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Virgin Mobile beats Street with 3Q earnings
NEW YORK (AP) — Wireless service provider Virgin Mobile USA Inc. posted higher-than-expected third-quarter earnings Monday despite adding fewer customers to its rolls than in the same period last year….

Seen + Heard — Students Debate Cell Requirement
A school-mandated purchase of a GPS-enabled cell phone has stirred cries of "Big Brother" from some students, but in the wake of the Virginia Tech massacre last spring others find it comforting that their whereabouts can be tracked. Plus: Small British Towns Fight GPS Traffic; Geo Games Grow

Confirmed: Virgin Mobile, SK Telecom in Talks
It’s official: Virgin Mobile USA is indeed in talks with SK Telecom to explore “strategic opportunities.” Rumors about a possible deal between the two companies surfaced earlier this week and were confirmed by Virgin Mobile in a Wednesday statement. Virgin Mobile USA, a North American wireless service provider headquartered in Warren, New Jersey, sells prepaid and “pay as you go” mobile services […]

Virgin Mobile UTStarcom Arc
The Virgin Mobile UTStarcom Arc is now available. The Virgin Mobile UTStarcom Arc is a brand new basic clamshell, which comes in a shiny red color. It’s certainly not a high-end phone, but at least it has most of it’s bases covered. The Virgin Mobile UTStarcom Arc features include: two color displays, .3 megapixel VGA camera, […]

Seen + Heard — Students Debate Cell Requirement
A school-mandated purchase of a GPS-enabled cell phone has stirred cries of "Big Brother" from some students, but in the wake of the Virginia Tech massacre last spring others find it comforting that their whereabouts can be tracked. Plus: Small British Towns Fight GPS Traffic; Geo Games Grow

Virgin Mobile Kyocera TNT
The Virgin Mobile Kyocera TNT is on it’s way. The Virgin Mobile Kyocera TNT is set to arrive in August, and is a very basic CDMA clamshell handset. So, you can expect this one to be on Virgin’s lower-end line of phones - hopefully under $50. Being lower-end isn’t always a bad thing though, as […]

Seen + Heard — Students Debate Cell Requirement
A school-mandated purchase of a GPS-enabled cell phone has stirred cries of "Big Brother" from some students, but in the wake of the Virginia Tech massacre last spring others find it comforting that their whereabouts can be tracked. Plus: Small British Towns Fight GPS Traffic; Geo Games Grow

Confirmed: Virgin Mobile, SK Telecom in Talks
It’s official: Virgin Mobile USA is indeed in talks with SK Telecom to explore “strategic opportunities.” Rumors about a possible deal between the two companies surfaced earlier this week and were confirmed by Virgin Mobile in a Wednesday statement. Virgin Mobile USA, a North American wireless service provider headquartered in Warren, New Jersey, sells prepaid and “pay as you go” mobile services […]

Virgin Mobile UTStarcom Arc
The Virgin Mobile UTStarcom Arc is now available. The Virgin Mobile UTStarcom Arc is a brand new basic clamshell, which comes in a shiny red color. It’s certainly not a high-end phone, but at least it has most of it’s bases covered. The Virgin Mobile UTStarcom Arc features include: two color displays, .3 megapixel VGA camera, […]

Virgin Mobile UTStarcom Arc
The Virgin Mobile UTStarcom Arc is now available. The Virgin Mobile UTStarcom Arc is a brand new basic clamshell, which comes in a shiny red color. It’s certainly not a high-end phone, but at least it has most of it’s bases covered. The Virgin Mobile UTStarcom Arc features include: two color displays, .3 megapixel VGA camera, […]

Virgin Mobile USA posts 8% subscriber growth, $4.1 million net profit in Q3
Filed under: Virgin Mobile (http://www.engadgetmobile.com/category/virgin-mobile/), MVNOs (http://www.engadgetmobile.com/category/mvnos/), Misc…

Unlocking Nokia O2 Phones??
I have a spare Nokia 6230i and a 6610i both on O2 and I wish to use a Virgin pay as you go sim … which is easiest to unlock and how?? prefer the…

Virgin Mobile Kyocera TNT
The Virgin Mobile Kyocera TNT is on it’s way. The Virgin Mobile Kyocera TNT is set to arrive in August, and is a very basic CDMA clamshell handset. So, you can expect this one to be on Virgin’s lower-end line of phones - hopefully under $50. Being lower-end isn’t always a bad thing though, as […]

Confirmed: Virgin Mobile, SK Telecom in Talks
It’s official: Virgin Mobile USA is indeed in talks with SK Telecom to explore “strategic opportunities.” Rumors about a possible deal between the two companies surfaced earlier this week and were confirmed by Virgin Mobile in a Wednesday statement. Virgin Mobile USA, a North American wireless service provider headquartered in Warren, New Jersey, sells prepaid and “pay as you go” mobile services […]

Oh crap: Workaround found for “banned” phone calls via inflight wi-fi
As has been noted here several times before, several airlines (American, Delta, Virgin America, for starters) are rolling out inflight wi-fi using technology from AirCell. But in each instance, there have been assurances that the option of doing voice-over-IP phone calls, such as Skype, would be blocked. And it is. But, of […]

Virgin Mobile Kyocera TNT
The Virgin Mobile Kyocera TNT is on it’s way. The Virgin Mobile Kyocera TNT is set to arrive in August, and is a very basic CDMA clamshell handset. So, you can expect this one to be on Virgin’s lower-end line of phones - hopefully under $50. Being lower-end isn’t always a bad thing though, as […]

Virgin Mobile USA posts 8% subscriber growth, $4.1 million net profit in Q3
Filed under: Virgin Mobile (http://www.engadgetmobile.com/category/virgin-mobile/), MVNOs (http://www.engadgetmobile.com/category/mvnos/), Misc…

Virgin Mobile Kyocera TNT
The Virgin Mobile Kyocera TNT is on it’s way. The Virgin Mobile Kyocera TNT is set to arrive in August, and is a very basic CDMA clamshell handset. So, you can expect this one to be on Virgin’s lower-end line of phones - hopefully under $50. Being lower-end isn’t always a bad thing though, as […]

Confirmed: Virgin Mobile, SK Telecom in Talks
It’s official: Virgin Mobile USA is indeed in talks with SK Telecom to explore “strategic opportunities.” Rumors about a possible deal between the two companies surfaced earlier this week and were confirmed by Virgin Mobile in a Wednesday statement. Virgin Mobile USA, a North American wireless service provider headquartered in Warren, New Jersey, sells prepaid and “pay as you go” mobile services […]

Seen + Heard — Students Debate Cell Requirement
A school-mandated purchase of a GPS-enabled cell phone has stirred cries of "Big Brother" from some students, but in the wake of the Virginia Tech massacre last spring others find it comforting that their whereabouts can be tracked. Plus: Small British Towns Fight GPS Traffic; Geo Games Grow

Virgin Mobile UTStarcom Arc
The Virgin Mobile UTStarcom Arc is now available. The Virgin Mobile UTStarcom Arc is a brand new basic clamshell, which comes in a shiny red color. It’s certainly not a high-end phone, but at least it has most of it’s bases covered. The Virgin Mobile UTStarcom Arc features include: two color displays, .3 megapixel VGA camera, […]