.verizonwireless.com/multimedia.

The world’s first “clickable” touch screen BlackBerry is available starting today – and selling quickly – at Verizon Wireless Communications Stores and online at www.verizonwireless.com for $199.99 after a $50 mail-in rebate debit card and a new two-year customer agreement with a data plan or feature. For additional details and specifications about the BlackBerry Storm, please visit www.verizonwireless.com/storm.