AIDEN WINS "BOOK THE BAND"

The up-and-coming goth punk rock group AIDEN has won the "Book the Band" Virgin Festival by Virgin Mobile contest after over one million votes were cast. They beat out Cold War Kids, Mute Math, Say Anything, and The Higher to win and get to open the 2007 Virgin Festival by Virgin Mobile. Check out the results of the contest, voter standings, and information about all of the bands HERE.

Taking place over two days (August 4 & 5) at Baltimore's historic Pimlico Race Course, Virgin Festival By Virgin Mobile features a roster of over 40 bands and deejays across two stages and a dance tent, as well as countless other entertainment and attractions. AIDEN will kick off its set at 12 noon on Sunday, August 5, as that day's opener.

"To say we're excited to play Virgin Festival By Virgin Mobile is an understatement, given the caliber of such acts as The Police, Smashing Pumpkins and Wu-Tang Clan who are performing," says "wiL" of AIDEN. "This is a once in a lifetime opportunity to bring our music to a huge number of people at a terrific new venue, and proceed to kick some ass."

Find out all about the 2007 Virgin Festival by Virgin Mobile HERE.

FIRST LOOK: NEW TALK PLANS

Virgin Mobile has just introduced two new TALK plans:
*First, the new 20¢/10¢ by the minute plan charges you only 10¢ per minute for calls to any Virgin Mobile phone and 20¢ per minute for all other calls. This plan is right for you if you talk a lot to other Virgin Mobile subscribers and prefer to pay by the minute.
*The other new option is an addition to the existing $99.99 monthly plan. Now in addition to 1000 anytime minutes and unlimited nights and weekends starting at 7PM, you also get unlimited mobile-to-mobile calling to Virgin Mobile phones. This plan is right for you if you talk a lot to other Virgin Mobile subscribers and prefer to pay monthly.

Need more info? Check out the 20¢/10¢ by the minute TALK plan HERE, and the $99.99 monthly TALK plan HERE.

Not do a lot of calling to other Virgin Mobile numbers? Wondering which plan is right for you? Check out the Virgin Mobile plan calculator on the right margin of the page by clicking on "you rule - now find a plan that does to".

HOLLYWOOD TRIVIA SWEEPSTAKES

From now until Sunday 8/12/07 you have a chance to win one of two $1,000 shopping sprees to Old Navy. To enter just text "YES" to 8888. By sending the text you will automatically be entered into the sweepstakes and will be invited to play a Hollywood Trivia game for additional sweepstakes entries. Each text message sent counts as one entry. There is no cost to enter the sweepstakes, but standard text message rates apply.

See who knows the most Hollywood Trivia by checking out the leaderboard online HERE.

UT STARCOM "SNAPPER" PRICE CUT

Virgin Mobile has slashed the price of the UT Starcom "Snapper" camera phone by $10 to $49.99 when you buy online. The Snapper is a mid-range flip-phone that features a camera with flash, VXL service, IM, and much more.

This price cut makes means now you can get this great handset at a great price. For more information about the UT Starcom "Snapper" and this RED HOT DEAL click HERE.

FIRST LOOK: UT STARCOM "SUPER SLICE"

The UT Starcom "Super Slice" is a new phone coming out soon for Virgin Mobile. This update to the original UT Starcom "Slice" slim candybar phone offers many improvements over the original. New features to the "Super Slice" include a VGA camera, mobile IM and email, and bluetooth wireless.

The phone has officially been listed on Virgin Mobile's website as 'coming soon'. For more information about this phone click HERE. Look for the UT Starcom "Super Slice" to show up on shelves and for purchase online very soon.

FIRST LOOK: LG "ALOHA"

The LG "Aloha" is a new phone that will be coming out for Virgin Mobile, and this is the first LG phone for here in the USA. It is a lower-end phone, most comparable to the Kyocera "Marbl" or "Oystr". No camera, no bluetooth, but it does have access to VXL, superphonic ringtones, an internal antenna, speakerphone, just everything you need. I'm not too sure that I like the name, but it's no big deal.

I really like the sleek design of the phone, but I'm a little disappointed that there's no external screen. Virgin Mobile doesn't really like to include external screens on their lower-end phones, both the "Oystr" and "Marbl" don't have one, and it appears the "Aloha" will be no exception. I know an external screen would make the phone more expensive, but i'm just kinda turned off that you have to open the phone to see who's calling.

The phone has officially been listed on Virgin Mobile's website as 'coming soon'. For more information about this phone click HERE. Look for the LG "Aloha" to show up on shelves and for purchase online very soon.

FIRST LOOK: CONTACT VAULT

Contact Vault is a new Virgin Mobile service that eliminates the hassle for customers of losing or having to re-enter personal contact information into their address books. Virgin Mobile customers can store, retrieve, delete and transfer their wireless phone's personal contacts list online in the event their phone is lost, stolen, damaged or upgraded. Also, once downloaded to your phone the Contact Vault application can be set to regularly synchronize between the phone and online.

You can access Contact Vault directly through your Virgin Mobile phone on Virgin XL or online. Contact Vault costs $1.99/month and is available for download on the Kyocera "Switch_Back" and the Kyocera "Cyclops" only at this time. For more information on Contact Vault click HERE.

HURRY! DEALS END SOON!

Tuesday 07/17/07 is your last chance to get some great deals on some great Virgin Mobile phones mentioned in two posts last month on the blog. If you're thinking of joining Virgin Mobile, now is the time to do it. New customers ONLY can get the "Shorty", Reconditioned "K10 Royale", and "Oystr" for free as well as $20 off the "Slider Sonic". For all the details check out the original posts, links are below.

What deals? Check out the original posts HERE and HERE.

CIRCUIT CITY CYCLOPS SALE

For a limited time only you can get a Kyocera "Cyclops" phone from Circuit City for only $49.99, $10 less than the price direct from Virgin Mobile and as much as $50 less than at competing retailers! This offer is good for the Kyocera "Cyclops" phone model only, and is available in Circuit City stores and online.

To locate your nearest Circuit City store click HERE.
For details on this RED HOT DEAL and to buy online click HERE.
For more information about the Kyocera 'Clyclops' click HERE.