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<title>Virgin Mobile US offers 15 percent discount on iPhone 4, 4S</title>
<link>http://www.electronista.com/articles/13/05/16/sale.limited.to.online.orders/</link>
<description>&#60;img align='left' src='http://cdn2.macnn.com/news/1201/iphone4s-6.jpg' border='0' width='176' height='120' /><![CDATA[The US branch of Virgin Mobile is now offering a 15 percent discount on the iPhone 4 and 4S.  The promotion is applicable only to web orders, and will last only for a limited time, or until supplies run out.  Virgin hasn't said when the sale is scheduled to end....]]></description>
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<pubDate>Fri, 17 May 2013 02:10:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Virgin Mobile promises $100 prepaid credit for T-Mobile defectors</title>
<link>http://www.electronista.com/articles/13/04/08/competitors.battle.for.prepaid.accounts/</link>
<description>&#60;img align='left' src='http://photos.macnn.com/article_images/article_thumbnail/1365448496_promosml.jpg' border='0' width='176' height='120' /><![CDATA[Virgin Mobile has kicked off a marketing campaign that is aimed at current T-Mobile prepaid customers. As part of its "retrain your brain" promotion, Virgin is offering $100 in unlimited-plan credit for customers who switch their phone number from a T-Mobile account....]]></description>
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<pubDate>Mon, 08 Apr 2013 18:44:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Developer: Virgin Mobile USA customer account security weak</title>
<link>http://www.electronista.com/articles/12/09/19/security.system.allows.for.limited.number.of.unique.passwords/</link>
<description>&#60;img align='left' src='http://photos.macnn.com/article_images/article_thumbnail/1348039148_virginmobile-sm.jpg' border='0' width='176' height='120' /><![CDATA[Twilio developer Kevin Burke appears to have found a serious security flaw in Virgin Mobile USA's online authentication system. Anyone who knows a customer's valid Virgin Mobile number may, with little effort, be able to see who a subscriber has been calling, change the handset associated with a phone number, change billing information, and even purchase a handset using a credit card if it is stor...]]></description>
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<pubDate>Wed, 19 Sep 2012 07:06:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Virgin Mobile to open Chicago stores in support of iPhone</title>
<link>http://www.electronista.com/articles/12/06/28/iphone.pre.orders.believed.to.be.doing.very.well/</link>
<description>&#60;img align='left' src='http://photos.macnn.com/news/1203/virginmobilein.jpg' border='0' width='176' height='120' /><![CDATA[Virgin Mobile US is opening its first-ever retail stores in Chicago tomorrow in support of its iPhone launch, Bloomberg reports.  The carrier is starting with just 10 locations, but says it plans to open more around the country should the initial venture prove successful.    Typically Virgin has relied on third-party vendors like Best Buy to sell phones and service to people not ordering through i...]]></description>
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<pubDate>Thu, 28 Jun 2012 20:21:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Fuji Xerox e-paper tech boasts brighter, more vivid colors</title>
<link>http://www.electronista.com/articles/12/06/08/lack.of.filter.makes.for.brighter.e.paper.displays/</link>
<description>&#60;img align='left' src='http://photos.macnn.com/article_images/article_thumbnail/1339190199_Fuji-Xerox-Color-ePaper-3.jpg' border='0' width='176' height='120' /><![CDATA[Fuji Xerox spent the opening day of the Society for Information Display's Display Week 2012 showing off its new color e-paper technology. The new e-paper is said to achieve a brighter, more vivid display due to its lack of a color filter. The technology generates a white screen by drawing all color particles to the back of the display board....]]></description>
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<pubDate>Fri, 08 Jun 2012 22:33:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Rumor: LG Snapshot coming to Sprint in Q4</title>
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<description>&#60;img align='left' src='http://photos.macnn.com/article_images/article_thumbnail/1339191241_LG-Snapshot.jpg' border='0' width='176' height='120' /><![CDATA[Images and details of an LG "Snapshot" have emerged online, with some suggesting that Sprint or one of its partners will be offering the phone. The phone is believed to be a budget-level handset, so it may appear on a no-contract basis, though details remain sketchy. The source that leaked the photos tells BriefMobile that the handset is due to arrive in the fourth quarter of this year....]]></description>
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<pubDate>Fri, 08 Jun 2012 21:32:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Sprint confirms Virgin Mobile for next US prepaid iPhone</title>
<link>http://www.electronista.com/articles/12/06/07/carrier.hikes.phone.prices.over.cricket.levels/</link>
<description>&#60;img align='left' src='http://photos.macnn.com/article_images/article_thumbnail/1338921671_virginmobilelogo.jpg' border='0' width='176' height='120' /><![CDATA[Sprint has confirmed that, as reported previously, Virgin Mobile will become the next US prepaid iPhone carrier.  The company is planning to charge substantially more for devices than rival Cricket Wireless; whereas Cricket will sell an 8GB iPhone 4 for $400, and a 16GB iPhone 4S for $500, the same devices will cost $549 and $649 through Virgin.  Virgin subscribers will however have access to chea...]]></description>
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<pubDate>Thu, 07 Jun 2012 13:24:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>US Virgin Mobile iPhone coming as soon as July 1</title>
<link>http://www.electronista.com/articles/12/06/05/apple.making.rapid.expansion.into.us.prepaid/</link>
<description>&#60;img align='left' src='http://photos.macnn.com/article_images/article_thumbnail/1338921671_virginmobilelogo.jpg' border='0' width='176' height='120' /><![CDATA[The Sprint-owned US branch of Virgin Mobile will soon announce prepaid iPhone sales, with a launch taking place as soon as July 1, according to sources for the Wall Street Journal.  No other details are mentioned, but the move would make Virgin Mobile just the second US carrier to sell prepaid iPhones, following an announcement by Cricket Wireless last week.  That carrier will start iPhone sales o...]]></description>
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<pubDate>Tue, 05 Jun 2012 18:40:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Sprint confirms Boost, Virgin getting 4G WiMAX in 2012</title>
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<description>&#60;img align='left' src='http://photos.macnn.com/news/1204/htcevo3d-ctia3.jpg' border='0' width='176' height='120' /><![CDATA[Sprint confirmed during a call for its latest results that it was bringing 4G to Boost Mobile and Virgin Mobile.  CEO Dan Hesse expected both of the prepaid carriers to use the older WiMAX network before the end of 2012.  More details would come as the launch got nearer, he said....]]></description>
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<pubDate>Wed, 25 Apr 2012 12:45:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>HTC Evo 4G LTE may show May 18, One S near Virgin Canada </title>
<link>http://www.electronista.com/articles/12/04/23/rumors.narrow.possible.date.of.launch/</link>
<description>&#60;img align='left' src='http://photos.macnn.com/news/1204/HTC-Teaser.jpg' border='0' width='176' height='120' /><![CDATA[The coming months will see the arrival of at least one HTC smartphone on Virgin Mobile Canada, with the carrier's website now sporting a page advertising the coming of the HTC One S. Meanwhile, the HTC Evo 4G LTE may show up on Sprint's network in mid-May....]]></description>
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<pubDate>Mon, 23 Apr 2012 23:40:00 GMT</pubDate>
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