Virgin Mobile had roled out a new Tarif for daily InterWeb surfing – it’s called the casual users tariff, and will be available for both contract and PAYG customers. The daily limit is 25MB, although it remains to be seen whether Virgin would enforce this. As Tech Digest neatly point out, for those that are…
Virgin Mobile Canada Launches BlackBerry Curve 8330
On the heels of their successful BlackBerry Pearl 8130 release, Virgin Mobile Canada has officially released the BlackBerry Curve 8330. Canadians can now pick one up for only $49.99 on a 3-year plan. If the 3-year gig isn’t your deal, you can also get it for $329.99 (2-year), $379.99 (1-year) and $429.99 (30 days). Virgin…
Virgin Mobile USA cuts jobs by 10%
Following on the company’s announcement of a successful Q3 2008, Virgin Mobile USA has cut some 10% of their workforce. Virgin Mobile USA doled out walking papers to 45 employees from their New Jersey and California offices, citing a “duplication of assignments.” It was only a matter of time before Virgina Mobile USA made good…
Virgin Mobile USA posts positive 3Q 2008 with Helio under belt
Virgin Mobile USA apparently made a good move in their decision to acquire defunct post-paid wireless carrier Helio. Following a negative 2Q 2008 that had costs associated with the Helio acquisition dragging down Virgin Mobile USA’s bottom line, the affordable wireless carrier has announced a profitable 3Q 2008. Virgin Mobile USA added 821,491 gross subscribers…
Local.com, Virgin Mobile USA launch Local Mobile directory service
Local.com and Virgin Mobile USA recently launched the Local Mobile service, an ad-supported local mobile site that provides users with easy access to directory services and search results for local businesses, products and services via their mobile internet service. Local Mobile enables users to access: Local business information based on simple “what” and “where” directory…
Virgin Mobile USA lowers prepaid international calling rates
Virgin Mobile USA has announced new prepaid international calling rates to Latin America, Asia, and other markets across the globe. Under the new “pricing scheme,” Virgin Mobile USA customers can make calls to Brazil and parts of Mexico, Venezuela, China, Hong Kong, Japan and Taiwan for only two cents per minute. Calls to Argentina, Costa…
Virgin Mobile USA adds Slifter service to allow its subscribers to shop smart
Virgin Mobile USA has made a new useful service available to its subcribers. Using Slifter, users can shop smart and fast by searching over 300 million products at more than 150,000 local and online retailers, seeing price and availability, and getting detailed directions to the nearest store. As the leader in local mobile shopping, Slifter…
BlackBerry Curve coming to Virgin Mobile Canada
Nokia E71 wins Phone of the Year
The 2008 Mobile Choice Awards went down last night, and the Nokia E71 went home as the big winner, but Samsung did pretty well for itself, too. Other notables include… Phone of the Year: Nokia E71 Best Smartphone: Nokia E71 Best Manufacturer: Samsung Best Cameraphone: Samsung i8510 Best Music Phone: Samsung F400 Readers’ Choice: iPhone…
Helio Ocean 2 gets FCC’ed
See, these pics beat the snot out of those blurry leaked ones from May. The dual-sliding Helio Ocean 2, not due out until 2009, went through the FCC ringer in March and dropped some pictures along the way. It’s looking a helluva lot sleeker, although still a bit chubby to accommodate all the extreme sliding…