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 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….
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 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 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
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 […]
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 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….
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 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, […]
Samsung j700 phone keeps rebooting?!?!
So I came to canada from Australia today and had gotten a code from virgin mobile to unlock my phone for use here. I went to a rogers mobile store (the only company localy I can use for my particualr card apparantly) and bought a card and registered my phone. the clerk instructed me to turn…
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 […]
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, […]
Samsung j700 phone keeps rebooting?!?!
So I came to canada from Australia today and had gotten a code from virgin mobile to unlock my phone for use here. I went to a rogers mobile store (the only company localy I can use for my particualr card apparantly) and bought a card and registered my phone. the clerk instructed me to turn…
AT&T to buy Centennial for $944 million
AT&T Inc. said Friday it will buy wireless and broadband services provider Centennial Communications Corp. for $944 million in cash. Dallas-based AT&T said the deal will help expand its wireless coverage in areas of the Midwest and Southeast as well as Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands. Centennial has about 1.1 million wireless customers.