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WIREFLY Debuts Online Holiday Shopping Catalog

-- Leading Online Retailer of Wireless Phones and Service Plans Debuts 2004 Holiday Shopping Catalog with Hot New Products and Features --

Washington, D.C. – December 8, 2004 — WIREFLY, a leading online retailer of wireless phones and service plans, announced today the debut of their new one-stop online holiday shopping catalog allowing customers to purchase the latest wireless phones, PDAs and service plans through their online presence, www.wirefly.com. Customers will be able to enter the one-stop online store and shop for wireless gifts right up until December 23rd for delivery by Christmas.

"Last year, thousands of holiday shoppers used WIREFLY for their wireless needs, and this year, we’re excited to offer shoppers our new holiday catalog of the hottest wireless phones and PDAs on the market," said WIREFLY’s President, Brian Westrick. "We’re here to help that last-minute shopper looking for that special wireless device, for that special someone."

The InPhonic-powered WIREFLY provides customers with a secure e-commerce platform that takes them through a short list of questions to help them find the calling plans and wireless phones that suit their particular needs. It also includes comparison shopping tools that lets current mobile phone users analyze their current plan using a simple, step-by-step process, and then provides alternative plans with lower monthly rates and/or better features. WIREFLY allows customers to easily transfer their cellular phone number from their existing carrier to their new carrier of choice with one easy click of a button. According to Forbes magazine’s "Best of the Web" (2004), "It’s probably the best all-around number portability portal available." WIREFLY also provides customers services and discounts not available in retail wireless stores, including real-time online order status and tracking, and the guaranteed lowest price – online or anywhere else.

About WIREFLY Owned and operated by InPhonic, Inc. (NASDAQ: INPC) of Washington, D.C., WIREFLY (www.wirefly.com) is a one-stop online destination for comparison wireless shopping in the United States. WIREFLY offers wireless services through all the major wireless carriers, including Cingular Wireless, Nextel, Verizon Wireless, T-Mobile, Sprint PCS, and more, and devices from the leading manufacturers, Motorola, Sony Ericsson, Nokia, Samsung, and LG. Servicing thousands of online comparison shoppers every month, WIREFLY has received wide acclaim for its broad array of features, services and products since its launch in late 2003.

"Safe Harbor" Statement - Under the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995, this press release may contain forward-looking statements that involve risks and uncertainties. Important factors, which could cause actual operating results to differ materially from those in the forward-looking statements, are detailed in filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission made from time to time by the Company. This press release and statements are current as of the date of the individual announcements and the Company undertakes no obligation to publicly release any revisions to any forward-looking statement to reflect events or circumstances after the date thereof or to reflect the occurrence of unanticipated events.

Contact:

Tripp Donnelly
Vice President
Corporate Communications
202-333-0001
tdonnelly@inphonic.com

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