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Virgin Mobile Preps the Launch of Samsung Vice

According to the latest news on the Internet, wireless carrier Virgin Mobile Canada is getting ready to release onto its airwaves a new mobile phone, the Samsung Vice, which already surfaced on the company's site, meaning that the release is imminent, though there are no further details on its availability. It...

18 June 2009
06:17 GMT

Virgin Mobile Intros Kyocera X-tc and JAX

Virgin Mobile USA has recently announced the introduction of two new mobile phones that have been developed by Kyocera, namely the X-tc and JAX. While the former is stated to already be available for purchase with the cell phone carrier, the latter has only been announced, with no release date or price unveiled at th...

13 March 2009
11:47 GMT

Virgin Mobile Announces New Handsets

Virgin Mobile unveiled a new slider handset, the vGlide, which is aimed at youngsters in India. The new device sports a 1.8-inch large screen that can deliver 65k colors, while also including FM radio, speaker phone and a wide range of games along with some other nice features. The new vGlide mobile phone features a...

27 February 2009
02:09 GMT

The Website of Virgin Mobile Canada Exposes Customer Accounts

Thomas Milne, a test engineer at Sophos, has stumbled upon a gaping security hole on the website of Virgin Mobile. After poking around the website's wap interface, he discovered that accessing other people's accounts was as easy as typing in their phone number. Working at Sophos' Vancouver office, Mr....

3 February 2009
03:52 GMT

Virgin Media Teaming Up with Yahoo! Search Services

Starting December 8, Virgin Mobile will be launching its new media portal, which will now be accompanied in the Internet department by Yahoo!'s oneSearch, which is certain to turn the web browsing experience into a far more pleasant one. This new Virgin Mobile portal will bring news, music, video games and all s...

2 December 2008
10:16 GMT

Shuttle – Virgin Mobile's First EV-DO Phone

Virgin Mobile USA has prepared a big surprise for its customers, with the upcoming launch of Shuttle, the MVNO's very first mobile phone to be EV-DO / 3G capable. The Shuttle is also Virgin's first device to come with features from the recently acquired Helio: Accuweather, ESPN, access to Facebook and MySpa...

11 September 2008
03:15 GMT

Virgin Mobile Launches Location-Based Entertainment Service in the US

Virgin Mobile, North America's most famous MVNO (mobile virtual network operator), is getting ready to offer a location-based entertainment service to its subscribers. More exactly, the operator has partnered with buzzd, a New York-based company, to come up with "buzzd on Virgin" – a service that will soon...

3 September 2008
10:35 GMT

The $20 TNT! Phone Is Now on Sale

Announced by Virgin Mobile USA more than one month ago, the new entry-level Kyocera TNT! is now available for purchase across the States. The handset's price is of only $20, hence it's clear that its target is represented by users who get along well with affordable devices. The name of the new Kyocera p...

15 August 2008
04:59 GMT

BlackBerry Pearl 8130 Offered By Virgin Mobile Canada

Virgin Mobile Canada has just released its first-ever BlackBerry smartphone, the Pearl 8130. The handset comes not long after the Canadian division of the global MVNO (Mobile virtual network operator) launched the popular full-QWERTY LG Rumor phone. BlackBerry Pearl is a quite popular device itself, and it's pre...

7 August 2008
13:23 GMT

LG Rumor Now from Virgin Mobile Canada

LG Rumor, the popular and affordable handset that's been around in the US for about one year, is now offered by Virgin Mobile Canada too. Of course, the phone was already available for Canadian users, but only for those who are Bell Mobility's subscribers (the CDMA carrier released the Rumor back in April, ...

18 July 2008
03:53 GMT

Virgin's Arc On Sale Now

After unveiling the existence of its new Arc clamshell phone (last week), Virgin Mobile has now also made the handset commercially available. As previously announced, the Arc is a basic-featured device that will drain only $49 out of your pocket, credit card or any other place where you usually keep your money. W...

9 July 2008
04:50 GMT

Virgin Mobile India Released the vBling Clamshell

Virgin Mobile has announced the availability of a new affordable (but at the same time fashionable) mobile phone named vBling. This is a clamshell that features a mirror finish and it's the second basic phone to be released by Virgin in India in the last two weeks, after the vTrendy candybar. The new vBling ...

8 July 2008
05:19 GMT

Virgin Mobile Presents the TNT! Phone

After the good-looking Arc, Virgin Mobile USA has prepared yet another basic and affordable clamshell, built by Kyocera and given an arguably cool name: TNT! (exclamation mark included). Presented by Virgin as a "dynamite flip phone", the new TNT! is far from being a bomb when it comes to specs. But the largest MVNO ...

7 July 2008
04:30 GMT

Virgin Mobile Officially Buys Helio

Virgin Mobile, probably the best-known mobile virtual network operator (MVNO) in the world, announced that it would buy Helio, the American MVNO currently owned by SK Telecom and EarthLink. The deal will not be completed following a payment in cash, but after SK Telekom and EarthLink are offered 13 million shares of...

27 June 2008
12:34 GMT

Virgin Mobile Announces New Unlimited Calling Plan For $79.99

Virgin Mobile has just announced a new and affordable unlimited plan for its mobile subscribers in the US that will cost only $79.99 per month. Called "Totally Unlimited", Virgin's new plan will offer consumers the chance to call anyone in the US, at any time of day or night, without having to worry about other ...

24 June 2008
11:47 GMT

Affordable vTrendy Released by Virgin Mobile

Virgin Mobile has just released a new mobile phone in India, the vTrendy, which comes as the sixth handset from the company's Indian line-up of products. The new vTrendy is an affordable candybar that costs only 1,499 INR (about $35 or 23 Euros). It's very likely that the new phone is manufactured by No...

