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- Sprint increases bet on prepaid; Buys Virgin Mobile USA
- Sprint increases bet on prepaid; Buys Virgin Mobile USA..
- Tags: Sprint Communications, Virgin Mobile USA, Virgin Mobile
- Discussion threads 2009-07-28
- Sprint increases bet on prepaid; Buys Virgin Mobile USA
- Sprint Nextel on Tuesday said it acquired Virgin Mobile USA in a stock swap worth about $483 million. The move is designed to cement its growing position in prepaid calling plan market. Sprint already owns 13.1 percent of Virgin Mobile. In a statement, Sprint said it plans...
- Tags: Virgin Mobile, Virgin Mobile USA, Sprint Communications, Branding, Wireless And Mobility, Marketing, Larry Dignan
- Blog posts 2009-07-28
- Samsung Mantra (Virgin Mobile)
- The new Mantra is only the second Samsung phone for Virgin Mobile. Like the earlier Slash, the Mantra (aka the SPH-M340) offers functional features and respectable, though not perfect, call quality. But unlike its predecessor the Mantra has a more agreeable flip phone design with spacious controls and keypad buttons....
- Tags: Instant messaging, Editing Features, Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd., VGA Camera, Virgin Mobile
- Product reviews 2009-07-10
- Kyocera Jax S1300 (Virgin Mobile)
- The Kyocera Jax for Virgin Mobile is the opposite of the carrier's Kyocera X-tc. While the X-tc offers a midrange feature set and a full keyboard for texting, the Jax is just a simple handset for making calls. The basic candy bar design holds no surprises and the feature set...
- Tags: Cellular phones, Voice Dialing, Virgin Mobile, candy bar handset, Kyocera Jax, Kyocera Corp.
- Product reviews 2009-05-21
- Kyocera X-tc (Virgin Mobile)
- While the other carriers have completely embraced full QWERTY handsets, Virgin Mobile's been lacking in that department. Up until now, there have only been two choices: the Helio Ocean 2, which might be too fancy for some, and the outdated Kyocera Wild Card, which debuted back in 2007. Fortunately, there...
- Tags: Keyboards, number key, slider phone, Virgin Mobile, Kyocera X-tc, Kyocera Corp., Kyocera Wild Card, phone
- Product reviews 2009-05-18
- Virgin Mobile offers 'Pink Slip Protection' for the unemployed
- Virgin Mobile offers 'Pink Slip Protection' for the unemployedwish my water company would do the same thing. nt.It's "lose", not "loose"N/T
- Tags: Pink Slip Protection, Virgin Mobile, Pink
- Discussion threads 2009-04-09
- Virgin Mobile offers 'Pink Slip Protection' for the unemployed
- If you cringe each time your boss asks to talk to you in fear that this might be the conversation that ends in you losing your job, then you'll be happy to know that you're not alone. Fear has stricken many employees in the U.S. during...
- Tags: Virgin Mobile, Recruitment & Selection, Human Resources, Workforce Management, Jennifer Bergen
- Blog posts 2009-04-09
- Virgin Mobile Shuttle - red
- While we were fans of Helio handsets like the Ocean and the Kickflip, we knew that Helio as a company was struggling. Indeed, Helio was shopping around for a buyer, and in late June, Virgin Mobile stepped up to buy the fledgling MVNO for $39 million. There were many questions...
- Tags: Cellular phones, Shuttle, Virgin Mobile, Helio, handset
- Product reviews 2008-09-19
- Virgin Mobile TNT (Kyocera Adreno S2400)
- Virgin Mobile's cell phones tend to stick to the basics. Even when they offer cameras, like the UTStarcom Arc and the Samsung Slash, the handsets concentrate on doing what a cell phone should do. The prepaid carrier's latest model, the Kyocera TNT, certainly follows this format. Like the recent LG...
- Tags: Telecom & Utilities, Cellular phones, Virgin Mobile, Kyocera Wireless Corp., TNT, phone
- Product reviews 2008-08-14
- Virgin Mobile Arc
- Photo gallery:Virgin Mobile ArcVirgin Mobile is known for its entry-level phones with catchy names, and the Arc by UTStarcom is no different. The Arc sets itself apart from the rest of Virgin Mobile's lineup with a unique and very appealing curved design. Otherwise, it has a decidedly basic feature set,...
