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12:30PM Nick Broughall | Imagine this: you’re part of a highly trained squad of three former SAS soldiers on a mission critical to the survival of this country. We’re talking top secret. Classified. You get to the rendezvous point in a regional centre of NSW, pull out your military-grade laptop to connect to the Internet to perform your mission. Your two soldier buddies do the same thing. You reach into your bag to pull out your wireless internet key, but there’s nothing there. You look to your squad members and realise that due to budget cuts, only mobile broadband solution was issued. Which means your mission fails and the terrorists win. If only you had a Virgin Mobile Wi-Fi modem… More »
Virgin Launches Mobile Wi-Fi Modem
12:30PM Nick Broughall | Imagine this: you’re part of a highly trained squad of three former SAS soldiers on a mission critical to the survival of this country. We’re talking top secret. Classified. You get to the rendezvous point in a regional centre of NSW, pull out your military-grade laptop to connect to the Internet to perform your mission. Your two soldier buddies do the same thing. You reach into your bag to pull out your wireless internet key, but there’s nothing there. You look to your squad members and realise that due to budget cuts, only mobile broadband solution was issued. Which means your mission fails and the terrorists win. If only you had a Virgin Mobile Wi-Fi modem… More » 
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4:21PM Elly Hart | Virgin Mobile unveiled its swanky new concept store on Pitt Street in Sydney today ahead of tonight’s launch event at the rebranded Virgin Metro Theatre, and it represents some exciting changes for the telco. More »
Virgin Mobile, There You Are!
4:21PM Elly Hart | Virgin Mobile unveiled its swanky new concept store on Pitt Street in Sydney today ahead of tonight’s launch event at the rebranded Virgin Metro Theatre, and it represents some exciting changes for the telco. More » Advertisement
Virgin Launches New Post and Pre-Paid Plans, Offers More Flexibility For Your Dollar
Good news for you mobile owners, looking to save a few bucks on your monthly bill: Virgin Mobile has launched a new suite of post-paid caps, all about increasing value and flexibility. The suite, called Your Cap, will consist of five plans ranging from the basic $20, right up to the $95 option, with all caps to include international calls. But perhaps best of all, unlike other deals on the market, the plans also include up to 50MB of mobile data, free voicemail and unrestricted Virgin-to-Virgin calls and texts. And it’s not just existing Virgin customers who are set to benefit. New customers, with their own phone, look set to receive an additional 20% included value, when they sign up to a Your Cap plan. Of course, if you’d rather steer clear of the post-paid route, Virgin Mobile also offers monthly pre-paid Your Cap plans. Ranging from $35 to $95, each of the four pre-paid packages offers the same value as their post-paid counterparts. Which means the choice, value and flexibility are entirely yours. More »
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Virgin Mobile Offering Pink Slip Protection
1:20AM Mark Wilson | A slew of car manufacturers are offering delayed/cancelled payments for those who lose their jobs. Now Virgin Mobile will be the first mobile phone service provider to follow suit. UPDATE More »
Phones
Ocean 2 Review (Verdict: A Great Phone If It Were 2007)
6:00AM Adam Frucci | The Helio Ocean was an amazing phone in its day, so we were excited to see all the cool updates hitting Virgin Mobile’s Helio-branded Ocean 2. Turns out, there’s not much cool to be found.
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Virgin Mobile’s Helio Ocean 2 Is Official, Being Launched By Britney Spears
2:00PM Jason Chen | MobileCrunch has lots of photos of the Helio Virgin Mobile, which we last saw in a spy shot a few months back. It’s definitely real now. More »
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Virgin Mobile Lets You Send Texts to Nobody, Charges For Confirmation
2:00AM Adam Frucci | Virgin Mobile has a new service that allows its customers to send text messages into space, with a “formal confirmation” costing $US15. More »
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Virgin Mobile’s First Helio Handset Due September 28th: The Shuttle
3:00AM Kit Eaton | Virgin Mobile USA is soon to launch its first handset that uses tech from newly acquired Helio. Just as predicted, the slider phone will indeed include advanced features like social networking and other mobile services “through partnerships with Accuweather, ESPN, Facebook, MySpace, YouTube, Yahoo!” and others. There’s also Virgin Mobile’s first location-based services like “Buddy Beacon” (a friend-finder) and “Where,” which supplies local service info. The 3G EV-DO handset is set to cost below US$100, have a 1.3-megapixel cam, Bluetooth and a 2-inch screen, and will be exclusively out at Best Buy Mobile and BestBuy.com on 28th September. Press release below. More »
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Virgin Mobile and Helio Merger Complete
2:00PM Matt Hickey | Virgin Mobile today finished its acquisition of nerd fave Helio. The deal was finished today with US$38 stock transaction to EarthLink and SK Telecom. This means that Virgin is hands down the largest MVNO in America, and it also means it could expand even more sing it can now offer both pre-paid and post-paid plans as well as the high-end devices from Helio. But the question remains: Will it be able to make money? [Press Release] More »
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9:15AM Nick Broughall | We confirmed that it was happening the other day, but you can now officially purchase an iPhone on Virgin, with a data plan worthy of the device.
To refresh your memory, Virgin are offering the phone in two flavours, both on 24 month contracts. The first costs $70 per month, includes 1GB of data, $520 worth of calls (with free calls to Virgin mobiles), free Voicemail, free text to virgin mobiles and call rates of 40c per 30 seconds (plus 40c flagfall) and 25c text messaging. And tha includes an 8GB iPhone.
The $100 per month plan gives you 5GB of data (which is probably more than you’ll ever need), plus all the same call rates, and a 16GB iPhone thrown in for good measure. If you want a 16GB on the $70 plan, it’s an extra $4 per month.
Considering that Virgin runs on the Optus network and runs rings around their data pricing, this could be the best option for all those data-hungry users out there. And Telstra’s tweaked their pricing now as well, although it still doesn’t come close to this.
But, as with all the networks, stocks are limited, so first in best dressed!
[Virgin Mobile]
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Buy An iPhone On Virgin Mobile Now!
9:15AM Nick Broughall | We confirmed that it was happening the other day, but you can now officially purchase an iPhone on Virgin, with a data plan worthy of the device.
To refresh your memory, Virgin are offering the phone in two flavours, both on 24 month contracts. The first costs $70 per month, includes 1GB of data, $520 worth of calls (with free calls to Virgin mobiles), free Voicemail, free text to virgin mobiles and call rates of 40c per 30 seconds (plus 40c flagfall) and 25c text messaging. And tha includes an 8GB iPhone.
The $100 per month plan gives you 5GB of data (which is probably more than you’ll ever need), plus all the same call rates, and a 16GB iPhone thrown in for good measure. If you want a 16GB on the $70 plan, it’s an extra $4 per month.
Considering that Virgin runs on the Optus network and runs rings around their data pricing, this could be the best option for all those data-hungry users out there. And Telstra’s tweaked their pricing now as well, although it still doesn’t come close to this.
But, as with all the networks, stocks are limited, so first in best dressed!
[Virgin Mobile]
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