Posts Tagged ‘Prepaid’

Virgin Mobile Announces 4G With HTC Evo V 4G May 31

May 8th, 2012
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As originally tipped here, to the world, by Thedroidguy last summer, Sprint has shifted their 4G WiMax network to their prepaid brands, Virgin Mobile and Boost Mobile. Virgin Mobile USA will introduce 4G speeds to their prepaid customers on May 31st with the introduction of the HTC Evo V 4G. The new HTC Evo V 4G features ...

Virgin Mobile Recognized By JD Power & Associates As Best Prepaid Carrier

February 6th, 2012
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On Friday it was announced that Virgin Mobile, a unit of Sprint, ranked number one in customer satisfaction performance in JD Power & Associates 2012 Wireless Customer Care Non-Contract Volume 1 study. Virgin Mobile USA has evolved from a simple pay as you go carrier to one of the best providers of unlimited monthly wireless data ...

Virgin Mobile To Start Throttling Unlimited Data In March

January 19th, 2012
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This whole throttling unlimited data business is a sticky issue. Take T-Mobile and Walmart for instance, yesterday we ran this story highlighting the fact that T-Mobile will start offering their Walmart Family Mobile customers unlimited data for $45 a month. While that sounds like a great offer it's only for the first 5gb a month, and ...

T-Mobile’s Prepaid Business Growing

November 10th, 2011

It's no secret that since the announcement of the proposed AT&T/T-Mobile merger last March, consumer confidence in Big Magenta has unfortunately gone down. What makes it even more upsetting is the fact that T-Mobile is still pushing out great Android devices with really no end in sight. As T-Mobile tries to keep things going "business as ...

Unboxing: T-Mobile Samsung Exhibit B (Exhibit II 4G)

October 31st, 2011
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Okay so the Android journalist community is affectionately calling the T-Mobile Samsung Exhibit II 4G, Exhibit B, so we've joined in on that. The Samsung Exibit II 4G is the follow up to the Exhibit 4G. While the Exhibit 4G wasn't a monster smartphone by any stretch it was the first affordable mid-range Android device on ...

Hands On With The Toki Doki Huawei M835 On Metro PCS

October 14th, 2011
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The Huawei M835 is a mid-range Android device with a great price on Metro PCS. We're talking $79 bucks and thats without a subsidized contract. Well today Huawei and MetroPCS announced a limited edition version of a great Android device, the M835. The new version is the Toki Doki version. This limited edition version has been ...

Sprint Adds No Contract Data Plans For HTC Evo View 4G Tablets

August 24th, 2011
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If you've been thinking about getting the Sprint HTC Evo View 4G and were put off by the thought of putting it on a contract, Sprint has fixed that issue. Starting today, Sprint has unveiled some "prepaid" or "Pay as you go" data plans for the HTC Evo View 4G.  There are three plans, a day ...

Motorola Triumph Trumps All Other Prepaid Android Devices

June 12th, 2011
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There is only one word to describe the feeling a lot of us had at the Sprint/Motorola event last Thursday in New York City when Sprint CEO, Dan Hesse and Motorola Mobility CEO, Sanjay Jha unveiled the new Motorola Triumph headed to Virgin Mobile.  That word is "WOW". First off the Motorola Triumph for Virgin Mobile ...

LG Has Dual Android’s Coming To AT&T On Sunday

April 12th, 2011
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This Sunday LG and AT&T Mobility are teaming up to release two LG Android powered devices the LG Thrive and the  LG Phoenix. The LG Thrive, not to be confused with the Thrill, is the first smartphone to appear on AT&T's prepaid brand called "Go-Phone". Cost conscience AT&T customers can now use new data plans on ...

Samsung Galaxy Prevail On Boost Mobile Epitomizes The Greatness Of Android

April 9th, 2011
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I'll bet you clicked on this link to see this story thinking I've totally lost it... Well I haven't and stand by the headline. "The Samsung Galaxy Prevail On Boost Mobile Epitomizes The Greatness of Android". Let's Begin... The week before CTIA we were invited by our good friends at Samsung Mobile to get out of the ...

Verizon Cuts Prepaid Voice in Half, Doubles Cost of Text Messages

December 9th, 2010
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In a move to retain and acquire more prepaid customers, Verizon Wireless has cut the daily price of their prepaid access in half from $3.99 to $1.99.  Competition has heated up in the prepaid sector. Sprint owns prepaid brands Virgin Mobile and Boost Mobile while Metro PCS and Cricket have both confirmed gains in customers. Verizon ...

Leap Wireless (Cricket) to Offer 4G LTE Lilly Pads

December 9th, 2010
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Leap Wireless, the parent company to Cricket Wireless, is rolling out a limited LTE plan that CEO and President Doug Hutcheson is calling "Hot Spots". Hutcheson told the Global Media and Communications Conference that they would roll out what the US considers 4G in limited amounts in 2011 and add to it based on demand in ...