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Sprint announced today the Motorola Triumph for its partner, Virgin Mobile. The Triumph is an Android 2.2 Froyo device for the pre-paid crowd, and it isn’t half bad, either. It has a 4.1-inch touchscreen display and a 5MP rear camera that can shoot HD video. The device also has a front-facing VGA camera for self-portraits…
Verizon isn’t the only one getting some swanky new Motorola hardware this summer. Today Sprint and Moto jointly announced the Triumph, an Android 2.2 Froyo handset with a 4.1-inch WVGA display, 5 megapixel camera on the back with 720p video recording (plus front-facing video chat camera), HDMI-out, a 1 GHz processor, 512 MB of RAM, …
Using the tagline “sometimes you just don’t need an app for that”, Virgin Mobile USA unveiled a new member of its payLo family – LG 200 (or just LG200 as it’s pointed on the carrier’s website). The easy-to-use feature phone rocks a full QWERTY keyboard, making it ideal for heavy texters and folks who like…
Virgin Mobile USA is expanding its Broadband2Go offerings with the return of the $20 no contract plan, packing 500MB with one month expiration. The old-new plan joins the current $10 and $50 plans, which offer 100 MB for 10 days and 2.5GB per month, respectively. In addition, there’s also Walmart’s separate $20 plan for 1GB…
Virgin Mobile USA is running a neat campaign to promote its data-rich Beyond Talk plans, which were launched about a year ago. Led by the idea to tap into the country’s “insatiable appetite for celebrity gossip,” the carrier’s latest campaign, called “Keep Up With Sparah,” looks to “manufacture” a celebrity couple out of two unknowns…
Virgin Group’s Virgin Mobile has reportedly exited India, selling its stake in the MVNO to the local partner Tata Teleservices (TTSL). According to sources at Hindu Business Line, TTSL will buy out the 50% stake held by the UK-based company for an undisclosed amount. The alliance was formed back in 2008 as a 50:50 joint…
Virgin Mobile users who are looking to go green with their next handset purchase shouldn’t have to look any further than the upcoming Samsung Restore. With over 80% of the handset made of recyclable materials, it may be just what the eco-conscious folks out there need out of a phone. The QWERTY-slider is your run…
Sprint said it will discontinue its Common Cents Mobile prepaid brand and offer existing customers Virgin Mobile’s payLo service, which is also targeted at the same “basic talker.” The move comes a year after the operator launched the low-cost prepaid service that was limited to Wal-Mart and was never rolled out nationally. Existing customers have…
Virgin Mobile customers might not have the greatest selection of Android devices available to them, but at least the ones that are in the line-up are being kept up to date. Of course, the update for the Samsung Intercept was promised quite a while back, but better late than never, right? Samsung Intercept users are…
Virgin Mobile USA launched a new version of its social networking music application, Virgin Mobile Live. The good thing is that you no longer have to be a Virgin Mobile customer to get it – every Android smartphone owner can now download the application. Included in the app is the carrier’s music stream hosted by…