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Virgin Mobile and Boost’s Not-Quite-New 4G Android Phones Make Prepaid More Palatable
When you think about it, it shouldn’t matter that much whether you pay for your wireless service after you’ve received it — as most of us do — or before you use it, as you do if you have a prepaid carrier such as Virgin Mobile …
Motorola ‘Triumph’ Review: Contract-Free Goes Big
The Motorola Triumph is supposed to be the cream of the contract-free smartphone crop. Available now on Virgin Mobile for a hefty up-front price of $300, it includes features that you might not expect to find on a phone that carries no commitments, like a 4.1-inch display, 1 GHz processor, 720p video capture, front-facing camera and slim …
Virgin Mobile Outs Android Phone with $25 Service Plan
Is the Samsung Intercept the most impressive Android phone in the history of civilization? No. But the $25 per month service plan that includes unlimited data and 300 voice minutes with no contract sure looks nice.
That’s what Virgin Mobile is offering with the recently announced Intercept. Going no contract means that you’ll have to …
Ask Techland: How Should I Replace My Ancient Cell Phone?
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Question: My ancient AT&T cell phone—it has a Cingular logo on it, if that gives you any indication of its age—is rapidly circling the drain. People can’t hear a word I am saying and the battery life is shot. I’ve heard …
Virgin Mobile to Offer $40 Unlimited Prepaid 3G Data Plan
Virgin Mobile’s Broadand2Go prepaid 3G data plans use Sprint’s network but don’t require a two-year contract. The company has made headlines in the past for offering data plans priced competitively with the major carriers and is about to truly undercut all of them with a $40-per-month unlimited data plan that’s set to go into effect …
Prepaid MiFi Device Coming From Virgin Mobile on Monday
Virgin Mobile will give semi-frequent travelers even less reason to get locked into a two year wireless data contract on Monday when its prepaid MiFi device hits shelves in Best Buy and Radio Shack stores.
The MiFi is a battery powered pocket router that pulls in a 3G data signal over Sprint’s network, which Virgin Mobile leases, and …
Virgin Mobile to Offer $35 Prepaid BlackBerry Plan
Newsflash! Plenty of people barely use any of their voice minutes any more. It’s all texting, e-mailing, and webbing (webbing, right?) nowadays. Virgin Mobile knows this and, as such, will soon offer an unbelievably aggressive BlackBerry plan.
Since Virgin Mobile is a prepaid operator (it uses Sprint’s network), you’ll have to …
The Daily Dose
Tuesday, Mar. 2, 2010
Today in Techland: Gadgets, gadgets, gadgets. Peter brought us the 10 best camera apps for your iPhone, the latest on the Apple lawsuit against HTC, a Palm Pre sighting on Chuck and the battle between HTML5 and Flash. Golly.
Ever wondered how Alice made it to Wonderland in the first place? Well, Lev happens …
Review: Broadband2Go For Your Mobile Internet Needs
At $60 per month and a two-year contract, mobile broadband internet access from the likes of T-Mobile, Verizon, AT&T, and Sprint isn’t exactly cheap. But Virgin Mobile offers prepaid 3G mobile internet access without a contract.
Sure, your $60 doesn’t get you as much as you’d get with a monthly plan (1GB on Virgin Mobile versus 5GB …