23 June 2008
10:20 GMT

Special Wild Card Phone Released by Virgin Mobile

Virgin Mobile has just released a special edition of its Wild Card mobile phone, named "Virgin Mobile Festival Special Edition Wild Card". The new handset is created by Kyocera, as the original one, and it comes to "celebrate" the upcoming Virgin Mobile Festival. The Special Edition Wild Card is limited to only 15,00...

30 May 2008
09:58 GMT

Samsung Slash Is Officially Affordable

Virgin Mobile USA just announced the availability of Samsung Slash, the carrier's very first mobile phone produced by Samsung. In line with the other handsets offered by Virgin, the new Samsung is an entry-level device, hence it comes for an affordable price: only $79.99. Although it's entry-level, the ...

20 May 2008
02:47 GMT

Samsung Slash to Land on Virgin Mobile

Virgin Mobile will soon be offering to its US subscribers a new handset - Samsung Slash, more exactly, a phone that comes in a slider form factor and looks pretty nice, although it doesn't bring anything out of the ordinary. Except for some good looking images, we don't have too many details about the ...

5 May 2008
06:14 GMT

Virgin Mobile Brings India its First National Mobile Service for Young People

Virgin Mobile, a global mobile communications brand, recently entered the Indian market with Virgin Mobile India, said to be the country's first national mobile service focused on teenagers and young users. Since Virgin Mobile doesn't have a network of its own and operates worldwide by collaborating w...

4 March 2008
07:02 GMT

Virgin Mobile USA Launches Studio V Mobile Content Community

Virgin Mobile USA announced the launch of Studio V, a mobile content community that enables users to create mobile wallpapers and ringtones and earn money for this. The content created by users is made available to other Virgin Mobile customers for purchase, the content maker receiving money each time his creations a...

25 October 2007
09:49 GMT

Surf's Up for LG Aloha at Virgin Mobile

Virgin Mobile will soon add a pretty special handset to their current line of mobile phones. LG Aloha is one of those devices that will manage to stand out at any times without being excessively elegant, expensive or have an intricate design. But because it's completely white.LG Aloha is only an entry-level clam...

17 August 2007
05:28 GMT

Virgin Mobile USA Launches Contacts Backup Service

Virgin Mobile USA announced the launch of a new service that allows users to backup their contact information found in the cell phone's address book. Currently available on the Switch_Back or Cyclops handsets, Contact Vault enables users to store, retrieve, delete and transfer their phone's contacts list in...

17 July 2007
09:03 GMT

InfoSpace Provides Mobile Search Solution to Virgin Mobile

InfoSpace announced a partnership with Virgin Mobile to provide the wireless carrier with a complete suite of mobile platform services, including the addition of a customized, integrated mobile search solution. As a result of the deal, Virgin Mobile will be able to offer its customers the ability to search the Intern...

4 June 2007
08:55 GMT

Google Might Launch Mobile Service in the UK

Google has shown high interest for the opportunities of mobile technology for some time until now. The launch of mobile services is only the next step for taking their offers even further.We already have the Google search engine as to provide fast and reliable results to any field of interest, shrunk to the size of t...

23 May 2007
03:12 GMT

Virgin Mobile USA Launches Interactive Mobile Music Magazine

Virgin Mobile USA announced the launch of an interactive mobile music magazine, called Headliner. The magazine gives customers on-demand access to a full range of music-related content including up-to-date artist news, charts, concert dates and interactive search and community features.The mobile application delivers...

15 May 2007
10:29 GMT

Mia Brings New Mobile Games Portal for Virgin Mobile

Virgin Mobile Australia has chosen Mia to host their games portal. It comes only natural, as Mia is well known for providing high standards of mobile phone services. The partnership is just what Virgin Mobile needed in order to bring out a promising service for its users.The newly launched games portal will offer it...

10 May 2007
07:58 GMT

Virgin Media Picks Sony Ericsson as Official Handset Partner

Virgin Mobile's festival from last year won for the company a 'Best in Mobile Advertising' award, leaving the judges at Global Mobile Awards 2007 quite impressed. The success of the festival was remarkable and over 30,000 mobile phone users connected to the service Virgin Mobile offered throughout the...

25 April 2007
02:48 GMT

Virgin Mobile Rolls Out the Marbl

Less than a month has passed since Virgin Mobile was thought to be preparing Kyocera's low-cost clamshell phone, the Marbl for release. Customers weren't kept waiting much and now they can finally find the stylish entry-level phone in shops. Meaning to target the average user with budget in mind that needs...

4 April 2007
06:46 GMT

Capcom and Virgin Mobile USA Announce Partnership

Capcom Interactive and Virgin Mobile USA announced an agreement that makes Capcom the only aggregator and manager of WAP game titles on Virgin Mobile's wireless network. Capcom games currently available on Virgin Mobile's Games Lite channel include massively multiplayer role playing game Shade, Big Trivia, ...

30 March 2007
06:45 GMT

Virgin Mobile Teams Up with Yahoo

Virgin Mobile and Yahoo! Have announced a new partnership to make several of Yahoo!'s popular mobile services available to the mobile operator's customers. According to the agreement, Yahoo! Mail and Yahoo! Messenger will become available through the mobile operator's Email and IM offerings starting Ap...

28 March 2007
07:44 GMT

Virgin Mobile to Offer Low-Cost Clamshell, The Marbl

Virgin Mobile is set to release a new and low-cost clamshell on prepay, the Marbl, a phone that comes with only a basic set of features and lacks a camera. This phone might just be an update to the Kyocera Oystr, another basic phone that the carrier was offering up until now for a pretty affordable price. The thin cl...

12 March 2007
08:04 GMT

Free Music from Virgin Mobile

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 do...

2 March 2007
10:10 GMT


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