Rumoured launch dates are circling on web for RIM’s upcoming BlackBerry 10 all-touch device, but a good sign of this truly happening is the plethora of accessories that have popped up in Virgin Mobile’s inventory system. Cases, covers and screen protectors. T-minus 2 days until RIM shows off what they’ve been busy building… (Thanks tipster!)
Virgin is joining the other carriers and will start to offer a cellphone Trade-In program this month. This is a similar program that parent-company Bell launched late last year. Basically you can walk into a retail location and hand over your old device and depending on the shape it’s in, Virgin will give you a [...]
We let you know yesterday that Virgin Mobile will be revamping their monthly plans once again. The old names of Choice and Combo will be replaced with tiered Silver, Gold and Platinum plans. We now have all the details and the info is listed below: “Silver” plans: – $150 off the retail price of the [...]
Effective January 25th Virgin Mobile will be changing up the structure of their monthly rate plans. Details are currently slim, but what we do know is that there’ll be three tiers of “Rockstar Plans” with different features and new flashy names: Silver, Gold and Platinum. The Silver plans are equivalent to the basic “Choice” talk [...]
Bell and Virgin Mobile have both announced plans to carry the new all-touch BlackBerry 10 device – now only 2 weeks away from officially being unveiled. Yesterday we say Walmart Canada join in the pre-order game at “select stores.” Today, it’s Bell’s retail arm The Source who has declared that “BlackBerry 10 is coming soon” [...]
Whenever a new device comes out on Virgin Mobile they offer up the opportunity for Members (subscribers) to become part of their “Tester Team.” There’s usually only 5 spots available and you must use the device for 4-weeks and post your thoughts on Twitter for all to see, but as a thank-you Virgin gives you [...]
Along with Bell, TELUS and SaskTel, Virgin Mobile will also release the entry-level Samsung Galaxy Discover. The price looks like it’ll be $149.99 outright and as for specs, this little gem runs OS 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich, has a 3.5-inch display with a resolution of 320×480), 3MP camera and an 800 MHz single core processor. [...]
Looks like most Canadian carriers are hopping on board the BlackBerry 10 pre-registration train. We’ve already seen Rogers, Bell, TELUS go live, now it’s Virgin Mobile’s turn. They note that members can “sign up to learn when the re-invented BlackBerry is available from Virgin Mobile.” All you’ll have to do is hand over your contact [...]
As the end of the year comes to a close and carriers push to sign up new subscribers, both Virgin and Fido are going the distance by reducing or adding more features to their $25/month plan. Both come with pay-per-use-data and include the following: – 150 Canada-Wide calling minutes – Unlimited Evening and Weekend Canada-Wide [...]
Virgin is back once again with another shot at becoming part of their “Tester Team.” This gives 5 members (customers) the chance to test out the HTC 8S (windows Phone 8 device) for 4-weeks, post their thoughts on Twitter, then keep the device forever. All you have to do is tell them in “100 words [...]