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Kyocera plans to release a new lower-level device called The Rise. The handset will launch on both Sprint and its subsidiary owned network, Virgin Mobile. This lower-level device will come with Ice Cream Sandwich (Android 4.0) out of the box. Spec-wise, the handset isn’t so impressive. The Rise features a 1GHz single-core chipset, 3.5-inch HVGA…
Virgin Mobile Canada unveiled a new plan called “Awesome 40,” offering 150 Canada-wide minutes, 5 Canada-wide buddies, unlimited incoming calls, unlimited international text and picture messaging OR Voicemail + Call Display, and 100 MB of data OR Blackberry Unlimited Social for $40 per month. This is a limited time offer only available to postpaid customers.…
Virgin Mobile is adding two new Samsung feature phones to its prepaid lineup – Entro and Montage. As you can imagine, these two are pretty cheap with the more expensive phone (Montage) costing $49.99 — while the Entro could be yours for just $14.99. Specs wise, the Samsung Entro is a clamshell device with a…
The hot-new Motorola ATRIX HD will soon be released by two Canadian operators – Bell and Virgin Mobile. The former will get it on August 2nd with latter most likely following few days afterwards, effectively becoming a second LTE device in Virgin’s portfolio (after Samsung Galaxy S III). As you probably know, we’re talking about…
We’ve first heard about ZTE Chaser back in December 2011. Now it’s live at Virgin Mobile’s website from where you still can’t get it. It’s out of stock and we’re not sure when you’ll actually be able to get one. In case you wonder, we’re talking about an entry-level Android smartphone that could be yours…
Rogers Wireless was the first in Canada to launch a 6GB plan and now Bell and the local branch of Virgin Mobile are following with their own such offerings. Virgin’s plan is better, packing Unlimited Incoming Calls, 300 Anytime Minutes, unlimited Weekends & Early Evenings starting at 5pm, Unlimited Canada, U.S., & International Text and…
Traditionally, Virgin Mobile has only made its cellular devices available online or in big-box retailers such as Best Buy and RadioShack. That all changes today as Virgin launches its first brick and mortar store in the Lincoln Park neighborhood in Chicago. The stores will give customers a sense of what they can do with their…
Canada’s Rogers Wireless won’t be the only carrier in the country to offer the HTC Desire C, with the local branch of Virgin Mobile planning to join the party too. The rumor goes on saying that Virgin will launch the device later this day, offering it for $200 sans any long-term commitments, which we feel…
Carriers have reported for the first time the number of instances they’ve been asked to provide some form of subscriber information to law enforcement officials. Nine carriers in the U.S., including Sprint, AT&T, Verizon, and T-Mobile, released information in response to a Congressional inquiry, and revealed that they responded to a whopping 1.3 million requests for…
HTC announced three devices at Mobile World Congress in February of this year. The One X, their 4.7 inch flagship device; the One S, the slightly smaller 4.3 inch smartphone with a serious case of anorexia; and the budget One V, which is a refresh of the 2010 hit, the HTC Legend. Last month we…