Monday, October 4, 2010

virgin mobile officially goes android

Virgin Mobile officially goes Android with the Samsung Intercept
by Greg Kumparak on October 4, 2010
The marriage of Android with a pre-paid US carrier isn’t a brand new idea; Boost Mobile did it with the Motorola i1 a few months ago. Just because an idea isn’t brand new, however, doesn’t mean it’s not exciting. I mean, come on: an Android phone for $30 bucks a month? I’ll take one for each hand..
The latest pre-paid carrier to join the Android party? Virgin Mobile. Their weapon of choice? The Samsung Intercept.

We first noted Virgin Mobile’s Intercept planslast week, but todays the day it hits the shelves. Seemingly exclusive to Target stores, the Virgin Mobile intercept will set you back $250 bucks up front (remember, no contract), with plans offered at $25 (300 min), $40 (1200 min), or $60 a month (unlimited min). All three plans included unlimited text and data.
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  • Jonathan Frederickson - October 4th, 2010 at 2:14 pm UTC
    Oh, nice, that’s actually a really good deal. The Intercept is a decent phone, and since data is really all that matters to me… $25 a month for an Android phone is awesome.
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  • Joe - October 4th, 2010 at 4:49 pm UTC
    I’m assuming the phone will lock properly, protecting the users data, unlike the utter FAIL of the samsung touch. This looks amazing and is a testament to how Canadians get raped terribly by their wireless carriers, you can’t get close to that $60 unlimited everything plan that is being offered here… but then again, Virgin Canada is just Bell canada shell company.
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  • PFULMTL - October 4th, 2010 at 6:12 pm UTC
    will it let you do everything you want though? Are features locked?
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