Virgin Mobile Announces New $30 PayLo Plan
Virgin Mobile has announced that it has rolled out a new PayLo prepaid service plan with a new phone in the Kyocera S2300. The service plan runs $30 for a full month of access which includes 1500 minutes, 500 messages and 10MB of data access. The Kyocera S2300 features a 2.2-inch color display, full QWERTY […]
A Primer on VoIP, Virgin Mobile, Android, and Unlimited Calling’s Holy Grail
PhoneNews.com is going to be the first to walk you through step-by-step how to achieve free, unlimited calling using VoIP, Virgin Mobile, Google Voice, and Android. But first, a primer on how Voice over Internet Protocols (VoIP) works. VoIP is still rather new. If you like seeing beta stamped on stuff, you can skip to […]
Virgin Mobile Launches Samsung Intercept At Target
Following our exhaustive coverage this past weekend, Virgin Mobile has officially launched its first Android device in the Samsung Intercept via Target. Identical to the Sprint version, the Intercept features a hardware QWERTY keyboard, 3.0 inch capacitive touch display at 400×240 resolution, 3.2 megapixel camera with video recorder and autofocus, microSDHC slot with support for […]
Unboxing: Samsung Intercept for Virgin Mobile
Eleven photos of the entire unboxing and booting of the Samsung Intercept, the first 3G prepaid Android phone in America.
Virgin Mobile’s Samsung Intercept Changes Everything
We normally don’t pause the news unless there’s something major out there. We have the Samsung Intercept for Virgin Mobile, and we’ll be dedicating a large chunk of our weekend coverage to it. With Virgin Mobile’s all-unlimited Beyond Talk data plans starting at $25/month, this phone does what no other phone in America does: Delivering […]
Virgin Mobile to Deliver Android 3G, Unlimited Everything for $25 with Google Voice, VoIP et al
Virgin Mobile has begun informing dealers that they will offer the Samsung Intercept, their first Android phone, for the same price points as their feature phones. The MVNO currently offers one smartphone, the BlackBerry Curve 8350, for $10 higher per month than their standard feature phone price points. The Samsung Intercept has begun surfacing in […]
Virgin Mobile Confirms Samsung Intercept
Following up on a previous report this weekend confirming its future place in the lineup, Virgin Mobile has confirmed the forthcoming launch of the Samsung Intercept on the virtual operator via its Facebook page. The Intercept features a hardware QWERTY keyboard, 3.0 inch capacitive touch display at 400×240 resolution, 3.2 megapixel camera with video recorder […]
Samsung Intercept, Unknown Kyocera Model Confirmed for Virgin Mobile
According to the internal staging site for Virgin Mobile’s handset lineup, the resurgent virtual operator will be launching an unknown Kyocera model and its own variant of the Samsung Intercept, which would make it the first Android device for the operator. The Samsung Intercept is currently being offered by Sprint as a mid-range offering below […]
Virgin Mobile Experiencing Text Messaging Delays (Updated)
Virgin Mobile has confirmed via Twitter that SMS messaging is experiencing issues at the present time with no timeframe to resolution as of yet. This follows spates of reports steadily coming in since early this afternoon of late message arrivals and message send failures across the country. Update: Virgin Mobile has now confirmed on Twitter […]
Virgin Mobile $40 Unlimited Broadband2Go is Live, Capped at 409 GB
PhoneNews.com early this morning set up its Broadband2Go account, marking the first known activation of the new plan. The plan was supposed to launch Tuesday, but as previously reported, was delayed 48 hours. As shown in the screen shots above, the activation process is straightforward and can be done from within the MiFi, using a […]