14 DAY TRIAL // Does a free music download service sound tempting? Of course it does, and if you're a Virgin Mobile customer you might just be able to download some free music.
The mobile operator is trying to encourage its customers to use its music download service, offered for both contract and prepay, by allowing them to download music for free.
The offer will run for three months, starting from the 1st of March until the 28th of May and will be available for both new and existing customers.
There's a catch of course, and customers are limited to a certain number of free tracks. They will be able to download a maximum of 25 tracks available from the Virgin Mobile Bites service and only if they are the owners of 3G handsets such as the Sony Ericsson Walkman W850i and newly released W880i or the K800i and K610i Cybershot phones.
Nevertheless, something is better than nothing, right? This is what Virgin Mobile has to say: "Want to download the latest music tracks for free directly to your Virgin Mobile 3G handset, from a huge range of artists such as Justin Timberlake, The Red Hot Chilli Peppers, Muse, The Streets and Gnarls Barkley? Virgin Mobile is giving customers with 3G handsets the opportunity to do just that from 1st March 2007 through to 28th May 2007".
The offer is available through the Virgin Mobile website, stores as well as several selected retailers including Carphone Warehouse. Virgin Mobile has also tried to promote its TV service in the UK, but even though it had launched a major advertising campaign as well as cut the prices of their TV-enabled handsets, it sold less than 10,000 such phones and customer didn't seem to be very interested in the service.