Virgin will be announcing a new rate plan tomorrow (August 3rd). It’s called the “Awesome 40″ plan and costs $40/month. This is available to postpaid customers for a “limited time” and is “filled with sweetness.” Here’s all the details: – 150 Canada-Wide Minutes – 5 Canada-wide Buddies – Unlimited Incoming – Unlimited International Text and [...]
According to this internal screenshot we received it looks like Virgin Mobile will also welcome the Motorola ATRIX HD LTE to their lineup soon. This “superphone” is expected to hit Bell’s shelves on August 2nd and will probably follow shortly to Virgin. This will be Virgin’s second LTE-enabled smartphone – the first was the Samsung [...]
Quick OS update for those BlackBerry users on both Bell and Virgin. The BlackBerry Bold 9900 and Curve 9380 have both been updated to version 7.1.0.523. This brings the BlackBerry Application Resource Monitor and better battery life. No other word on what else is included, but with all BlackBerry updates make sure you back up [...]
Hot on the heels of Rogers coming out with a 6GB data plan is Virgin Mobile. Their plan also costs $60/month and gives Unlimited Incoming Calls, 300 Anytime Minutes (Rogers has 200), unlimited Weekends & Early Evenings starting at 5pm, Unlimited Canada, U.S., & International Text and Picture Messaging, and 6GB data (additional data is [...]
Must be entry-level Friday release date. First we saw Bell release the LG Optimus L5, then the Nokia Lumia 610 hit TELUS and now both Virgin Mobile and SaskTel have started selling the HTC Desire C. This Android will also be making its way to both Fido and Rogers sometime, the press release stated it’s [...]
For all those planning to line-up for the LG Optimus L5 you won’t have to wait much longer. This ICS smartphone will be launching on both Virgin Mobile and Bell on July 13th. The price will be around $200 – $250 outright and dummy devices have started to trickle into retail locations. The L5 has [...]
We previously let you know that Rogers would be launching the entry-level HTC Desire C, but from the looks of this screenshot the ICS Android-powered device is also going to Virgin Mobile. We’ve heard from several sources that this will actually be available this coming Friday July 13th for the ripe price of $200. A [...]
Looks like the LG Optimus L5 is making the rounds. Bell will be releasing this Android on July 13th and it also seems that Virgin Mobile will welcome this device to their lineup. This screenshot of Virgin’s inventory system show a case, which indicates a device launch is imminent. It’ll probably land on the same [...]
The LG Optimus Net is an entry-level device that’s been around the block for a few months. It runs Android OS 2.3 and will probably stay there for life, but comes in priced right at $100 prepaid. If you’re looking for an in-between phone until the next big thing, possibly head on over to Virgin [...]
Motorola’s purchase by Google has just completed, and the resulting hush throughout the industry has been deafening: what will happen to the handset department? Will it still be independent? Or will it get special treatment from the inside? All the while, Motorola has been steadily releasing devices such as the MOTOLUXE to a market hungry [...]