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Virgin Mobile Joins The iPhone 4S Pricing Party

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6:32PM October 12, 2011 | Alex Kidman

Blimey, they’re all at it. Optus’ low price network, Virgin Mobile, has just announced its iPhone 4S pricing. Full details after the jump. More »


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Virgin’s Pick And Mix Plans: Are They Sweet?

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11:35AM October 4, 2011 | Alex Kidman

Virgin’s announced new plans with an element of self-tailored usage, whether your needs are for heavy texts or heavy data usage. More »


Entertainment

Virgin Mobile Offering Radio (For) Free Online

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11:58AM March 21, 2011 | Nick Broughall

Given the fact I’m becoming an old man have little time for the pop music of today (an industry that celebrates Justin Bieber is not an industry I care for), I will almost definitely never, ever listen to the new internet radio station launched by Virgin Mobile and dmg Radio. More »


Have You Experienced Antenna Issues On Your iPhone 4?

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4:30PM August 3, 2010 | Nick Broughall

It was a huge ordeal in the States, prompting Steve Jobs himself to cut short a Hawaiian vacation to address the media. But here in Australia, we’re getting mixed reports on whether Antennagate is even an issue on the Australian networks. More »


Mobile

Virgin Mobile TwitPics Their iPhone 4 Plans

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10:01AM July 29, 2010 | Nick Broughall

If you were waiting for Virgin Mobile’s iPhone 4 pricing, you should be following them on Twitter, because that’s where they shared the info. Updated. More »


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Virgin Smart Caps Promote Data Over Voice

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5:30PM July 1, 2010 | Seamus Byrne

Gizmodo readers might be getting the feeling their handset is more and more a data device and less and less a telephone. Virgin Mobile seems to be noticing that shift, too. The new Virgin Smart Caps, launched today, tip the voice/data balance firmly in favour of data. Starting at $29 per month, now offer unlimited SMS to any network plus 1GB of data included while giving a lesser focus to included voice value. And you can even get the Samsung Galaxy S on a $29 plan. More »


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Traditional Mobile Phone Usage Dying A Long, Painful Death (For Carriers, Anyway)

5:13PM May 14, 2010 | Kat Hannaford

Whether you blame it on Twitter, texts or the inability to make a phone call on a touchscreen phone, the US is moving away from voice calls, with the average length of a call falling dramatically in the last year. More »


Virgin Mobile’s Surprise Gig Offer Comes With A Free Gig (Get It?)

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9:30AM March 30, 2010 | Elly Hart

Some new phone deals come with free access to Facebook or Twitter for a limited time. Virgin Mobile’s going the extra step to give all mobile and broadband customers access to whatever they want with a bonus 1GB of mobile internet data until June 2010. More »


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Man Dumped Over Sexts Pre-Loaded In His Phone

2:00AM February 11, 2010 | Brian Barrett

A Winnipeg man has been dumped by his girlfriend of two-and-a-half years, after she found his phone riddled with sext messages. Only problem? He didn’t write any of them. Virgin Mobile did. More »


Virgin Mobile Launches Rollover Post-Paid Phone Plans

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1:15PM November 18, 2009 | Nick Broughall

At the end of each month, do you know what happens to all those unused minutes of talk and text in your phone contract. They DIE! Dead! Gone forever into the ether, with nothing to remember them by. Unless you’re on one of Virgin’s new rollover plans, which rolls over any unused talk and text to the following month. Then you get an extra 30 days to say a proper goodbye… More »