- Tags: Telecom & Utilities, ArC, Virgin Mobile, phone, Virgin Mobile Arc, camera
- Product reviews 2008-07-22
- LG Flare LX-175 - black (Virgin Mobile)
- Virgin Mobile is known for its simple entry-level phones, and the new LG Flare, or LX-175, is no exception. The second such LG phone with the carrier--the Aloha was the first--the Flare boils it down to the basics and even lacks a VGA camera. However, it does step it up...
- Tags: Telecom & Utilities, navigation keypad, LG Flare, Virgin Mobile, phone, LG Electronics Inc.
- Product reviews 2008-04-09
- Virgin Mobile
- Editor's note: Because evaluating wireless coverage requires experience with the network in a wide variety of physical locations, CNET does not rate wireless carriers. We can, however, tell you everything you need to know about the major carriers. We invite your feedback and ratings in our user opinions section; the...
- Tags: Cellular phones, Wi-Fi, WIRELESS, Virgin Mobile, CDMA, monthly plan
- Product reviews 2008-03-22
- Virgin makes mySQL look bigger
- Virgin Mobile's decision to base its SMS database on mySQL is an important milestone for the GPL database. This was not Virgin's first entry into open source. Virgin Mobile also runs Red Hat. Virgin Mobile is a scaled enterprise. Even though SMS messages are...
- Tags: MySQL, Virgin Mobile, Databases, Open Source, Storage, Enterprise Software, Software, Data Management, Hardware, Dana Blankenhorn
- Blog posts 2008-01-11
- Kyocera Wild Card M1000 (Virgin Mobile)
- Photo gallery:Kyocera Wild Card M1000It's quite appropriate that Virgin Mobile would carry a cell phone with an alphabetic keyboard. As the carrier's customer bases trends toward younger users, such a handset is a natural fit for the texting set. Its first try at a messaging phone was the Kyocera Switch...
- Tags: Cellular phones, Wild Card, Switch Back, Kyocera Wireless Corp., Virgin Mobile
- Product reviews 2007-10-31
- LG Aloha - LX140 (Virgin Mobile)
- In a world of complicated cell phones you always can count on Virgin Mobile to introduce a basic cell phone for making calls. We've seen it a few times before, with handsets such as the Kyocera Marbl and the Kyocera Oystr, but this time around Virgin Mobile offers a new...
- Tags: Telecom & Utilities, Cellular phones, handset, LG Electronics Inc., Virgin Mobile, LG Aloha, phone
- Product reviews 2007-09-13
- UTStarcom Super Slice (Virgin Mobile)
- It was a long time coming, but Virgin Mobile finally has a phone in its lineup with built-in Bluetooth. The Super Slice (also known as the UTStarcom PCS1450) is an upgrade from the Slice of yesteryear, and it is an upgrade in two important ways--the addition of the aforementioned Bluetooth...
- Tags: Bluetooth, Wi-Fi, UTStarcom Inc., Super Slice, Virgin Mobile
- Product reviews 2007-09-12
- Virgin Mobile Canada Implements VeriSign Content Portal Services to Deliver Innovative Features and a Compelling Customer Experience
- With one of the most recognizable names in the business world, the Virgin group of companies has become synonymous with style, innovation, and giving the consumer what they want. Virgin Mobile Canada wanted to create a robust, reliable, and adaptable delivery platform to support storefront operations, including financial, delivery, merchandizing,...
- Tags: VeriSign Inc., Customer Experience, Virgin Mobile, Portal, Security
- Case studies 2007-08-13
- Virgin Mobile Headliner
- Photo gallery:Virgin Mobile HeadlinerVirgin Mobile has made its name in the cell phone carrier world by catering to a young, urban audience. Not only does it offer a simple yet unique selection of phones, the prepaid operator has rolled put a number of youth-centric services that further enhance its hip...
- Tags: Cellular phones, Headliner, Virgin Mobile
- Product reviews 2007-05-02
- Kyocera Marbl (K127)
- Virgin Mobile never tries to be more than what it is, and that's a good thing. The company has carefully cultivated an image of a hip, cool carrier that produces cheap, basic cell phones for the youth market. Granted, not every phone from the carrier has been a winner, but...
- Tags: Kyocera Wireless Corp., Marbl, telephone
- Product reviews 2007-04-06
- Kyocera K325 Cyclops (Virgin Mobile)
- Virgin Mobile gets a little quirky when it comes to naming its phone models. After introducing the Switch Back, the Oystr and the Slice in the past year, the company now brings you the Cyclops. Made by Kyocera and also called the K325, the Cyclops gets its name from the...
- Tags: Kyocera Wireless Corp., Cyclops, Virgin Mobile, camera
- Product reviews 2006-11-21
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